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Google Wave Now Open To All
tonyfugere writes "After a year of testing by invitation only, Google Wave has been opened to the public. From what I have seen, it looks like it could be beneficial for documenting brainstorming sessions beyond simple instant messaging protocols."
(Google Wave is "also great for entertaining the masses," says tonyfugere, who links to the slightly NSFW demonstration below.)
http://wave.google.com/
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Wow, I have not heard about Wave in a while...I thought it had been lost in the bin of Forgotten Google Projects (FGPs).
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IMHO, the best niche that Wave can fill is by replacing message boards. By merging the IRC/Email/newsgroup/BBS concept it makes it perfect for following threads of conversations, starting new discussions, replying privately to one or two individuals, embedding images and/or videos.
I would gladly donate my left kidney if all my favorite forums/groups switched over to Wave.
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato (427-347 BC)
I just opted out as soon as possible, given Google's stance on privacy issues.
Seriously, though, I consider myself a reasonably bright software programmer, and I'm still unsure exactly what it is I'm supposed to be using Goole Wave for. Maybe I just don't communicate with enough people via electronic means...
I remember when Wave was first being mentioned as a replacement for SharePoint Server (MOSS). Not sure if it's still thought of that way. From what I've seen in Wave, I doubt it could do the same job....
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...and still just as useless. Well, ok -- non-realtime collaborative efforts, perhaps. Brainstormings. Things like that.
But after it takes you 3 years to get everyone on Google, set up, working right (damned ad-block), etc. and THEN you can start working together -- oh, but wait, half the people don't know how to use Wave, so you have to teach them how to use it -- yes, dammit, it's more than just IM, it's all sorts of...oh, read the docs, won't you? -- THEN you can finally get down to working on the pro....
What? You have to go? Oh, I guess we DID spend the entire 2-hour meeting setting this crap up. Fine, reschedule for another day. AND ON A PHONE THIS TIME.
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"Shhh, shhh, shhh, listen, listen closely, hear that? It's the sound of nobody giving a shit!"
google just open sourced vp8. That means we can stop eating the ogg theora shit sandwich and start using a codec that doesn't suck ass.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Last I checked, you still can't upload an avatar and nobody wanted one of the 30-ish invites I had on my account. Compared to dedicated webapps (eg: project management, bug tracking, photo sharing, file sharing, email, blogs, CMS and forums) it could be used for the lot, but only by dim-fools who remain ignorant of the greatly superior alternatives availiable. Other than that, it's an amusing XSS platform. Where we used to fuck with people on IRC, kids these days will do it via Google Wave.
I suspect that the only real "waving" new users will be doing is bye-bye to this over-glorified web site.
Um, how is /. NSFW? There was a video clearly demonstrating Pulp Fiction done with Google Wave which was clearly labeled as NSWF. Unless you click on the play button, everything is perfectly safe for work. Just don't click links where you don't want to go (stay away from any link with goat in its name...) and /. is perfectly work safe.
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Fuckin' A!
....till I can send an email right from the wave interface. Why is this still impossible? Google, wake up!
I have been using Google Wave for months now. It works well once you figure out how to use it and for what you can use it effectively. I have been using it to collaborate with fellow musicians. In real-time, we hammer out lyrics, instruments parts, ideas, etc. Record something, most the MP3, share the bits that way, and the guy that is the best with the mixing software does the final mixes, shares the results. It has been fast and effective.
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Someone explain to my why whomever it was felt it was okay to transcribe half the curse words in the English language, but had to leave out "God Damn"?
Fuck him like a bitch is okay.
Mutherfuckaaa is okay.
All the rest is okay, but "God Damn" is censored?
Pussies.
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This wave demo uses kinetic typography to make it (more) interesting. Google wave is interesting, but this cake was delivered with frosting I didn't ask for.
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No, this [webmproject.org] is the link you're looking for.
Okay, I think that MrHanky might actually be spot-on this time (and not those kinds of spots...he leaves those all the time).
I mean, have you heard of the WebM project before? From the WebM FAQ:
Are VP8 or WebM subject to change?
The VP8 and WebM specifications as released on May 19th, 2010 are final.
Correct me if I'm missing something, but this looks like breaking news as of today...
And most critically:
WebM and VP8 are open-source. How do I get the source and contribute code?
The code, specifications and development guidelines are available on our Code page.
See that? VP8 [is] open-source. How could they possibly say that unless.... Google just released VP8?
Nicely done, Google, nicely done!
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I am not so sure I would want google to see/store any brainstorming my company is doing. I know they are not evil, and have great privacy policies... wait... what?
And nothing of value was gained.
Nothing new to see here. Think before you follow a link offsite, just like in the goatse days. At least you were warned about the content on the other side this time.
This video proved Google wave can become 4chan 2.0.
So it's basically like MySpace then?
It's a 'real-time' collaboration tool / toolkit. You could build forum software that leverages Wave functionality, however.
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Um, how is /. NSFW?
Because when I am on /. I am supposed to be working, but I am on /. instead.
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Holy shit, it's like they were able to see inside my mind for 5 minutes!
I don't know if I should feel scared, in awe, or just regard Wave as another amusing internet sprocket. I can't say I've contributed anything to this discussion other than "Hey that's really COOL!"
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It is now listed on my non-premier account as a service I can add.
It really wasn't there an hour ago, thats the first thing I went to do.
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Never join a club that will have you as a member. The elite Google invitation only betas - GMail was the worst - give you time to decide that whatever it was you can really live without it.
As has been said before, Gwave hopes to replace email, forums, IRC and other types of communications systems.
I've just now, tried Wave for the first time, and it seems very interesting. I'd love this (or at least something) to be *the* standard for emails and forums etc.
In terms of features, I kind of wish there was an in-place search filter that filters in real-time only the messages in that wave that contain a certain word/phrase. Also, if it's not going to have skins, then can it at least let me change the colour scheme?
The above points are mute in a way though, since as Wave is a protocol, expect to see some great custom GUIs in the future (maybe some are already available).
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I like what they're doing with rich text editing, and I like the "playback" feature. For collaboration, I think it has two main flaws:
1. It's hard to catch up after you haven't seen a wave for a while. Harder than email for sure.
2. It's too "realtime". I don't want people to start replying to me before I finish my message.
that video ... what?
In the course of every project, it will become necessary to shoot the scientists and begin production.
...who watched that video and now has even less idea what the point is?
The link you actually care about
http://wave.google.com/
Haha yeah, that's the link you care about if your some kinda AOL newbie saving up to help that Nigerian prince. Nice try BitZtream, but I seriously doubt anyone on Slashdot fell for it! =)
Anyway, here's the real link guys, for geeks that care about their dignity:
https://wave.google.com/wave/
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How about you do your job instead, or less hours of it? Not only shouldn't websites be "safe for (pretending to) work", the whole NSFW should be dropped. If you're bored on your job, share it with someone else. Too much unemployment to really care about people who bitch about how they can't get their fix of distraction while they get paid to do nothing.
Clearly they did exactly what Twitter did (who just stripped down myspace), now if they can only keep message like "Do you love me? Vote at www.ImAVagina.com" off of it.
Is it just me, or is Wave just a fancy wiki?
And yay, googles great software places strangers on my contact list (and NO they are not in the other contact list (you know the one where they automatically add everybody you just think about)) should have stayed in beta.
If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
1. provide a wave interface for their google groups
2. make it as a glue technology, and provide a way to link all social networks, blogs, etc.
3. bring it inside gmail (like buzz), of course allow us to turn it off
and then what,
profit.
Although the "by invite only" strategy worked for gmail, I think this is what has ultimately killed (or at least maimed) Wave. Too many people tried it out, were pretty excited, but then realized they couldn't talk to anyone they knew, and getting an invite to the people they knew was only by the unpredictable grace of Google. This time the invite-only strategy was a buzzkill. This is probably a case of Catch 22 though because if they had launched it with open access to all it probably would have been slashdotted.
At this point, opening it up to everyone is probably a sign that most people have given up on it and Google recognizes that it won't cause much of a murmur on the servers since few will sign-up. One of the real sticking points for me is that you cannot permanently delete a wave. Sure it goes in the trash, but there is no way to empty the trash. Google should at least give us the illusion of privacy by at least making it appear like we can delete content tied to us!
I'm really looking forward to using this for tabletop gaming. I'd like to see someone come up with an extension for drawing maps quickly, because everything else you need, is there. You can slip notes to the players, have everyone working on separate things at once, roll dice (with modifiers), and all from your browser. The interface is almost limitless in what it can do for a DM/GM. I would agree that the practicality is lacking in the business world, but this thing is going to be a major hit for tabletop gaming.
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It's pretty cool. I'm using it to re-visit a story I wrote a while back and I'm finding that my initial vision works pretty with it. embedded in my blog http://bit.ly/atDkqN