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Google Wave now open to the public: faster, Robots and Gadgets aplenty!
If you somehow missed it, Google Wave is now a bonafide Labs project: rather than being an invite-only alpha, it's now a public beta test! If you don't already have an account, just head on over to Wave and use your regular Google login details. If you've not seen any of the Google Wave introductory videos, you should check them out -- they explain the whole thing a lot more succinctly than I ever could. Wave has also been enabled for Google Apps domains -- businesses could convert their internal communication to Waves today!Leading up to this public release there have a lot of changes. It's by no means finished, but Google Wave is now a lot faster. It's also more intuitive -- more useful -- and given the large number of Robots and Gadgets now reaching prime-time readiness, it feels like the mass adoption of Wave is imminent. Also, if you're an old, disillusioned user, Wave is now deserving of 'just one more go'.
In the following days I'll be highlighting some new Wave Robots and Gadgets that have caught my eye. I will take it upon me to convince you of Google Wave's awesomeness -- just you wait!
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Subscribe to commentsRirathMay 20th 2010 12:36PM
I still believe they should have built Wave into Gmail as a "Live email" sort of deal rather than a separate product, and that this is the only thing that will save it from obscurity.
Despite my wife and I both having accounts for some time, we've not found much use for it yet. I understand it works great for some project collaboration, but I believe Google's aiming for a much larger audience.
Show-as-you-type has never bothered me - in fact, it reminds me of the old chat software called Powwow. I believe that was the first, and last, time I've saw it accomplished on the modern net until Wave.
johan.sterkMay 22nd 2010 3:34AM
I second @Rirath, not integrating it into gmail was a huge mistake. Google lock-in, a no-go.