Hi Pamela,

Like I said, the first release (Version 1.0) was coded pretty slack,
which is why it isn't in the repository yet. I am currently cleaning
it up and soon (next 1-2 days) it will be put into the repository.

And I am surprised that you don't know how I did this, its a
relatively simple Idea in principal, however I found was much harder
to do in code.

My application is relatively basic. On any web browser open up Google
Wave and then view its source, Google Wave builds the User Interface
after it loads the main page, which is why you can't see the User
Interface Code (Unless you are using Google Chrome and use the
Inspector on the User Interface). However, when Google Wave Finishes
loading the page before creating the GUI the source of the page
contains an Array of your Waves (Not in 100% entirety, like not all
the Blips will have all of their text written in the source of the
page) but there is an extremely sufficient amount there to Gather your
Waves, their ID's, Title, Creator etc...
After Gathering that information (Which I have not entirely perfected
yet) I display the Waves for the user in the Programs Notify Icon Menu
along with each ones Total Messages and Unread Messages.

This is pretty slack and was just a simple innovative way of doing
what nobody else (and to my surprise eluded the Google Staff) could
do.

I am going to continually release newer, more effective versions of
this application. And if the Google Wave team does release an API for
what I have done then I will update my application to use that API.

-

I realized this solution at the beginning of August when I gained
access to the Developers Sandbox. My original plan was to create a
Google Chrome extension which used this method to display Unread
messages. (I have made an extension like this for Hotmail). I had
started but unfortunately I had not completely mastered reading the
HTML Source and then when my laptop got stolen that project got
scrapped.

I have to say, being 17 and to out smart people much smarter than me
and people who work for Google and deal with making Google Wave I am
pretty surprised.

If I lived close the the Wave Hackathon instead of living in New
Zealand I probably would have made this there and then.

--

I hope this enlightens you. And is explained well.

The Source for the project should be put up on Google Code within 24
hrs of this message.

Regards,
Oliver Baker

On Oct 14, 9:49 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi Oliver -
> There is no source code in the repository. Where is the source code
> available at?
> We do not offer an API that gives access to inbox information, so I'm
> curious as to how you managed to do this. Can you explain further?
>
> - pamela
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:30 AM, Sam Osborne 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Sure I'll grab it.. Gimme about half an hour and I'll come in and start
> > testing it.
>
> > 2009/10/13 Chris Bailey <[email protected]>
>
> >> I'd be willing to help test. Also my wave ID is Xcom923
>
> >> On Oct 13, 12:30 am, Oliver Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Hi all,
>
> >> > It was my intention from the beginning to make a Tool for your Desktop
> >> > which would tell you when you have new Waves. And I was surprised that
> >> > nobody had made one before me, so, I have made it!
>
> >> > This is currently only for Windows. It has a few bugs but nothing that
> >> > should make it crash, and, unlike Google I only employ myself, and
> >> > thats for free.
>
> >> > This will be in Beta until the Official release of Google Wave as
> >> > anything could happen in the preview.
>
> >> > This has been coded pretty slack (release as of this message) since
> >> > the Wave team will probably end up creating much better method of
> >> > access for external applications than the method I am using, and so it
> >> > will be re-coded for those methods. (I am still improving this one)
>
> >> > The link to the Project home:http://code.google.com/p/gwave-tools/
>
> >> > It would be much appreciated if bugs could be reported on the Project
> >> > site, I will read them, and take note of them.
>
> >> > Enjoy,
> >> > Oliver

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