The one thing I took from it all beyond the feature set and user interaction was the fact that it is opensourced and the waves are federated over instances. So I could have my own wave for my domain, there could be a SoCal Linux wave, and the Google wave, and we could all interact. I think that is the key thing Google has done with this.
Michael Gorman On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry if I gave the impression that this was a revolutionary thing. I did > put "next generation" in quotes ::grin::. I agree, Google wave as of now > looks like a collaboration of several communication protocols mashed into > one. I always like it when Google comes out with this stuff because I am > able to connected it all to a single account. Im happy to see that they are > making this project open source. Regardless of whether or not Google > thought of it first, I think the real time communication is pretty cool and > I hate Twitter. > > Regarding accounts, I know that the Google I/O developers got accounts > (from the video). Who knows when this will be open to others. Google wave > has been 2 years in the making. I would love to play with the protocol a > bit. I can think of a few firefox and thunderbird extensions that who be > interesting. > > There are more videos from the I/O conference here: > http://code.google.com/events/io/ > > Chris... > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Mark Traceur <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The way I've explained this is: It's Gobby + Pidgin + Gmail. >> >> Gobby: http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/ >> >> >> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Loren Cress <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ditto...this looks awesome. There are not a lot of really *new* things, >>> but rather a comprehensive collection of integrative, collaborative >>> communication tools. Some of the coolest parts, at least to me, are that: >>> 1) it's open source >>> 2) it's fully extensible >>> 2a) translate is pluggable (yes, I watched the whole thing), allowing >>> for real-time (character-for-character) IM language translation >>> 3) real-time (RT) communication is a constant theme: RT search updating, >>> RT chat, RT document editing and change-tracking, RT attachment management, >>> etc. >>> 4) it allows not just for tags, but folders, contacts, threads, etc. and >>> has a much more natural and intuitive organization of communication flow >>> >>> I've seen most of these things done, sort of, independently. Real time >>> document sharing and change-tracking almost like source control, or like >>> dropbox; inline commenting/conversation like we already do manually with >>> email, but automated; >>> Putting them all together like this, though, is pretty rad. >>> >>> Loren >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> >>> *To:* SoCal LUG Users List <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Friday, May 29, 2009 10:24:46 AM >>> *Subject:* Re: [LinuxUsers] Google Wave >>> >>> Disagree.... this has nothing that compares with twitter. I think of this >>> more like email (mostly gmail) on steroids, with IM concepts built in, along >>> with collaboration environment aspects. The email traditionalists will >>> cringe at this for some reason or another, I think this is way cool, wonder >>> when accounts will be available, and how it can communicate with people not >>> on wave. Only watched until 40min of the video. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Google's "next generation" email: wave and the wave protocol >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ&feature=player_embedded >>>> >>>> Looks like twitter on crack. >>>> >>>> Chris... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >>>> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >>>> -Roger Penrose >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> >> > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be > continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
