Seems like google also is understanding the importance of social networking in the future web and Google Wave is a new example of it .
What is google wave ?
* Google Wave is an online communication and collaboration tool that makes real-time interactions more seamless
* It helps in online real-time collaborative editing and is written in Java using OpenJDK .
Features
* Google Wave is designed to merge key features of media like e-mail, instant messaging, wikis, and social networking .
* People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
* A wave is shared.Participants can reply any time and anywhere within a wave, and they can edit content and add more participants as a wave develops.
* Playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.
* A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.
* It's also possible to rewind waves with the playback functionality, to see what happened, and when.
* Chatting, contacts, and editing can be integrated in all of your favorite applications.
* You can "Wave This" to anything you like on google wave and share it with your friends .
Google Wave can help you get your work done .
* Google wave is a great tool for people who want to share information on a common topic and work collaboratively .
* Wave is a great place to get work done, in particular for teams working together on projects that involve lots of discussion and close coordination .
Learn to use google wave .
* If you have google account you can use it to login to google wave . Google wave screen is divided into three sections .
* The leftmost section is the navigational menu .The middle section remembers all your actions in chronological order .
* The rightmost section is the place where you create a wave .
There are six types of waves you can create
* Blank wave
* Discussion
* Task tracking
* Meeting
* Document
* Brainstorm
* Once you create a new wave you can see your avatar at the top of your wave section . Use the add button to the right of your avatar to add new people you want to share your wave with .
* You can add colored text with colored background .
* Clicking at the rightmost part of the toolbar takes you to "More Actions "
More Actions helps you add has more options :
* Link
* Add Attachments
* Google Search Results
* Add Gadgets
* To add videos go to link and add the URL . Click on the bulb next to your URL to embed the video .
* You can reply anywhere in google wave .
* Attachments help you to share you files with your peers .
* Add attachment along the top, and select the file you'd like to share
* You can reply anywhere in google wave .
* Double-click the section where you'd like your comment to appear, and click Reply in the window that appears.
* You can always play back the wave if you need to see what's changed since the beginning.
* Add attachment along the top, and select the file you'd like to share
* In your leftmost navigational menu bar you can go to extensions and add a new gadget to your wave .
For more info visit Google Wave Blog .
Similar Tools:
EtherPad
* EtherPad is another web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time.
* When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen.
* Edits highlighted in author's colors Quickly know who contributed what to the document.
* Etherpad is open source . You can host your own Etherpad by downloading the source code or try Etherpad for free on one of the Public Sites.
* This pad text is synchronized as you type, so that everyone viewing this page sees the same text. This allows you to collaborate seamlessly on documents .
For more info visit EtherPad
"So happy google waving!"
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