21-02-2012, 05:02 PM
Google Wave
1.INTRODUCTION
Google Wave is a software framework centered on online real-time collaborative editing, previously developed by Google. It was first announced at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009. Google Wave is a web-based computing platform and communications protocol, designed to merge key features of media like e-mail, instant messaging, wikis, and social networking. Communications using the system can be synchronous and/or asynchro Software extensions provide contextual spelling/grammar checking, automated translation among 40 languages, and numerous other features.nous, depending on the preference of individual users
Initially released only to developers, a preview release of Google Wave was extended to 100,000 users in September 2009, each allowed to invite additional users. Google accepted most requests submitted starting November 29, 2009, soon after the September extended release of the technical preview. On May 19, 2010, Google Wave was released to the general public.
On August 4, 2010, Google announced the suspension of stand-alone Wave development and the intent of maintaining the web site at least for the remainder of the year. Development was handed over to the Apache Software Foundation which started to develop a server based product called Wave in a box (WIAB).
What is a wave?
A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then 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.
Google Wave is a real-time communication platform. It combines aspects of
email, instant messaging, wikis, web chat, social networking, and project
management to build one elegant, in-browser communication client. You can
bring a group of friends or business partners together to discuss how your day
has been or share files.
Lars and Jens Rasmussen, the original creators of Google Maps unveiled their
latest project, Google Wave. As Lars describes it, "We set out to answer the
question: What would email look like if we set out to invent it today?"
Real-time: In most instances, you can see what someone else is typing,
character-by-character.
Embeddability: Waves can be embedded on any blog or website.
Applications and Extensions: Just like a Facebook application or an iGoogle
gadget, developers can build their own apps within waves. They can be anything
from bots to complex real-time games.
Wiki functionality: Anything written within a Google Wave can be edited by
anyone else, because all conversations within the platform are shared. Thus, you
can correct information, append information, or add your own commentary
within a developing conversation.
Open source: The Google Wave code will be open source, to foster innovation
and adoption amongst developers.
Playback: You can playback any part of the wave to see what was said.
Natural language: Google Wave can autocorrect your spelling, even going as
far as knowing the difference between similar words, like “been” and “bean.” It
can also auto-translate on-the-fly.
Drag-and-drop file sharing: No attachments; just drag your file and drop it
inside Google Wave and everyone will have access.
While these are only a few of the many features of Google Wave, it’s easy to see
why people are extremely excited.
Google Wave was the brainchild of a team based out of Sydney, Australia. The
core team members are two brothers, Jens and Lars Rasmussen, and lead project
manager Stephanie Hannon, all of whom were involved in Google Maps
previously. Google Wave was announced today at Google’s I/O Developer
conference, although the product will not be available to the public for several
months.
