Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Caliban on July 22, 2009, 06:28:39 PM
Title: Google Wave
Post by: Caliban on July 22, 2009, 06:28:39 PM
http://wave.google.com/
I just watched the 1h20m presentation for this API from Google. I'm starting to think they're the Borg because they seem to be making apps to assimilate everyone.
This API is just crazy though. I'm not even going to give too much details, watch the whole presentation, but I can really see this being implemented into Nintendo World Report, and I can see the number of readers, and forum users increase if such API was used.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on July 22, 2009, 06:32:30 PM
I saw this a while back and I could never bring myself to actually watch it all. I, however, have seen some of the features and I'm intrigued.
I'm also really hyped about there new OS coming out in the fall.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Caliban on July 22, 2009, 06:52:30 PM
Yeah, I'm also interested to see what will be the outcome of their OS.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Plugabugz on July 22, 2009, 06:58:53 PM
Could google wave be the reason why google talk has been all but abandoned since they released it?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on July 22, 2009, 07:04:18 PM
I'd assume so.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: MegaByte on July 22, 2009, 07:44:34 PM
I do plan on integrating the Google and Facebook APIs to NWR eventually.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: EasyCure on July 23, 2009, 10:15:18 AM
With the constant use of the name Google, something funny i recently heard came to mind, and i have no choice but to post it here now.
That and I wouldn't know where else to post it!
"Hey baby, wanna come to myspace so i can twitter your yahoo 'til you google all over my facebook? ;)"
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 20, 2009, 11:43:37 PM
hey does anybody have google wave? If so please pm me for my adress and then invite me
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 21, 2009, 12:54:18 AM
Can someone give a summary of what Google Wave is?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on October 21, 2009, 01:20:08 AM
^This.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 21, 2009, 01:23:40 AM
It's a Wave that Google bought from a smaller company, cuz they got bank.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ShyGuy on October 21, 2009, 01:46:44 AM
I remember when this was called Microsoft NetMeeting.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 21, 2009, 02:59:41 AM
google wave is basically a cross between forums/e-mail/ and chat
basically its like e-mail because you can sort through conversations as if they were mail
its like a forum because you can have ongoing coversations on organized subjects in a public manner
and its like chat because you can do it in real time
basically its like having a saved aim/msn conversation, but you can keep it in your mailbox, and you can add to it in real time, and so can anyone else who was in the conversation.
also it has a crapload of other cool features. One of the key benefits to the way it is set-up is the collaborative aspects. Like for instance I want to write a screeplay with one of my buddies, so if we wanted to we could bounce back dialog as if we were characters in an improve and save different plot points as chapters or story arcs. We can sort of do this in a regular chat client, but only one of us would have access to the conversation in the end, or if we both saved it we would have to combine them together later.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on October 21, 2009, 06:58:42 AM
I am now reminded of how I am curious of this and want to try it.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: kraken613 on October 23, 2009, 10:36:59 PM
Anyone else get in? I just got my invite. I have 20 and am inviting some people right now. If I have extra I will invite you. Just PM me your email.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 24, 2009, 03:13:39 AM
check your inbox
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: kraken613 on October 24, 2009, 11:13:14 AM
I sent the people who PM'ed me invites! But it says, "Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick." So be patient!
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on October 24, 2009, 03:44:33 PM
LOL, email requires stamps?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: kraken613 on October 27, 2009, 08:00:02 AM
Your invites might be there, My friend got his. Check your emails and send me a wave!
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on October 27, 2009, 11:51:40 AM
nope, not yet.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: MegaByte on October 27, 2009, 01:13:48 PM
Need more stamp licking.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: kraken613 on October 27, 2009, 01:17:19 PM
Hmm.... Both my friends go theirs...
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 27, 2009, 01:43:06 PM
I requested an invite directly from google and you sent me one too. I have not received one from either request yet.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: kraken613 on October 27, 2009, 02:40:54 PM
Might be my friends got them because I sent invites to them first.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on October 27, 2009, 03:11:42 PM
Still nothing. My stamp has yet to be licked.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on October 27, 2009, 04:10:08 PM
Might be my friends got them because I sent invites to them first.
How far down am I on that list?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: MegaByte on October 27, 2009, 06:19:02 PM
Just got mine, finally. Thanks!
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on October 27, 2009, 06:27:21 PM
I just got mine as well! Good looking out!
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 27, 2009, 09:51:56 PM
got mine too, haven't had a chance to figure it out yet though
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 27, 2009, 10:20:16 PM
i just got mine as well pm me your emails so i can add you
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: NWR_Lindy on October 27, 2009, 10:23:35 PM
I applied on Google's page but haven't heard squat yet.
Aaron, have you tried it? My plan was to use it for staff meetings, but it sounds like it'll have wide-ranging public applications as well.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on October 27, 2009, 10:27:09 PM
Right now, I'm not sure how or why I should use it.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 27, 2009, 10:38:57 PM
Does it force your real name on the screen or does just a nickname/handle/username show up for you guys?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on October 27, 2009, 10:47:18 PM
It has my real name, but I gave it my real name when I signed up for Google in the first place years ago.
I got the invite and tried it out. Pretty neat. Probably the best place for Maxi and I to collaborate on mafia games.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 27, 2009, 11:15:01 PM
hmm, it seems totally disconnected for me, searching brings up nothing, and iv gotten no replies
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on October 27, 2009, 11:16:41 PM
My wave 'exploded'...LOL.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 27, 2009, 11:49:38 PM
i got into a chat with Blacknmild, and this is definitely beta
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 28, 2009, 01:58:09 AM
A couple of issues so far without having really experienced what Google Wave is beyond a realtime chat. I know that it is only in Preview status (aka beta), but if I knew where to submit feedback this is what I would send in;
1) Display name. I want an easy way to decide what my display name is and if possible, a way to choose the display name based on who is looking at it. i.e. If I'm talking to one of you, I want to use my forum name, if I'm talking to maybe a friend from school days, then maybe I want to display my real name.
2) Inserting Text. I guess inserting text anywhere into the conversation is a good idea on paper, but the conversation moves on in real time. How am I supposed to know if someone new joins the conversation and decides to comment directly to something said off screen? This also leads to a very jumbled converstation that can be a littel hard to follow if you were to read it later.
3) Alert Sounds. It is a completely silent program at this stage. The only way you know someone replied is to physically check and see. It would be nice to not only have an alert sound, but maybe be able to assign a certain sound to certain people or certain sounds to different conversations(waves).
Anyone else have any other feedback so far?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 28, 2009, 02:15:15 AM
its buggy too, the last convo we had i cant even look at...it just displays blank
also i found out you can display more than one wave at once, which could be pretty nifty
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: MegaByte on October 28, 2009, 02:22:51 AM
I applied on Google's page but haven't heard squat yet.
Aaron, have you tried it? My plan was to use it for staff meetings, but it sounds like it'll have wide-ranging public applications as well.
It would be great for staff meetings, and probably for general purpose stuff, like our editing process, e-mail chat threads, etc. But without the ability to have anybody you want on it right now, it's pretty much useless.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 28, 2009, 02:24:23 AM
not to mention my convo with ThePerm hit turbulence and was about to explode, so we had to end one convo and start another.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 28, 2009, 02:29:18 AM
the second one is the one i cant look at
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: MegaByte on October 28, 2009, 02:44:27 AM
A couple of issues so far without having really experienced what Google Wave is beyond a realtime chat. I know that it is only in Preview status (aka beta), but if I knew where to submit feedback this is what I would send in;
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/wave?hl=en&utm_source=HC&utm_medium=leftnav&utm_campaign=wave or https://survey.googleratings.com/wix/p3628608.aspx
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 28, 2009, 03:00:33 AM
I found out that the middle section "inbox" numbers how many unread messages there are in each conversation for you and if you click on the number it will jump you straight to it. It's colored yellow for easy identification.
so inserting random text shouldn't be a problem like I thought it would be.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ThePerm on October 29, 2009, 06:46:08 PM
typing "with:public" sometimes works sans " of course
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BeautifulShy on October 30, 2009, 09:18:30 AM
It has my real name, but I gave it my real name when I signed up for Google in the first place years ago.
I got the invite and tried it out. Pretty neat. Probably the best place for Maxi and I to collaborate on mafia games.
Alright I'll try this out. Keep in mind I am not near a working CPU at the moment so I am not sure how well this is going to work.
How do I get in?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on October 30, 2009, 06:33:00 PM
I'll send you an invite.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BeautifulShy on November 02, 2009, 01:28:11 PM
How long does it typically take to receive the invite?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on November 02, 2009, 02:20:46 PM
I actually can't figure out how to send the invite. I badgered Kraken about it so we'll see what he says. I assumed every user got invites to send out like with Gmail.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stogi on November 02, 2009, 02:24:46 PM
yeah but not users that were invited by a friend.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on November 02, 2009, 02:30:15 PM
Then how do you get on in the first place?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 02, 2009, 03:57:13 PM
request an invite directly from Google.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on November 02, 2009, 04:03:26 PM
Maxi, Go here to request an invite. (https://services.google.com/fb/forms/wavesignup/) I requested one for you as well.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BeautifulShy on November 02, 2009, 04:07:00 PM
Annoying the living **** out of Google isn't going to get them to send you an invite any faster.
They have an invite form for a reason. I sent a request and then realized that I might not be allowed to transfer that invite to another person so I figured Maxi should request his own.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BeautifulShy on November 02, 2009, 04:12:42 PM
Because they have to lick all of those e-stamps. :)
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: BeautifulShy on November 09, 2009, 12:38:57 PM
I guess they are done licking those e-stamps. Got my invite today.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: mantidor on November 20, 2009, 01:07:59 PM
is there some NWR wave or something?
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on November 20, 2009, 06:09:24 PM
I was thinking about starting one.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: NWR_Lindy on November 21, 2009, 12:58:43 PM
If somebody wants to start an NWR Forum wave, go for it. I'll make a post about it in the Announcements forum.
Could somebody toss me an invite? Google is just stingy with these things.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: MegaByte on November 21, 2009, 03:14:10 PM
I'm not really sure what use a single NWR wave would have aside from as a place to find out everybody's Google account name. It would be more apt as a replacement of the entire forum system (but it's too buggy right now for that).
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: Stratos on November 21, 2009, 03:16:54 PM
I'm not really sure what use a single NWR wave would have aside from as a place to find out everybody's Google account name. It would be more apt as a replacement of the entire forum system (but it's too buggy right now for that).
NWR 3.0 perhaps? ;)
A Wave could be convenient for matchmaking.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: MegaByte on December 06, 2009, 01:11:23 AM
Anybody still need these? I think NWR has several dozen to give out at this point.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: EasyCure on December 07, 2009, 06:53:13 PM
haha i'll have a few invites to give out soon it seems...
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: DAaaMan64 on December 12, 2009, 04:19:40 PM
I have 3, PM me.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: ShyGuy on December 15, 2009, 05:17:33 AM
I've been trying this out, haven't found a need for it yet.
Title: Re: Google Wave
Post by: DAaaMan64 on December 15, 2009, 01:18:11 PM
Me neither, hey ShyGuy, add me. DAaaMan64 at google wave dat com
