Checking it out now. It's not really a Google Wave Client as such, more a wrapper for the website. It looks like Google Wave + Growl plugin + Fluid + Menubar icon, basically.
Robin
· 2 months ago
Exactly, i don't get it what's so new about this. And i don't see why the iPhone version should make Wave any faster on the iPhone.
Malcolm Bastien
· 2 months ago
Ya that was my first guess when looking at the screenshots. Gotta love the hype.
I'm just waiting for next week's "Omg you can add themez to wave"
Farzad
· 2 months ago
Will write a full review for an invite.... and I'll send some screenshots if that's any help.
gubatron
· 2 months ago
So whats this "client", a Web control pointing to google.com/wave with no address bar?
Christina Warren
· 2 months ago
It's a site-specific browser -- which you can do yourself with Prism (from Mozilla) or Fluid (which uses WebKit and is typically a bit faster), but there are a few additions, such as custom-menu bar stuff (which you can do with Fluid, but this saves the individual time) and growl support.
It's free. It's an option for people who don't like having to have a browser open all the time (and would rather have it in a smaller application frame), and it can be useful if you have multiple Wave or Google accounts, because your settings are not browser-cookie dependent.
gubatron
· 2 months ago
Makes sense for the multiple session aspect. Also for not having wave crash your regular browser.
Thanks for the clarification Christina
@RicardoOno
· 2 months ago
Lot of crashes here at the iPhone!
Shane Adams
· 2 months ago
When I get an invite for Google Wave, I'll let you know how it is.
Lily Grozeva
· 2 months ago
For now it's a very lonely place, I don't see it crashing facebook in terms of communication tool.
Jordan day
· 2 months ago
all it is, is a windows inside a a mac windows, easy to do
mew
· 2 months ago
simple and practical is right, its simply google wave..except...not on our browser.
Name
· 2 months ago
Desktop version? That's just a modified web-browser window, with everything removed. It still renders via webkit. I have a reason to believe that it was simply built with FluidApp, which allows to creates Apps for services like Gmail, Reader, Wave, on a Mac.
It adds nothing important, it's just a window outside of the browser containing wave.google.com. With Growl-like messages that are meaningless.
jsteinerman
· 2 months ago
All this really seems to be is just a separate window for Wave. It runs really smoothly (actually, smoother than it does in my browser). Extensions run fine and there is no lag when typing. Otherwise, nothing too special here.
Well, here's a hack to have your Google Wave app running on your iPhone without any download now - http://hop.im/sl
fredclown
· 2 months ago
Um ... that's not really a hack. It was built in by Google. They just didn't tell people about it, but not a hack.
jamesdotlane
· 2 months ago
I like the pop up notifications, but aside from that, it does appear to be just a wrap-around for the web app. Nothing to be overly excited about.
StefWill
· 2 months ago
Wow! Amazing! Waveboard loads Google Wave in a window!. It also adds an icon to the notification area that lets you either open Wave or Quit. Seems like a waste to me.
Dr Robert Schertzer
· 2 months ago
It would be even nicer if us mere mortals could even get a Wave acc't!
work at home
· 2 months ago
This is really very nice information for us. Thank you.
luca filigheddu
· 2 months ago
well, it looks like nothing more than Google Wave working on a fluid instance... will tak a better look anyway
Mark Stanley
· 2 months ago
I don't get it. It's a browser window in an app. What's the big deal?
ernmander
· 2 months ago
It's not really a client for the desktop version you can create your own using Prism. For the iPhone all you need to do is point Safari to Google Wave log in then save the shortcut to your home screen. Both methods work and are basically what the creator of Waveboard has done. They are basically modified browsers.
Tim
· 2 months ago
Like most people have said, it looks mostly like something built in Fluid. However, it does run faster in its own "browser" than in mine, so I am satisfied.
andersb71
· 2 months ago
I guess it's just a browser window with wave loaded in an app shell.. you get to view it like an app instead of in the browser...
uway
· 2 months ago
hey i only have one person to wave with and there never on..add me if you want to test it out..how you going to wave with friends if you get no invites to send off..c'mon son
Coool. I really liked the intial xperience which I had while testing my wave on the ipod touch. I also blogged about it with screenshots..Got hold of a digicam to take the pics. Didnt have a screen-capture tool. http://www.msigeek.com/google-wave-on-mobile-de...
Would love to use this client when its available. Thanks for sharing.!!
Already? I didn't even got my "normal" Wave invite yet!
christopherscottknell
· 2 months ago
The immediate up-side to using this client is the menu icon that lights up when you have a new wave message or update. Now there's no need to open a browser and check in to see if anything's been updated. Thumbs up. Now, if I could just get everyone on my contact list to use join in. (PS: I have 2 invites left. Hit me up with a good story and I'll send you one)
AmiLovesForums
· 2 months ago
So once upon a time, this really great guy named "christopherscottknell" wanted to give the prettiest, geekiest girl that he randomly met through a form, and invite. He only had 2 to give, but he really enjoyed her unique story. He wanted to share the google wave experience to show how kind and generous he was. The End.
Haha, in all reality, I want to test this, and I really want to help Google get the ball rolling on this. I'll invite people from this forum with my invites, if you invite me. Thanks!
Nobody seems to be able to understand it easily, and most of my devs friends gave it up because their friends didn't receive the invites they sent to them.
I dropped or adapted to other platform my design and concepts ideas.
I've heard from a pretty reliable source that Google owns a blacklists of users according to visited websites and a lot of users, even early subscribers, didn't get their invite for Wave.
Seriously Google is evil and a fake hypocrit net neutrality defender. It's early to say, but maybe the end has come.
The Infamous Joe
· 2 months ago
Yes, Google will surely fail as a company because you have given up on Google Wave.
Augure
· 2 months ago
I cannot predict the future, but like Kurzweil, I believe in a soon to come shift. Everything starts to shift for me and a lot of friend wether, casual, power or devs when it comes to computers and internet.
And one of theses shift concerns Google: Microsoft came with Bing and plans a new web browser while 70% of users still use IE anyway. Chrome is not even available on Mac Os and Linux, and by the time it will be, Firefox and maybe Safari will have released their new versions. While I used Gmail, because of Greaders, Docs or Groups, a lot of alternatives (Office 2010 ?) are beginning to show up.
And Wave is simply the biggest internet release fiasco I ever seen, a lot of users seem to not only have trouble understanding Wave but can't even use it because they are alone, and I won't be surprised if a more innovative and open alternatives get releases in the first quarter of 2010.
So yes, I'm not a complete Google ball sucker, even if the Almighty Google is one the biggest start-up (And I've tried a lot of their prototypes and robots, but after all Microsoft and its IE used to be big too, as well as Myspace or Geocities...
bassitone
· 1 month ago
I use Chrome on a Mac... 4.0.237.0
TavisB
· 2 months ago
Wow, this works much better than any of my browsers.
Mandy Corvo
· 2 months ago
What an awesome tool! It's gonna make my life way easier now.
David Neubauer
· 2 months ago
Is this really just Safari in an App window? If so you could make this in under 60 seconds. Takes longer to make coffee and I doubt anyone cares what I drink this morning.
hmm question: since when did "SSBs" (Site Specific Browsers) become "applications" ?! there is nothing special or unique about this ... anybody who knows how to click buttons can create these desktop "apps" using tools like:
as for mobile, no such tools yet (as far as i know) but all it takes is an embedded browser like safari/webkit, a couple lines of code and a cool icon ...
jorgeblanco
· 2 months ago
It sounds to me as something like Prism but for the Mac only. I like the idea of an iPhone app, but what's the point if it's the same experience as in the browser?
Jerry Zambrano
· 2 months ago
It was bound to happen. Now just to see its compatibility and stability on apple technologies.
DJ Adelaide
· 2 months ago
sweet, i wish someone would send me a google wave invite :(
maxshanly
· 2 months ago
Waveboard looks more like a site specific browser than a client.
Christian Martin
· 2 months ago
Ahhh! I just need an invite! I can't wait to Wave!
Олег
· 1 month ago
О! Super!
Henry
· 1 month ago
Waveboard looks great i am gonna give it a try thanks for the information
Dirk Holtwick
· 1 month ago
I'm happy to bring the good news ;) Waveboard for the iPhone is available now! Thanks for your patience. http://bit.ly/iphonewave
All Comments
I'm just waiting for next week's "Omg you can add themez to wave"
It's free. It's an option for people who don't like having to have a browser open all the time (and would rather have it in a smaller application frame), and it can be useful if you have multiple Wave or Google accounts, because your settings are not browser-cookie dependent.
Thanks for the clarification Christina
Send me a wave! jasteinerman@googlewave.com
Waveboard loads Google Wave in a window!.
It also adds an icon to the notification area that lets you either open Wave or Quit.
Seems like a waste to me.
http://www.msigeek.com/google-wave-on-mobile-de...
Would love to use this client when its available. Thanks for sharing.!!
Thumbs up.
Now, if I could just get everyone on my contact list to use join in.
(PS: I have 2 invites left. Hit me up with a good story and I'll send you one)
Haha, in all reality, I want to test this, and I really want to help Google get the ball rolling on this. I'll invite people from this forum with my invites, if you invite me. Thanks!
Send invite to xxdphxx@gmail.com
Yusi
www.anonymous.ua.tc
Nobody seems to be able to understand it easily, and most of my devs friends gave it up because their friends didn't receive the invites they sent to them.
I dropped or adapted to other platform my design and concepts ideas.
I've heard from a pretty reliable source that Google owns a blacklists of users according to visited websites and a lot of users, even early subscribers, didn't get their invite for Wave.
Seriously Google is evil and a fake hypocrit net neutrality defender. It's early to say, but maybe the end has come.
Everything starts to shift for me and a lot of friend wether, casual, power or devs when it comes to computers and internet.
And one of theses shift concerns Google: Microsoft came with Bing and plans a new web browser while 70% of users still use IE anyway. Chrome is not even available on Mac Os and Linux, and by the time it will be, Firefox and maybe Safari will have released their new versions.
While I used Gmail, because of Greaders, Docs or Groups, a lot of alternatives (Office 2010 ?) are beginning to show up.
And Wave is simply the biggest internet release fiasco I ever seen, a lot of users seem to not only have trouble understanding Wave but can't even use it because they are alone, and I won't be surprised if a more innovative and open alternatives get releases in the first quarter of 2010.
So yes, I'm not a complete Google ball sucker, even if the Almighty Google is one the biggest start-up (And I've tried a lot of their prototypes and robots, but after all Microsoft and its IE used to be big too, as well as Myspace or Geocities...
Fluid: http://fluidapp.com
Prism: http://labs.mozilla.com/prism/
as for mobile, no such tools yet (as far as i know) but all it takes is an embedded browser like safari/webkit, a couple lines of code and a cool icon ...
i am gonna give it a try
thanks for the information
Ridiculous really.