Google Wave - New Way To Communicate??

Google Wave has been launched since quite a while . I'm sure a lot of you have tried it or probably many of you are still waiting for your invites . Google Wave received a lot of attention when it was being released as it promised a totally new way of communication . So here's more on google wave :



I received my invite around a month and ever since i've been trying to figure out google wave . One of the most popular questions asked on the internet is " How do i use google wave?" or "Whats google wave used for? " . Now i dont blame these people for asking such questions simply because at first look , google wave looks like a chat application like google talk . or it could also look like an email application like gmail . Now i guess what suits google wave is a combination of email and chat . Now what i mean by this is that you can send your messages in email format , i.e. with all the editing and paragraphs etc.. so that it looks like an email but only thing is it is in real time . Which means as your typing your message , it is shown on the recipient's wave account letter by letter.


SO i guess one of the best uses of google wave is when you have multiple people on it . I dont think google wave would be useful for just 2 people . If you have like 4-5 people in one wave then it would be VERY useful . Something like a real time google group or yahoo group . You can not only use that wave to communicate , but also share files , photos , music etc .


You even have a lot of gadgets like in gmail to collaborate even more . Like for example the Maps gadget which helps you collaborate on directions ,places etc.



Google wave has quite a lot of features like playback , unfollow,adding tags etc. It will take time for you to get used to it and actually FIND A USE in your environment.