Google Wave up and running
Catch Google Wave, the revolutionary Internet protocol and web service that lets you communicate and collaborate in realtime. With this book, you'll understand how Google Wave integrates email, instant messaging (IM), wiki, and social networking functionality into a powerful and extensible plat...
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Sebastopol, Calif.
O'Reilly Media
2010
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Table of Contents:
- A Few Words on the Occasional WipeoutWorking with the Google Wave Client; The Navigation Pane; Predefined folders (aka, standard folders); Custom searches; Custom folders; The Contacts Pane; Your Inbox; The Conversation Pane; Interacting with Other Participants; There Is No "Reply All"; Keeping Things Private; Managing Your Inbox; Searches and Folders; Archiving; Following; What About Spam?; Riding Your First Wave; Let's Get This Party Started; Wavelets and Blips; Adding Extensions to the Mix; Robots; Gadgets; Extension settings; Sample Use Case: A Virtual Conference in Google Wave
- Could Google Wave Be a Fad?Sample Use Case: Using Google Wave for an International Sales Team; Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Communication and Collaboration in Google Wave; Conversations Are Integral to Google Wave; Threaded Conversations; Beyond Typical Threaded Conversations; Hey! We're Creating a Document; Public, Private, and Shared Conversations; Replaying Conversations; Enhanced Communication and Collaboration; Media; Attachments; Gadgets; Robots; Search; Sample Use Case: Using Google Wave to Plan a Wedding; Chapter 3. Riding Waves; Let's Get Ready to Surf; The Google Wave Client
- Communication and Collaboration Inside the BrowserHanging 10 in your browser; What about riding the wave outside of your browser?; The Google Wave APIs; Extensions; Embedded waves; The Google Wave Federation Protocol; Why It's Likely That People Will Use Google Wave; Ease of Use; Speed; Real-Time Gratification; Functionality; Extensibility; Integration with Third-Party Services and Platforms; Safety in Numbers; Reading the Tea Leaves: What's Next for Google Wave; Will Email or IM Be Replaced?; Google Wave and Social Networks; Leveraging Other Google Applications and Platforms
- Chapter 4. Riding Bigger WavesPaddling Farther Out into the Big Blue; Throwing Some Media into the Mix; Images; Movies; Attachments; Groups; Keyboard Shortcuts; Inbox pane; Conversation pane; Editing and formatting blips; Searches; Keywords; Status; Participants; Groups; Dates; Folders; Attachments; Tags; Gadgets; Expressions; Sample searches; To Edit or Not to Edit?; Waves with Lots of Blips and Participants; Getting the Most Out of Extensions; Robots; Bloggy; Cody; Buddy as a Service; Gadgets; Checky the checklist gadget; Napkin gadget; Raffly gadget
- Table of Contents; Preface; About This Book; This Book's Target Audience; A Few Words on the Look and Feel of Google Wave; This Book's Scope; Prerequisites; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introducing Google Wave; Introduction; The People Behind Google Wave; Initial Reactions to Google Wave; So, What Exactly Is Google Wave?; Waves, Wavelets, and Blips, Oh My!; Waves; Wavelets; Blips; Participants; Documents; Google Wave Incorporates Several Web Technologies; Email; IM; Wiki; Online documents; Gadgets