It’s still early days for Google Wave but already there are a large number of Gadgets and Robots being developed. If you don’t know the difference, Gadgets are local, client-side (as in they run on your computer), Javascript and HTML. Robots run remotely on another server.
Gadgets change how you interact with waves, whereas robots process your input in some way or pull in data from another service (such as Twitter or Wikipedia). Robots are generally more powerful, but Gadgets are more fun.
This article is all about Gadgets. There will be another one on Robots soon: you folk that want to aggregate your Twitter and RSS feeds into Wave will have to wait a little longer! It’s surprisingly hard to find good gadgets for Wave at the moment, so hold onto this guide even if you’ve not yet been invited to the beta.
Note: You should bear in mind that these are all ‘beta’ gadgets. A lot of them work just fine but you might hit some bugs along the way. The ‘direct import links’ might also change at any time, so feel free to report any broken links!
1. Napkin
The first thing you notice with Wave is that everything is collaborative. Sure, you could write a gadget that only displays things locally… but then why use Wave? So if you can think of something that needs to be done collaboratively — say brainstorming, or planning a trip — then Wave is perfect. It will be the closest you can get to someone without actually meeting in real life.
2. Ribbit — VoIP calls and conferencing
3. 6rounds — 1-on-1 video/audio conferencing
4. Suduku — Collaborative time-waster
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I have a google wave account but i don’t get to use it often.. we don’t usually collaborate..
By: JiNtatsu on December 23, 2009
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