If you’re one of the many who already received their Google Wave invites, you are probably exploring the new Google communication tool right now. Or you might be just like me, who occasionally visit http://wave.google.com to check if anything exciting has come up on my Google Wave account. But like Twitter, logging to Google Wave via the web browser can become quite tedious. Fortunately, a new desktop client for Google Wave has just came out, and it’s called the Waveboard.
Waveboard is a Mac OS X desktop client that practically mimics the Google Wave environment on the web minus the use of the Safari, Firefox or Chromium browser.
Nothing fancy here actually. Just a straight out port of Google Wave as it appears on your web browser. It’s the same interface, the same content, and the same window as your Google Wave account as rendered on your web browser.
Of course, simple as it is, Waveboard is definitely a useful tool. It is a must-download if you are already into Google Wave.
In addition, to the Waveboard for Mac OS X 10.5+ , the software developers are also prepping up a Waveboard iPhone app. There is already a demo video for this app, so we suspect that it’s already up for approval from Apple. In the meantime you may want to watch the demo video and see for yourself whether the Waveboard iPhone app is promising at all.
I don’t get it. They basically wrap Wave (in a browser) in an application. So? Same goes with the iPhone app — it’s the mobile version of Wave, in a browser, in an “app”. What’s the advantage here?
The advantage is two fold
1)It is in the dock as an application and is easier to find
2)It shows any waiting messages in the dock icon so that you know whether you need to return to Wave…
Why not just use Fluid? (http://fluidapp.com/)
Yeah, you can do this with many Single Site Browsers or apps like Titanium in about 30 seconds.
http://labs.mozilla.com/prism/
http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-desktop/
I agree with Mickey – this is a snooze.
It’s called a “single site browser”. Very useful for some sites.
If you’re on a mac, use Fluid to create them.
its like an email client vs using gmail in the browser
I agree – what’s the point? If you’re using Google Chrome, visit the Wave website and then ‘Create Application Shortcut’. This will create an app-like shortcut on your desktop, and when you open it, it looks just like you’re using an app, rather than a browser.
Simples.
- Matt