Comments on: Waveboard Brings Google Wave to the Mac Desktop, iPhone App to Follow

By: Matt Sanderson

Matt Sanderson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:42:27 +0000

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

By: serge

serge — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:26:52 +0000

its like an email client vs using gmail in the browser

By: Lucas Gonze

Lucas Gonze — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:13:29 +0000

It’s called a “single site browser”. Very useful for some sites.

If you’re on a mac, use Fluid to create them.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:02:04 +0000

Why not just use Fluid? (http://fluidapp.com/)

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:30 +0000

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…

By: Scott B

Scott B — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:25 +0000

I agree with Mickey – this is a snooze.

By: Andrew Wooldridge

Andrew Wooldridge — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:36 +0000

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/

By: Mickey

Mickey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:22:03 +0000

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?