Google Wave is the name being given to a new comunication tool Google likes to think of as a email replacement. As far as I'm concerned, I do believe it resembles mostly a mesh between facebook's message program and Apple's iChat featuring Bonjour. The way it incorporates facebooks message style is that it's a collaboration between multiple users that is stored on a remote server. Each user involved has the ability to leave a message for all the other users and leave the message remaining after logout. The way it resembles Bonjour is that it also lets users see the other person typing in real time, each character as it is pushed.
A few things are unique to Wave, in a way. Users can reply to any portion of the conversation, instead of just the last thing said. (Like on a message board, hitting reply to a specific comment). Although, this playback feature is something new. Apparently a user with be able to play the conversation as if everyone was there at the sametime to see how the communication developed. I can see how this would be useful for a user that missed a large portion of the conversation.
Right now this doesn't seem like anything big and its a rather small and simple concept... just like the wheel. My point being, Google is pushing developers to use this feature to their advantage. To incorporate it into every imaginable facet of everyday life.
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