Google wave a combination of features of Social networking Sites
Google Wave the communication platform for common people which will make it possible for us to get acess to the Web an email both at the same time along with instant messaging.
I think it is foolishness for me to sit here and explain about what exactly Wave is, as there are thousands of sites along with Google itself spending loads of $'s, and i dont think i can do any better.
So now coming to the Features which are all already available in the market under many other softwares, which Google has only brought together and called it the Google wave.
I am writing this because the other day i read in Techcrunch what the people were saying about Google wave - "Wave was born out of the idea that email and instant messaging, as successful as they still are, were both created a very long time ago. We now have a much more robust web full of content and brimming with a desire to share stuff. Or as Lars Rasumussen put it, “Wave is what email would look like if it were invented today.”
I think that Wave is not a think which is invented today but it is a thing which is a group of all the functionalities taken from different places and grouped together to form the "WAVE".
Now i will try to justify my statement here:
-Real-time: In most instances, you can see what someone else is typing, character-by-character. ( This can be seen in Yahoo messenger in ur IM box)
-Embeddability: Waves can be embedded on any blog or website.(Taken from Flickr, which can also e embeded in your blog)
-Applications and Extensions: Just like a Facebook application or an iGoogle gadget, developers can build their own apps within waves. They can be anything from bots to complex real-time games.(as already m,entiuoned above taken from social networking sites like Facebook, orkut. . etc)
-Wiki functionality: Anything written within a Google Wave can be edited by anyone else, because all conversations within the platform are shared. Thus, you can correct information, append information, or add your own commentary within a developing conversation. (Taken from Wikipedia)
-Open source: The Google Wave code will be open source, to foster innovation and adoption amongst developers.
-Playback: You can playback any part of the wave to see what was said.(Again taken from Yahoo messenger Preferences where you can see the stored conversations)
-Natural language: Google Wave can autocorrect your spelling, even going as far as knowing the difference between similar words, like “been” and “bean.” It can also auto-translate on-the-fly s.(Word checker is seen in many social networking sites)
-Drag-and-drop file sharing: No attachments; just drag your file and drop it inside Google Wave and everyone will have access. (Again comes the Yahoo Messenger "Photo Sharing")
These were some of the features which i mentioned here from wave, there are many other features but i think that i cannot see anything new in it apart from the feature that they are combining the features which have been a hit in the other Communication platforms.