Best of the Google Wave Preview

Have you watched the 80 minute Google Wave Preview vid yet? No. Then read on and enjoy the good bits with commentary. Remember that GWave is what email would look like today if it hadn't been invented almost 40 years ago.

Live IM - no more "starwarskid is typing" along with the waiting. Text appears live in the Google Wave IM window. Kind of like an actual conversation. Do you prefer the old, stilted method? Then turn the live chat option OFF.


Inline replies - reply in the middle of an email without that awkward hard-return-change-your-font-color method. Easier to read without all the duplicate text.


Live update search results - watch out Twitter


Embed a Wave into a blog - Watch the clip. Now consider how this will change blog comments. If you are on Wave or your blog you want interact live with your visitors instead of using the comment and respond cycle. Live support via Wave anyone?


Smarterware has a full set of these handy clips. Check out their post for a new twist on spell check and creating pubic/shared/private waves.