Google Wave: the revolution is coming

There is not the slightest doubt that the Google Wave has the potential to trigger a revolution. It’s a mixing tool e-mail, instant messenger and wiki, but goes beyond that. Extensions of all kinds can add features to the service or facilitate the execution of tasks on the web. Among the different types of supplements, those who most stand out are the robots. Exactly. Are small programs that act as assistants: just add them to a conversation that they begin to work.

For those who do not read anything yet about the service, it is explained that each “wave” starts as a simple message. Then, simply add more participants, or robots. The conversation can follow the traditional way, with an answer then the other, or in real time, as in a chat on MSN – as users write, the characters now appear on the screen. It is possible to add maps, drag images directly from a folder to the browser, attach files and search on Google and include some of the links found in the wave. The possibilities are endless.
Some of the extensions already available in two sites: the Wavety.com and Wave Samples Gallery, the latter located within the Google Code. The Bloggy can post the contents of a direct wave in a blog. The Tweety lets write and read messages on Twitter. Dr. Weather shows the forecast according to the city entered, for today and the next three days. The Eliza hits a chat with the user. The Convertsy convert measures. Roshambo has played rock, paper and scissors with you.
You can also add gadgets to a wave. A game of Sudoku, for example. Or a match of chess. Or make a drawing in the style of the Paintbrush. Or create a map, generated from a typed address. With all this included in one product, who will want to send and receive e-mails by traditional tools, like Gmail, Windows Live, Yahoo! It will not make any sense.

The big question is whether Google’s developers are able to leave the Wave ready for 2009 yet, as they have promised. Only few people have access to the invitations: the version open to developers has many bugs and lack implementing a series of functions.

Via: Info.