Google Wave Introduces Read-Only Wave Access. In its current state Google Wave is decidedly not ready for the masses, but two just-launched features — read-only participants and restore from playback — will certainly make it more appealing to business users.
Should you create a wave, you can now grant either full access or read-only access to participants you invite to join. You can make the change by clicking on the user's avatar at the top of the wave panel and using the drop-down menu to adjust his read/write status. Thankfully read-only privileges extend to groups, which means you can now finally make a public wave read-only as well. This should help eliminate the chaos that public waves tend to create, and make them all the more useful to businesses and power users looking to share their always-updating waves, without compromising wave quality.
In addition to the read-only update, Google Wave users with full access to a wave can now also restore that wave to a previous version using playback mode. Michael (5) - Google Wave. 15.12.2009: 4 Surprising Google Wave Uses. Now that Google Wave has opened up to one million users and there are countless unused invites floating around, just about anyone who wants to take Google's new collaboration tool for a spin can do so. Sure, some users are disappointed with the platform, but if you're among them you'll have to admit that whether it's going to catch on or not, it's been used for some neat stuff. Four uses in particular have stood out for their cleverness and high fun factor, and you probably didn't see any of them coming.
Each has gotten a lot of press, so if you've been following Wave closely you might have heard of them. We'd like to hear about more fun uses for Wave. Have your friends or colleagues come up with anything creative? 1. A Washington man was suspected of shooting four police officers, but when he evaded capture, a state-wide search began. The Wave received photos of the suspect, sightings, a description of what was believed to be his vehicle, evidence, and updates from the police radio. 2.
The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave. From The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave Google has discontinued Wave development , so we're discontinuing work on this book. Thanks for your interest! Welcome to the first comprehensive user guide to Google Wave , written by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash . Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand . This guide will help. Table of Contents This book's contents are freely available to view online.
Chapter 10 Wave in Action See real-world case studies of regular people using Wave to get things done. Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions Common questions and quick answers about Google Wave. Appendix B What Wave Can't Do It's not just you. Appendix C. Michael (1) - Google Wave. ELI7055.pdf (application/pdf Object) The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave.