Google Wave at Google I/O

May 2010

NEW! Product, Platform, Protocol ALL NEWS IS UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 12:00 PM

ET/9:00 AM PT ON WED. MAY 19, 2010

Open Sign-upsConsumersGoogle Apps domains

Improved Google Wave APIsRobots API v2, includes an "active" componentRobots no longer tied to AppEngineEmbed API improvements, including anonymous accessNew Data APIs let developers build lightweight clients

Open sourcing more Google Wave production codeRich text editorPublishing client/server protocol whitepaper

Playback: The Early Vision for Wave

Product Platform Protocol

Top lessons learned: Wave shines for groups of people getting things done togetherShows great future potential for broader applicationsNeeded much more work on helping users understand what Wave is for and how to use it.

Google Wave Preview: Lessons Learned

An update on WavePerformance improvements

StabilityScalabilitySpeed

Highly requested feature launchesEmail notificationsAccess controls: read-only and restoreBasic support for Google GroupsFollowing and un-following public wavesTemplatesRemove participantEasier to reply and editEasier to navigate to unread material in a waveUndo/Redo

Who's riding the Wave?What are people doing in Wave?

PersonalEducationBusinessJournalismOrganizations and conferences

What are developers building?Productivity gadgetsCommunications toolsRich-media gadgetsGames

Google Wave is Open to Everyone

New! Consumer open sign-ups in Google LabsSign in at wave.google.com with any Gmail or Google accountNo invitation required!

New! Open for Google Apps customers in LabsStandard, Premier, and Edu EditionsOpt-in for domain administrators

Option to restrict sharing to within a domainDomain-wide email notifications settingsWarnings about external sharing

Labs: Not yet included in the Google Apps SLA

Open Sign-ups Screenshots

Google Wave APIsRecent developments:

New Robots API (v2) - Includes an "active API" so robots can create new wavesExtension gallery - Helping people find and use new extensionsAnonymous access to public embedded waves - makes wave a lightweight publishing platform

New! Robots AnywhereRobots can now live anywhere on the web (no longer required to be on Google App Engine)

New! Wave Data APIsDevelopers can use these APIs to build lightweight clients

New! Media and Attachments APIDevelopers can now programmatically manipulate attachments in waves

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Google Wave Federation Protocol

Over the last year:Open sourced Operational Transform, Wave's document model and FedOne (a basic federation prototype)Opened a federation port on Wave Sandbox for prototypingDocumented specifications for the conversation model and wave identifiers

New! More open source code, including the rich text editorSimple web-based client. In total, contributed XXX LOC to bootstrap the community

New! Client/Server protocol whitepaperWill eventually enable developers to build full clients on top of wave services (including Google Wave)

New! SAP StreamWork working to support wave federationJoins Novell Pulse, ProcessOne, and other community projects like PyGoWave, Ruby on Sails, and QWave

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Summary

Since September 30Significant product and performance improvements Wave's current sweet spot: getting things done in groups

Today at Google I/O 2010Putting it in the hands of businesses and schools where there are natural groups of collaboratorsOpen to all consumers: now is a good time to come backContinuing to build the developer community with richer APIs, more open source code and protocol improvements