Google Wave

Google Wave

如果有甚麼可以被當成 WebOS，那很有可能就是 Google Wave。

或許有人會覺得那是另外的一個 Facebook, chating 或 collaboration system。但我想一個 Web OS 該要長得甚麼樣子，那就是和 Wave 差不多吧？

The OS is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer. The operating system acts as a host for applications that are run on the machine......

Operating systems offer a number of services to system programs, user interfaces, application programs and hardware...

quote: Operation system at Wikipedia

因為是 WebOS，所以沒有見鬼的 hardware resource manangement，取而代之的是 Web Services connection。沒有 file system，都給 resource URL 代替。

連接不同的 應用 /  服務、溝通、儲存、讀取、使用者認証‥‥ Google Wave 都已經做得到了(而且很 fancy)。

我想 Wave 可能會出現很多想像之內的 plugin

• Skype


• Synchronize with your phone and mobile devices


• Read / Write RSS Feed


• Album / online photo editing / annotation tool


• Facebook / MS live ..etc  interface


• Online Software development.......even with Eclipse


• Web cam??


• Whiteboard


• Helpdesk toolkit / Webex


• Interface with aNobii, forum, BBS, newsgroup...etc


• Games, and a lot of games


• SMS / MMS

也有和更也沒有想過的可能性的 wave application 會出現吧。

還是說一下現在 wave 已經有的 killer application

• 超即時 chating  (因為沒有 typing, 所以比 "即時" 還要即時...)


• Histroy and playback


• Open source, open platform, open API


• Spell checker


• Realtime translation (你要看過片後才知甚麼叫 realtime)


• Document collaboration (想像一下，把整個 google docs 放進去 MSN, Wiki & Facebook)


• Cross network connection (也就是 MSN 回應, 可以在 yahoo messenger 看的到, 也能在 google chat, ICQ, 甚至 twitter, blog, facebook 作無隔閡連結)


• Drag N drop (which come from gears and HTML5)


• No more "Reply all" to add a preson to a conversation