Playing Around with Google Wave on the iPhone
Got my invite tonight, and had my first real Google Wave, um... Wave?
Conversation? Mind meld? What *will* we call these? Anyway, Frederic
Lardinois and I were messing around with it on the desktop, then
switched to trying out the mobile version on iPhones.
it at your own peril". The mobile version renders fine. I could see
Frederic typing in real time, exactly the same as the desktop browser
(I held them side by side). And I could only see the Google Map after
he was done with it (not in real time). It has some quirks. Typing doesn't appear instantly to other
participants (and I had some trouble getting it to le me type at all
at first). The popup menu to reply, edit, etc. appears way at the top
of the page, so you have to scroll all the way up to it, then back
down to where you were. You can definitely tell why they're not
officially supporting it yet, but the potential is obvious, and it's
clear that modern mobile browsers like Mobile Safari and Android's
version of Chrome were part of the plan from the beginning. This isn't meant to be any kind of formal review, just some
impressions after my first 20 minutes playing with Wave. There's *SO*
much here I need to learn - robots, gadgets, plugins, keyboard
shortcuts, etc. Bit I'm stoked to have such a rich, exciting new
technology to to wrap my head around. :-) Oh, and I don't have the magical ability to grant you an invite to get
in. Sorry! From what I understand, invites shoul be going out soon, so
hang in there.
