Apache Wave
Google Wave was one of Google, Inc. on 27 May 2009 imagined, Internet-based system for communication and collaboration in real time. It consisted of a web site and an XMPP - based protocol. Google Wave was developed as an early developer - preview version of the two working at Google Australia brothers Jens and Lars Rasmussen, who formed her own company Where 2 Tech the foundation of Google Maps, before they acquired by Google Inc. in October 2004 been. Google Wave has been implemented with the open source programming framework Google Web Toolkit.
Google has announced plans to publish both large parts of their own implementation as well as the Wave protocol as open source or as an open standard, making the realization of their own wave systems is possible. In addition, extensions for Google Wave can be written using a programming interface.
On 4 August 2010 Google announced to discontinue the development of wave and close to the corresponding site at the end of the year. The source code will be published and released for further processing. Parts of the previous development should continue to be found in other Google projects application.
On March 20, 2012 Google announced that Google Wave was write protected and will shut down on 30 April 2012. Until then, you could still download its content. If you still want to use Wave, there are some open source projects such as Apache Wave.
Development
The preview of Google Wave was launched on 30 September 2009. Since May 18, 2010 Google Wave was now accessible to everyone. Previously, the invitation only been possible on the test. Since 30 April 2012, the service is set and the Google Wave server are disabled.
Operation
At the beginning could be communicated in the preview version of the Wave protocol with participants in the same preview action. It is now possible to communicate with the "outside world " via e -mail and Twitter: On one side of the Wave user is, on the other hand, a familiar e- mail or Twitter account. This page does not attend the preview is necessary, receive messages as usual. On the Wave - page messages are using plugins, called Robots, transferred to the other protocols.
Compatibility
The Wave protocol from Google currently owns a web interface, in addition to just a few SSB clients. In order for this web interface can be correctly displayed, the browser that you used for HTML5 and Ajax must support. Thus are fully compatible:
- Google Chrome
- Firefox 3.5
- Safari 4
Mostly compatible are the different browsers on smartphones, if these browsers are based on WebKit library. Thus, partly compatible:
- IPhone
- Android Phones
Not compatible webOS for which also no solution is available and Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but for which a plug-in called "Google Chrome Frame " exists, which can add HTML5 support later on this.
Naming
The name refers to the American television series "Firefly - The Rise Of Serenity". In the English original is an electronic communication, which often contains a video transmission, "Wave" called. During the presentation of Google Wave were some references to recognizable series, including the developer Lars Rasmussen, who responds to a message with the word "shiny ", which is used in the series for expressing enthusiasm or admiration. Another note is the crash message " Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! " Which is also from the series.