Google just announced on its blog that they are developing a new tool which aims at integrating email, live chat, photos, videos, maps, feeds, gadgets, and more! The idea is to centralize communication, but also to make collaboration easier.
Google acaba de anunciar en su blog que están desarrollando un nuevo sistema que integra email, chat, fotos, videos, mapas, feeds, gadgets, ¡y más! La idea es centralizar nuestras comunicaciones, y facilitar la colaboración.
Right now the project is still being developed, but they are looking for techy people who can help out. If you want to get involved check out their Google Wave Developers Blog, the Google Code Blog, as well as the Wave Federation Protocol. You can also sign up to be notified of Wave’s release here.
En este momento el proyecto todavía esta siendo desarrollado, y están buscando la ayuda de quienes saben mucho de tecnología. Si quiere colaborar por favor mire el Google Wave Developers Blog, el Google Code Blog, y el Wave Federation Protocol. También se puede apuntar para recibir notificación del lance oficial del proyecto.
I also found a detailed explanation of the project on Web Monkey, which you can read here. They sum up the project as follows;
También encontré una descripción detallada (en inglés) del proyecto en Web Monkey que podrá leer abajo.
A user starts a “wave,” a new thread in the system. At first, it looks just like an e-mail. A wave usually starts as text, but photos can be dragged in, and videos or maps can be embedded. The user invites friends by dragging and dropping names from a list of contacts in a sidebar. New users can start leaving comments in line, setting a break point in the original text and adding a comment directly below the paragraph, photo or whatever piece of the wave they want to comment on. There’s even a built in spell-checker that’s context-sensitive.