What Should Google Wave Do? (Suggestions/Requests/Wishlist/Ideas)
Google Wave is an amazing concept and it has great potential to change the face of how we communicate with each other! Even in its nascent stage of development, we have already seen the enormous potential & possibilities that can be achieved using Google Wave!
For the last few days, Google Wave has certainly caught my fancy! I think it has enormous power as a communication & collaboration tool. However it’s relatively a new baby from Google & has its share of problems.
But we know what Google has achieved & what are the possibilities of waving as a tool in terms of communication!
If you are fairly new to the world of Google Wave & you haven’t received an invite yet or you just simply don’t know where to start to getting to know G-Wave then here is a short video explaining the basics of Google Wave!
This blog post is for everyone who would like to share his/her views & provide their inputs on what Google Wave should do in the near future.
This is my unique take & perspective on how we can harness the power of Google Wave! Feel free to add yours by commenting below.
The power of a google wave depends on the power of collaboration of the users within the wave! Therefore every user will have certain assigned powers & he/she can only operate within those powers.
Category of Participants in a Wave:
1. Wave Owner (WO): The person who starts the wave is the owner of that wave. He has all the powers to control the wave. There can be more than one WO provided, the original WO wishes to assign his powers to another user/s as well.
Powers Available to a WO:
- Add Info to the wave
- Edit Info in the wave
- Add info in the form of an EXISTING blip to the wave
- Edit info in the form of a EXISTING blip in the wave
- Add info in the form of a NEW blip to the wave
- Edit info in the form of a NEW blip in the wave
- Lock one or more EXISTING Blips from being further edited!
- Lock one or more NEW Blips from being further edited!
- Password Protect one or more blips
- Password Protect an entire wave
- Allow other users the power to Add Info to the wave
- Allow other users the power to Edit Info in the wave
- Allow other users the power to Add info in the form of an EXISTING blip to the wave
- Allow other users the power to Edit info in the form of a EXISTING blip in the wave
- Allow other users the power to Add info in the form of a NEW blip to the wave
- Allow other users the power to Edit info in the form of a NEW blip in the wave
- Allow other users the power to Lock one or more EXISTING Blips from being further edited!
- Allow other users the power to Lock one or more NEW Blips from being further edited!
- Allow other users the power to Password Protect one or more blips
- Allow other users the power to Password Protect an entire wave
- Monetise & advertise on the wave or allow others to monetise the wave or advertise on the wave by sharing the revenue with the WO
- Give any one/more/all the above powers to user/s he/she wishes to in addition to him/herself
- Remove one or more users from the wave
- Remove one or more moderators from the wave
- Remove the power to moderate the wave from an existing moderator
- Assign the power to moderate to an exiting user
- Delete the wave totally or partially
- Make a private wave public
- Make a public wave private
- A wave by default even if public is a read only wave for other users unless the WO wishes to allow other users (only users which he wishes to) to contribute to the wave! (This would help in reducing & controlling spam)
2. Wave Moderator (WM): This person is the one, who has been assigned one or more of any of the above mentioned powers by the WO. WM’s are important & play a vital role in maintaining the authenticity & relevancy of the wave within the scope of its topic of discussion.
3. Users: An user is the one who can only read the wave & get info or know-how from the wave. He can participate & add/edit info in a wave or blip provided the WO has given that power to him/her. A user can request only the WO to allow him be become a WM or another WO to contribute & share ideas in a wave.
In short, a Wave would consist of:
1. One or more WO’s
2. One or more WM’s
3. One or more Users
This is just a basic initial setup structure I think Google Wave must follow. Feel free to share your comments & suggestions by commenting below. Lets come together to create a better waving experience!
Best of Success,
Amit Desai.
