For long time readers you may think by reading the title that I a doing a “best of” edition already in the short life of this blog. But, you would be wrong. Yes, the very first Developer Spotlight that we did back in September 09 highlighted the folks at Wave.TO. The fact is, they have earned the honour once again…and in a big way.
First, I just want to say that there was a lot of developers to choose from this month. My sentimental favourite was the MindWave gadget because it works with a 3rd party application that I use on my laptop seamlessly and that, for me ,is a huge, huge step in the right direction for Google Wave extensions. Plus, Mashable has a big developer contest going on, so some really excellent extensions are being released for the competition.
I don’t know if the Wave.TO folks are entering or have entered the contest. But, if they haven’t, they should. Because in my mind they have the hands down winner!
The Robot that I want to bring to your attention is called Mr. Ray. Below is a video describing the problem Mr. Ray is trying to solve, the Wave.TO description of the robot and a video of Mr. Ray in action:
Mr-Ray provides a way to include non Google Wave users in a Wave. When a Wave changes an e-mail is dispatched to all e-mail participants with a link. When they follow this link they can view the Wave and interact with it. It’s almost as good as having a Wave account! To get stuck in use the extension installer and select “New Wave with e-mail participants” from the New Wave menu or add mr-ray@appspot.com. To give Mr-Ray a go you can use the sample wave or if you’re not sure what to do and want to see it in action watch the following video…
So you have to agree these folks have done a great job at designing something that the whole Google Corp couldn’t do (or at least, haven’t done up to this point). Integrate Google Wave with Email (GMail). Now perhaps Google is working on something much more elegant. We have to wait and see. Perhaps they will just buy the Wave.TO folks…that would be a good start if they are not working on something else.
Regardless, this excellent work by Wave.TO earns them the March Developer Spotlight honours, and this month that has a little extra meaning, as the competition is extremely stiff. Great job by the great developers over at Wave.TO. Keep up the good work….even if you become the next Google purchase (they are kind of in that mode lately).
Have you been using Mr. Ray? Let us know how it worked for you. Leave a comment below. Also, visit the folks at Wave.TO and leave a comment on their site and show your support for their great efforts.
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