Lately the gadgets that have been released for Google Wave have been increasing in quality. If you recall, not very long ago the folks over at Mastering Wave wrote a post titled “Google Wave Gadgets Lack Quality“, which questioned the quality of many of the extensions being made. At the time, he was right. There was a real lack of quality in what was being offered. But, I think over the last little while we have seen the quality of these extensions increase dramatically.
Firstly, I would draw you attention to a gadget I wrote a post about a few weeks ago called MindWave.
The post was titled MindWave: My Favourite Google Wave Extension Ever! It was and still is as far as I’m concerned. I have used it now in two different projects and although it is still limited it has one really big feature….it works with other stand-alone applications I have on my desktop. Thus, I can work on it as I wish a then upload to share, and vis-versa. Priceless! Can’t wait for the improvements that they are working on with this gadget.
See the YouTube video explaining MindWave:
Next, a gadget that was made by the people at Quaker Oats called Grocery List. See the screen shot below:
Their description of the Gadget is one that can be “used for your grocery list needs – share with your family, sort the list automatically, print and take it to the store, and more!”
Check out the Live Demo and then download and install the Gadget XML and give it a try!
The last gadget on my list that I want to draw your attention to is called yourBrainStormer, which is described as:
This gadget allows users to share ideas across more efficiently during brainstorming session. The interface is intuitive and easy to use. Hint boxes will be displayed to guide new users on how to use this gadget. User will be able to view the description on each node by clicking once on the node. Users can choose to print the data. Animation Changes in the gadget will be accompanied with a simple animation.
Here is a screenshot of the gadget:
What does it do?
This gadget allows users to share ideas across more efficiently during brainstorming session.
What features does it have?
- Simple UI The interface is intuitive and easy to use. Hints boxes will be displayed to guide new users on how to use this gadget.
- Useful Tooltips User will be able to view the description on each node by clicking once on the node.
- Print Outline Users can choose to print the data.
- Tracking Changes This gadget can record down changes made on the data in the gadget
- Animation Changes in the gadget will be accompanied with a simple animation.
What’s next?
- Voting Features!
- Drag and Drop Nodes
- Advance Display Settings such as user defined number of node display per page
Check out the Live Demo and then download and install the Gadget XML and give it a try!
I think that once you use these gadgets you will find them to be a big leap in quality from many of the extensions that have been built. I am quite convinced you will be impressed with the quality being offered by these developers. I hope this will be a taste of what we can come to expect for future developments.
Make sure you come back to let us know what you thought of these gadgets. We love to hear your thoughts and read your comments.
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