This was a Wave started by Liang Cai in the Developer Sandbox. This should be helpful to all the new users out there:
Wave FAQ
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Where is the sample code?
http://code.google.com/apis/wave/samples/index.html
How do you make a wave public?
“To allow all users access to your wave, add the special address public@a.gwave.com as a participant of the wave.” It will not be added to the paticipants, but instead a banner will appear with “The wave is published at an unknown url.” This means it is public, but with no URL, so it is only available through Wave.
How do we find/lookup this user?
Click the “+” in the contacts section. Then type in an address of “public@a.gwave.com”. Simples
How do you then share that wave with other users? Ctrl+L and wave ID to create a link?
You can simply drag and drop your wave into other waves to create a hyperlink.
It’s also possible to select “get wave ID” from the Debug menu at right top of the page. Copy this url, mark some text you want to transform into the wave link and press ctrl+l. You will get a popup window where you can paste your wave ID. Note: You must be in edit mode to do this.
Please add your wave also to the public link list called Public Waves. This will serve as an dictionary as long as we can’t search for these kinds of waves.
What browsers are supported?
Chrome 3.0
Chromium 4.0.212.0
Firefox 3.0 + Gears 0.5.21.0
IE + Google Chrome Frame + Gears 0.5.21.0
Safari + Gears 0.5.21.0
Why do some public waves (or at least I they are public like Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet from below) that tell me that I am not a participant and so can not view?
Maybe it’s not actually a public wave. The owner of that wave should make sure that public@a.gwave.com is a participant.
Editing in a wave
How do I add a link?
Click on the G+ tool and search for it
But how do I insert a link when I only know the URL?
You can select some text, then hit Ctrl+L and it will open a window where you can paste a save id or URL
If you want to create a wave Link, try editing the message and dragging a wave into it.
How do I tag a wave?
Click the small (+) button below the wave. Type the tag and then press return.
Current tags appear to the left of the button.
What are the keyboard shortcuts?
Control-e: edit the current wave (so you don’t have to scroll up, click on edit, and scroll back to where you want to edit 
Shift-Enter : same as clicking “Done”
Enter: same as clicking “Reply”
Cmd-Click : (on a mac) Opens multiple waves
Ctl-Click: (on a PC) Opens multiple waves
How to move the inline-responses (eg. wavelets) around in the wave.
Inline comments can be folded/unfolded by clicking on the little speech bubble with a plus inside. If folded you can easily drag the bubble around. Unfortunately dropping does not work right now.
You can delete them by folding them (see above) and hitting backspace when the cursor is right before the bubble icon; you can’t recreate them as they were so make sure the content is preserved.
There is also a menu in the upper right corner of each message with a “delete” option.
What does “The wave is published at an unknown url” (I see that on top of this very wave) mean? And how do we get rid of this vertical space waster?
When a wave is made public, it shows this message.
Is it possible to configure a wave so that by default when first viewed, all inline comments are folded, or to fold all comments in a wave?
Not yet but it is something that is planned.
Is there any way to create a private inline reply?
Not currently.
How do I delete a Wave permanently?
Drag that Wave to the Trash.
Is it currently possible to drag and drop photos into a wave? Does this work for anyone?
Yes, but in order to do so, you must first enable Google Gears, since HTML 5 does not support the drag and drop feature yet, and the only way that the developers made it possible was using Google Gears. Once enabled, all you have to do is drag the file from your computer into the wave.
Bugs
How do I report a bug?
This is noted as a current issue. Clicking on “Report a bug” in the upper right leads to this url which doesn’t work (I get “Firefox can’t find the server at b.”, at least outside google I presume): http://b/createIssue?notes=[Enter+a+quick+description ….
Is there another visible way to get to a bug tracker or should we just wait for the issue to be fixed?
http://code.google.com/p/google-wave-resources/issues/list is the official bug reporting place according to http://tinyurl.com/ofl5fs
Why do I get “Wave has no contents. Consult backend logs for wave id” and “Everything’s shiny, Cap’n. Not to fret!” Unfortunately, you’ll need to refresh.” on some waves?
http://code.google.com/p/google-wave-resources/issues/detail?id=20 link to bug report. As of yet unresolved.
Is there some way to make the Debug menu smaller?
Not at present. It’s likely it will go away soon.
Spell checking doesn’t always work. Whats wrong?
Well, it seems like spelly is under heavy development and is sometimes not available/broken. Spelly participates automatically in all waves. So if it’s not working, just be patient and check back later.
What does the mute function mean? Can I un-mute something?
When a wave is muted, it will not appear in your inbox even when there is new content in the wave.
To unmute a wave, drag it to the inbox in the navigation panel.
Navigation
Does the Navigation dialog have a scroll bar? It seems like it’s kinda cropped oddly or something?
It does have a scroll bar, but only when the Folders tab is extended, and you have multiple folders, other wise if the contents fit it does not have a scroll bar.
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