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[Google Wave] OPEN TO ALL: invites no longer necessary!

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Oh, great, I got another eight invites. I now have 28. :?

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  • Iceman.USAFIceman.USAF Major East CoastRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Oh, great, I got another eight invites. I now have 28. :?

    I don't even think I know 28 people who'd want one...

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I think I've been given 50-60 in total. Only 10 went to friends. I need more tech-savvy friends.

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  • sterling3763sterling3763 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Add me to the avalanche-like list of individuals with invites available.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Tasteticle wrote: »
    Is there like, some sort of central spot for robots?

    Also, what exactly is the difference between a bot and an extension?

    Yes, this.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I have invites. Finally. Don't know why that took so long. Do we need em still?

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So I have one of those fancy insta-invites from Google that immediately comes with 20 invites to hand out.

    First one to quote this gets it.

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  • Mr_RoseMr_Rose 83 Blue Ridge Protects the Holy Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    toxk_02 wrote: »
    So I have one of those fancy insta-invites from Google that immediately comes with 20 invites to hand out.

    First one to quote this gets it.

    Speaking of invites; I think it's time to close up shop on the conga line.
    In the last few days I've received dozens of PMs with offers of invites and nary a one with an address to invite. I guess that after the first three hundred or so, we appear to have gotten to the chunk of PA that cares already.

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I assume you are already in wave, or do you want the invite?

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  • Mr_RoseMr_Rose 83 Blue Ridge Protects the Holy Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I mostly wanted to see what you'd do. How do you know it's a magic insta-invite anyway?

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  • toxk_02toxk_02 Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Mr_Rose wrote: »
    I mostly wanted to see what you'd do. How do you know it's a magic insta-invite anyway?
    My friend signed up for the Wave preview months ago (like I), got into Wave another way, then Google emailed him an invite based the old signup. He gave me that link and it came with 20 invites. Now I've received the same email he did.

    I mean, I don't know for sure, but everything I've seen says when Google invites you directly you get 20 invites off the bat.

    And if you want it, it's yours.

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  • Mr_RoseMr_Rose 83 Blue Ridge Protects the Holy Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    No, I'm good; I got an invite thread of my own already. I think this also happened to another one of the posters here before, too.

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  • YannYann Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Yes yes, invites are everywhere now no need to fill up the thread with it anymore. What about this?
    Yann wrote: »
    so

    In-line images in waves. How?

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Googling reveals that in-lines kinda sorta don't work. There is a small number of people who claim that clicking the arrow in the top-right of an image attachment expands it to full inline, but that doesn't seem to work for me and about a bajillion other users.

    Right now, the only workarounds are either 1) use a bot which automagically turns all image attachments into inlines, of which there seem of be a couple, or 2) install this HTML gadget and use the <img src="xxxxxx"> tag.

    Number two is probably how I'll do it when I need to, but the downside is that whatever image you want has to already be on the web somewhere; imageshack.us or elsewhere, for example.

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  • LindenLinden Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Googling reveals that in-lines kinda sorta don't work. There is a small number of people who claim that clicking the arrow in the top-right of an image attachment expands it to full inline, but that doesn't seem to work for me and about a bajillion other users.

    This is the behaviour I observe, for what little it's worth.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Linden wrote: »
    Googling reveals that in-lines kinda sorta don't work. There is a small number of people who claim that clicking the arrow in the top-right of an image attachment expands it to full inline, but that doesn't seem to work for me and about a bajillion other users.

    This is the behaviour I observe, for what little it's worth.

    Interesting. I wonder if it's related to image size? Or file type, or some other more arcane variable.

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  • YannYann Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Linden wrote: »
    Googling reveals that in-lines kinda sorta don't work. There is a small number of people who claim that clicking the arrow in the top-right of an image attachment expands it to full inline, but that doesn't seem to work for me and about a bajillion other users.

    This is the behaviour I observe, for what little it's worth.

    Interesting. I wonder if it's related to image size? Or file type, or some other more arcane variable.

    I've been trying with small png files and it seems to be working actually. These are tiny pictures though, both file size and dimensions.

    Is editing big waves pretty slow for everyone else?

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    It's so slow that I gave up. This is in Chrome, too.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Yeah, it's generally wise to move to a new wave once you hit ~200 blips.

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  • HardKaseHardKase Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So I take it im too late for a Wave invite? D:

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Nope. PMed you.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I've got a ridiculous number of invites now, and no one to give them to. O:

    Do you think Google is stalking this thread? :rotate:

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  • cykocyko Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I could use an invite. If any of you people with a ton of invites would PM one to me, I'd appreciate it.

    OK, I got an invite now, so I'm set. If anybody else needs one you can now ask me or any of the other people who now have plenty of invites.

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  • DredZedDredZed Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Just got my invite. Thanks Tyler, though I have no idea what your name on here is. I have a couple invites I'd be willing to share, PM me if you need one.

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  • NisslNissl Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    So are people actually using this productively yet? I was excited to get in... so far it's slow as hell on waves with a couple hundred posts (and the scroll bar doesn't seem to work, which is deadly if I just want to see the newest posts), and it loves to crash... goodbye public waves.

    In private waves the advantages are few over email, and the lack of documentation means I wouldn't try to, say, use it with my parents for trip planning any time soon.

    Also, the default UI layout is atrocious - the wave itself takes up maybe 40% of the screen and is unreadable in a large group conversation. I hate that you can't get rid of the images in the middle panel, they waste a huge amount of space.

    So far I have seen wave effectively used by a group to share music files (not in this forum, nor have I participated...) just because it's unmoderated. That's pretty much it.

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  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    The biggest draw back I'm finding is my netbook hates waves. It can handle the smaller ones but if i try to browse any of the larger waves, I get destroyed.

    I've got a small crew currently using this to do some design docs on a new game idea. It seems to be working aight, but we had to setup some ground rules for adding new posts and editing old ones.

    So far for a beta it's been decent, but we've got a ways to go.

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  • JacobyJacoby OHHHHH IT’S A SNAKE Creature - SnakeRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    When the rest of my group members get my invites, I might try to use it for coordinating parts of our Ars Magica game (i.e. the long term covenant events, like who's reading which book and who's taking which type of vis out of covenant stores). I think it might help organize the bookkeeping.

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  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Thanks, guys, I'm in now. I've got invites, too, but judging by the OP I guess we're pretty much out of people who want in. Still, feel free to send me a PM if you want an invite.

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  • seasleepyseasleepy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Nissl wrote: »
    So are people actually using this productively yet? <snip>

    In private waves the advantages are few over email, and the lack of documentation means I wouldn't try to, say, use it with my parents for trip planning any time soon.

    Heh. And I was just going to come in here and talk about how I had an awesome time last night actually using Wave with my mom and sister to go over plans for our upcoming vacation. :P

    My mom and sister both sent me waves basically going "fine, I joined, how do I use this?" at about 10:30 last night, and by 12:30 we had made a bunch of decisions and put together a vacation timeline wave with our updated schedules, color-coded by person (though to be fair I had cribbed the timeline initially from an old Word doc).

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  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I finally get an invite wave and no one needs invites.. :( Oh well, I'm going to invite everyone in my family and friends list then. :D

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    been really interested in the possibility of a D&D game on wave...

    also loving wave! added myself to the list of forum names

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Apparently, Wave is being used to help find a murderer.

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  • Lord JezoLord Jezo Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Tomanta wrote: »
    Apparently, Wave is being used to help find a murderer.

    Reading that and looking at the wave, how is that any different than a message board thread that gets updated and edited?

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Lord Jezo wrote: »
    Tomanta wrote: »
    Apparently, Wave is being used to help find a murderer.

    Reading that and looking at the wave, how is that any different than a message board thread that gets updated and edited?

    Because Google Wave is a global megaforum, rather than a small MurderHunters EZBoard?

    I got nothin.

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  • TaranisTaranis Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    With so many people who have invites, we should create a wave for people who want invites... :winky:

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  • CarnarvonCarnarvon Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Arch wrote: »
    been really interested in the possibility of a D&D game on wave...

    I tried this, it would work if there was a RNG mod, a way to share folders, and if inline images were supported.

    It would also help if it didn't eat over half my posts.

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  • KrizKriz Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    dunno if my spot in the conga line got lost in the fray, but I'd still appreciate an invite.

    kriztophr at gmail

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  • LindenLinden Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Carnarvon wrote: »
    Arch wrote: »
    been really interested in the possibility of a D&D game on wave...

    I tried this, it would work if there was a RNG mod, a way to share folders, and if inline images were supported.

    It would also help if it didn't eat over half my posts.

    Can't help you on the folders or on the message devouring, but the other two are there. Apparently fullsize inline images are causing some people problems (see earlier), but take a look at Dicebot (or any other similar robot, such as, apparently, RandomLee).

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  • JawaJawa Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I just got invited to this so if anyone still wants an invite let me know

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  • Mega PlayboyMega Playboy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I also got invited last night. I got a slot I can offer up.

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