Sunday, 15 November 2009

Funghie's Top 10 Wave-isms

Top 10 list of things I find myself answering for people (and wishing they would listen to):
  1. Update your profile as soon as you can. Add a picture. So you don't look like a random web item with no personality.
  2. Use the double click method to get an indented reply within a wave (but be careful not to reply in the wrong place). This gives a nice neat collapsible reply instead of a brand new wavelet.
  3. UNDO (Ctrl+Z) doesn't work. Watch out! (Copy & Paste is also sporadic).
  4. Save your searches. For example onlyto:me is:unread = very handy.
  5. When in a public wave - think before you hit a button - You could potentially destroy the wave. You could also leave a lot of random junk in someone's well maintained Wave. If you do - Clean it up before you leave.
  6. Please don't add bots or gadgets to public waves that you didn't start yourself. Again - You could potentially destroy the wave.
  7. Share you knowledge and don't be a proud-ass if someone shares yours and forgets to credit you - it is all public knowledge after all.
  8. Don't moan and whine about broken features. Remember we are testing new technology here. It isn't going to work properly for a while yet. But you know Google - It will work eventually and when it does - it will rock!
  9. If you're unsure about something, use the help link: http://www.google.com/support/wave You may be surprised how much info you can get from there. Including confirmation that a feature you can't get working doesn't work for anyone yet.
  10. Remember you are dealing with real people - or in my case - a real dolphin. So be cool to each other. :-)
So long and thanks for all the fish.

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