Programs Similar to Google Wave

As much as I am looking forward to trying Google Wave, they do have some serious competitors with the same features and program. I do support Google because they give out some wonderful freebies into open source. Gmail, Google reader, and Google documents are only to name a few.  I use many online Google features and enjoy them all. I find them generous to hand these options out at no cost. So this is not an article that is based on bashing Google Wave what so ever.

I wrote this article so others would know that what Google Wave is offering with this program, has been done before. This way you are not disillusioned like I was that it was something new and never created. It is also to offset the impact if you were not invited to participate with the trial they were offering. I find you slap the name Google, Twitter, Facebook to a program, and people flock in masses to find out about the program. What about the little guys of before?

Google wave is simply a collaborative program that allows one to work on documents and share with others in live time. I have asked for an invite, however have not used it as of yet. Anyone can ask for an invite, it s not a special crowd who receives them. I have found a generous listing of many of these programs available to use at the current moment. I will feature a few of these programs on separate articles, so please keep coming back to read what I have located. I keep my articles between 400-500 words due to folks who work multiple hours or jobs, and can only read for about ten minutes in the evening. I find the longer the article, you might lose views.

Ether Pad

They have a free option; however can not guarantee you security with the free version. Which means it is not in your best option to share a document that has any sort of government security or privacy issues. No sign up is required with the free version, you simply click the blue button and it starts immediately. They give you a website with the online program.

Write With

A free collaborative program that offers sharing your documents and changing them either with the public or personally with others you invite. You simply email them the invite and they will require a membership. You simply upload the document as you can see in the photograph below, and begin to share the document. The document can be in text, html, and many other options.

As you can see other programs are available that are similar to Google wave, they do exist to use at the moment, so take heart if you were not invited, and try these other programs.