Google Wave has recently released a few more extensions to help make your Wave experience more useful. As Google plans to merge Wave with Gmail, I am hopeful that the extensions will end up making Wave a worthwhile experience. Still, I see no spectacular use for Wave. The officially developed, managed, or officially recognized extensions in the extensions list is growing and I hope that they will make the service more useful.
To access any of the listed extensions and more from Google Wave, just click “Extensions” in the left-hand menu.
Here are a few new extensions that appeared in the month of March just recently:
Grocery List — This extension helps you build a grocery list with multiple people (hopefully the ones who live with you)
Image Gadget — Allows you to add images to your Wave from the web, re-size them, and add annotations.
Iframe Gadget — Lets you embed a webpage into a Wave. This one isn’t very useful to the average person, as linking to a page is more efficient.
Likey Gadget — A “Like” or “Dislike” link is placed above your Wave, allowing basic input back.
Colcrop — A game. “Cover as many cells as possible, by choosing adjacent colors. Play against a participant or the computer. Computer Level 4 is pretty hard to defeat.”
Napkin Gadget — Allows you to doodle with a friend on a blank canvas
Waffle (Date-Picket Gadget) — Assist with the process of planing a date for an event. Add Waffle to your Wave, pick a few dates, and Waffle will show the most likely-to-work date.
Mind Map Gadget — “Collaborate using a hierarchical mind map.”
Pollo Gadget — Allows you to create polls for friends, or even strangers. Radio buttons or check boxes.
Take-Out Gadget — Assists with ordering takeout for a group, or do those energy-boosting coffee runs.
Yellow Highlighter — Highlights text with one click.
