Google Wave: The clock is ticking!

There’s not much time left until we finally see Google Wave: on 30th September Google will start sending out those 100 thousand invites for the Google Wave early tests to the lucky ones.

If you haven’t done so yet, run to the Google Wave page and subscribe – you may still be able to get one!

Some details from Mashable:

Wave Is Almost Ready for Primetime

We have been monitoring the progress of Wave with our developer accounts, and we have to say: it’s come a long way. When I first used it, I experienced multiple crashes per session and the interface would bug out. And while these things still happen when I use Wave, the instances are far more sporadic.

Google has also been constantly informing developers of its updates to Wave. Today in fact, they just released a new update, codename “ChooChoo.” Here’s what was just added, according to the Wave team:

- Gadget insertion button in the editor toolbar (don’t need to use the Debug menu anymore!)

- Strikethrough button in the editor

- The extension management system has been upgraded (meaning any extensions you had previously installed will need to be re-installed)

- Minimized Waves will now flash green when new content is entered into the Wave

(if you are curious, a lot of the current work is moving towards improving our OT infrastructure, it isn’t something that will be obvious, other than the editor will be more robust)