Google Wave has a lot of potential, and in many ways is already useful despite being in early beta. One problem I’ve seen with many people however is forgetting to check for new waves. Here are a few tools that can help.
Update 3/4/2010: Google has a new Google Wave notification by email feature that you should check out. Other tools are still listed below in case email isn’t your thing.
Google Wave Notification – Firefox add-on
Google Wave Notification – Chrome add-on
Waveboard – Google Wave Client for iPhone and Mac
Google searches indicate that there may be a Windows Desktop notifier in the works, but I can’t confirm. If you know of any others please comment and I’ll add them to the list.
The #1 problem with Google Wave so far is it’s lack of use. I agree that a lot of the people most likely sign up, log in once, say “ohhhh shiney!”, and then completely forget to check it.
Thanks for the heads up on the cool addons!
We’ve been using Google Wave to maintain Christmas lists. It is perfect for stuff like that.