Google Wave to have application store | News | TechRadar UK
This will be a very important development in the success of Wave. The iPhone has grown enormously by making high quality apps simple to pay for and receive. The key difference for Wave will be that the protocol is open for anyone to extend, and the main client (the Google Wave interface) is web based.
Keep in mind too, that over time other clients will emerge that will access the Wave protocol, and it will be interesting to see if the marketplace will extend to such clients.
The idea of an App Store for Wave seems a little flawed. Since it’s based on the web, it’d be far too easy to send purchased items to other users? With the Apple App Store, applications are downloaded for that specific phone and can’t be transferred phone to phone, but this would be different?
There are a number of precedents: ExpressionEngine for example uses a code system for a web-based app. In fact, you can install it on your own system, but not use certain extensions unless a vaild code is
installed. I would imagine that your use of an extension (they are hosted, usually on appspot) would be tied to your login/domain. It might add some overhead to check each time you used an extension or
added a bot, but it could be done. I’m not sure exactly how it would work, but I’m certain they’re already working on making it possible.
The idea of an App Store for Wave seems a little flawed. Since it’s based on the web, it’d be far too easy to send purchased items to other users? With the Apple App Store, applications are downloaded for that specific phone and can’t be transferred phone to phone, but this would be different?
There are a number of precedents: ExpressionEngine for example uses a code system for a web-based app. In fact, you can install it on your own system, but not use certain extensions unless a vaild code is
installed. I would imagine that your use of an extension (they are hosted, usually on appspot) would be tied to your login/domain. It might add some overhead to check each time you used an extension or
added a bot, but it could be done. I’m not sure exactly how it would work, but I’m certain they’re already working on making it possible.