Mozilla Raindrop – An Alternative To Google Wave?

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mozilla_labs_raindrop_logoGoogle Wave has been getting a lot of buzz in the world of tech lately, as more and more people are getting invitations and access to join Google Wave and try out the preview version.

Mozilla, the team behind applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird, now introduced their “alternative” to Google Wave. It’s called Raindrop. I’m putting “alternative” in double quotes as Raindrop is not really a Wave alternative per se, but more a way of collecting all your inboxes in a single place. It has some parallels to Google Wave though, and I guess it’s up to people’s preferences to decide which one they want to put their effort into using. Or both.

Raindrop accumulates your messages from several sources such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, E-mail, etc. etc. Plus it also makes sure messages from friends and family are getting higher priority than mailing lists and advertisements. Raindrop also allows opening of YouTube videos directly within the application, so you don’t have to open a new browser window/tab.

Raindrop is of course open source, so expect to see tons of plugins.

More information: Mozilla Labs Raindrop.

11 thoughts on “Mozilla Raindrop – An Alternative To Google Wave?”

  1. I really like everything Firefox. So I am looking forward to use Raindrop
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    • Me too, so I’m excited to see Raindrop in action.
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  2. That sounds awesome! I’d never heard of it but will definitely give it a try.
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    • Looking forward to a “Wave vs Raindrop” post over at MiscBytes then 😀
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  3. I did hear about mozilla’s project. Have u tried google wave? How is it?
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    • Yes I’ve tried Google Wave a little bit… I don’t really see much use for it yet, but maybe when it’s “final”. The preview is buggy and quite limited.
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  5. Sounds pretty cool, I’ll certainly be keeping my eyes peeled for the available download when it’s available..
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  6. Thanks for the info, had never heard of this new app coming out. I have heard a lot of people are disappointed by the Google app so it’ll be interesting to see what Mozilla does. Their web browser is awesome and has tones of plug-ins so I’m hoping Raindrop will have the same benefits.
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