The one thing I don’t like so far about writing in Google Wave is the formatting. If you are trying to copy-paste your writing into a wave…good luck! I attempted this and was disappointed. (changes are made everyday, I will update if this becomes easier/fixed) It seemed every other word was crammed together. Here is an example:

“…There wasa strangeodor coming from thekitchen. It wasn’t your normalfood smells, but something anynose would identifyimmediately as out of place. I wasted notime in reaching thekitchen door, sure ofwhat I would find. When mybrain caught upwith my eyes asto what Iwas seeing I was still dealingwith the shock. Spilled outin the middle of the kitchenfloor, lay the entirecontents of therefrigerator in amassive pile witha smalltrail of oddsand endsleading tothe window. Theworst part was therotting remains of agopher at the topof the pile. Thatmust have beenthe non-food smell thathad sent merunning. Nothing like the scent of death toget your blood pumping inthe morning, I thoughtas I stepped overthe pile andclosed the window…”

(If any are wondering, this is not the passage I put into the Wave to test editing, but I did just write this for the example.)

Now, as you will have noticed, there is a multitude of words that are smashed together. That gets pretty irritating. It takes time to add in all the spaces that were lost, and you also have to format the paragraphs and this is all before you begin the editing process. It takes less time to adjust it for Wave than it would to retype it directly in the wave, but it sure makes me misty-eyed thinking of how I have taken for granted the copy-paste function.

Just thought I would share this tidbit. Let me know if you are having the same issue, or maybe somehow I am ‘doing it wrong’ with the copy-paste. Hey, I have been known to over-think and screw up less complicated things in life. I am not perfect.

What do you think? Would this little technical flaw hold you back from putting your writing in a Google wave? Why?

Thanks for reading! Hope you found this a little insightful, incase you are preparing to get in the Google Wave trend (if the steady invites continue, fingers*crossed* for more people). As always, Wave responsibly and I welcome all comments, suggestions and questions!