I know that since I have had it, I have hardly used it. Most people I know don't really use it much. That could be they just haven't taken the time to understand it.
As we know, Titter is a big hit because it is soooooooooo freakin simple that even my dogs can use it. Wave is a bit harder to get the hang of (no my dogs haven't started using Waves YET, they are waiting for the name to change to Wags).
In my quest for knowledge...'cause my hate bein stoopid....I did a few searches to fin a Wave Cheat Sheet.
I would give credit to the original author if I knew who it was. This list is all over the "waves".
Search Google Wave Cheat Sheet
This is a quick guide to the operators and restricts supported by wave search.
To do a search of ALL Public Waves
with:public
This will bring up BUTTLOADS of stuff...I suggest you narrow it down by using..
with:public "keywords"
Keywords
about:"keyword" — finds waves which have [keyword] occurring anywhere. Same as [keyword].
title:"keyword" — finds waves which have [keyword] in the title.
caption:"keyword" — finds waves which have an attachment where [keyword] occurs in the caption.
Status
is:read — finds all read waves.
is:unread — finds all unread waves.
Note: you cannot currently do a search like "-is:read" by itself and get reliable results due to an outstanding restriction on megastore queries
is:mute — finds all muted waves.
is:unmute — finds all waves not muted
is:active — currently the same as is:unread.
is:note — finds all waves which have you as the only participant and contributor
Participants
from:"wave address" — finds waves from the participant identified by the address. Special case of from:me identifying waves from yourself.
by:"address" — same as from:"address".
to:"address" — find waves which are a dialogue between you and the participant identified by the address.
with:"address" — find waves that have the participant identified by the given address explicitly listed.
owner:"address" — find waves by person, that they created.
only:"wave address" — finds waves to which only the participant specified by the given address contributed.
Date Search
Currently, there are a few restricts:
past:"date term" — finds all waves in the last period.
previous:"date term" — finds all waves in the period before the last period.
before:"date term" — finds all waves before a certain period.
after:"date" — finds all waves after a certain period.
which can be combined with date terms: day, week, month and year.
So you can have past:week, past:year. There is also support for
past:N"date term" where N > 0. So you can have past:3days (today, yesterday, the day before yesterday).
Also you can have past:Ndays, past:Nweeks, past:Nmonths, past:Nyears
Finally, you can abbreviate days, weeks, months and years to a single letter (d, w, m, y). Thus you can write past:3d, past:2w
Folders
in:"folder name" — find waves in the folder with the given name. For example, in:inbox.
in:"search name" — find waves in the saved search with the given name.
is:unfiled — find waves which have not been moved to a user folder.
is:filed — find waves which belong to some user folder.
Attachments
has:attachment — finds waves with an attachment. This changed from "is:image".
has:document — finds waves with an attachment which is a document. (coming soon)
has:image — finds waves with an attachments which is an image. (coming soon)
caption:"keyword" — finds waves with an attachment with caption containing keyword.
filename:"keyword" — finds waves with an attachment with filename containing keyword. (coming soon)
mimetype:"keyword" — finds waves with an attachment with mimetype containing keyword. (coming soon)
Tags
tag:"tag word" — finds waves with the tag.
Gadgets
has:gadget — finds waves which contain a gadget.
gadget:"keyword"— finds waves which contain a gadget with name containing keywords. e.g. chess, fridge, map, risk, sokoban.
gadgeturl:"keyword" — finds waves which contain a gadget with urls containing keyword.
gadgettitle:"keyword" — finds waves which contain a gadget with a title containing keywords.
Expressions
foo & bar — match waves with foo and bar.
You can use AND, or skip the operator altogether, as the logical and is the default.
foo | bar — match waves with foo or bar (or both).
foo OR bar — match waves with foo or bar (or both).
-foo — match waves that do not contain foo. (There is an outstanding
bug that causes searches with only negative terms to fail. To get
around it, use to:me -foo)
"foo … bar" — matches waves that contain the exact phrase "foo … bar"
(There is an outstanding bug for live search not working with phrases)
foo & (bar | -baz) — matches waves that contain foo and either bar or do not contain baz.
Phrases
"multiple terms" — match waves with one or more terms in sequence:
"hot dog" catches waves with the terms hot and dog in sequence. This is also required for other operators such as in:"new inbox" where say "new inbox" is a saved search.
XML Search
tags:subtag — find all waves which have this combination.
tag:keyword — find all waves which have this .
attribute:[value keyword] — finds all waves which have < …. attribute=value …> where keyword is a token in value.
I am sure there are more of these cheats, if you find some let us know!
Now, go out & WAVE!
Sheryl
