Google have pushed a new update to the Google Wave servers, this update has returned the green online blip on contact images so you can now see who is online.

The Blip editor bar has been given a bit of make over and now features a drop down arrow on the right side of the bar, if you have alot of gadgets any that wont fit on the edit bar will be included in the drop down neat!

However with every update comes the odd glitch and this update has changed the way you search for public waves, their may also be an issue with public waves not updating searching using the new Groups: tag and repoening the wave seems to fix it.

To search for public waves you need to use the following from now on:

group: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ***

Where *** is the search term you would like to use.

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