Integrate Google Wave into your OS X system with Fluid

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Want to have Wave as a standalone application, with a badge that reflects the number of unread waves?
Follow these steps:

  1. Download the excellent Fluid.app

  2. Run it and create a new application like this:

    Launch Fluid.app and create it like this

    Download the icon I used here and make sure to select it in the appropriate dialog dropdown.

  3. Launch the application. When Wave loads for the first time, it’ll think you’re using an unsupported browser. This is not true, since Fluid.app is Webkit-based. Disregard this message and press continue. Google will remember this setting.

  4. To get the badge count functionality, I developed this userscript. Unzip it, go to the Google Wave applications, find the plugins menu and click Browser Usersripts Folder. Drop the file there and then make sure it’s enabled.

    Plugins menu

  5. One last useful setting for any Fluid.app you create is to make sure it doesn’t unload the website when you press ⌘ + W. Make sure only hides the window is checked:

    Fluid application settings

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  1. IDIUX 11 months ago
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    Great article, thanks! A couple of minor notes… instead of “click Browser Usersripts Folder” as indicated in your instructions it should read “click Open Userscripts Folder” (possibly being confused with the adjacent option “Browse Usersripts.org”). Also, once you have placed the script file in the Userscripts folder you need to click “Reload All Userscripts” in order for it to be listed in the scripts menu.