FINALLY!! Google combines Writely & Spreadsheets (oh how I've been waiting)

[frankcow]

This is for more exciting to me than any YouTube announcement!

Ever since the introduction of spreadsheets, I've been waiting for it to be bundled with Writely!!!
http://news.com.com/Google+combines+...l?tag=nefd.top

Now when it's tied into Google apps, the offering will start to take shape!

[frankcow]

By the way, it is now called Google Docs & Spreadsheets, and has a new interface over Writely

Oh man am I loving this!!!!!

[LGRComp]

It is very nice, but why can't I save a cvs file straight from adsense or adwords right to google docs? Seems to me that would be one of the niciest features they could have and it is not there. Come on Google.

[frankcow]

you should suggest it through the feedback tool!

[khasmoth]

This will be included in Google OS I suspect. This is really cool. Thanks for the heads up.

[frankcow]

I don't think there wll be a Google OS

I do think there will be a Google Office though, with a sync tool between Google Docs and a modified OpenOffice

[Komodo Tale]

I tried-out the spreadsheet program last night. It took a while to load at first, but after that it seemed to work very nicely. The share and collaboration features will make this a useful tool for team members working remotely from each other, which will give it a niche following. Also, this is a great solution for the Internet café bound who do not have either their own computer or for people without money to shell-out for Office.

It will be interesting to see how this project evolves. For example, I could see Google creating an interface to tie their spreadsheet into Google Finance to run custom calculations and automate trading through a broker partnership.

[frankcow]

I was reading a zdnet blog, the code was dissected to discover that a locally installable version is being planned for

AWESOME

[Seiya]

It loaded really fast for me.. ill be using the spreadsheet program definetly... awesome... microsoft losing down on business, while they sell word and excelt together with other stuff for hundreds.... google is giving it all out for free lol... holy crap google taking over everything!

[frankcow]

The smartest thing about this is that they're going after a space that's got no dominant player. There is no established web-based office suite out there

[Dudibob]

yet anyway, Microsoft will try and make it so you don't need use online things and will find a way to save them online (without having to FTP to the backend of your site) and cock it up

[Richie_Ni]

Yea,it's great that they've done.
But it seems that there's something wrong with the spreadsheet,I tried to upload a cvs file and failed..But I could upload it to zohosheet.com ..

[frankcow]

it works just fine for me, I've tried all features

[Kaudo]

Well, this is something really interesting. I didn´t know.

[cho_joong]

I wonder if the new feature can work on slow connection?

[frankcow]

once you download the javscripts required to run it, it's more the processing power on your computer that matters

[seoindia]

Definately a nice feature offered by Google.

[frankcow]

agreed. I wonder if they'll even bother creating a PowerPoint alternative as well?

[abrahamdomain]

These guys called the G are really ingenous. Killing MSN slowly but steadily

[frankcow]

This won't kill MSN, but will certainly take a bite out of Microsoft's home & small business profits