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I Called It! Google Docs Sidebar
In September 07 – about four months ago – I wrote a post lamenting the lack of a good way to access Google documents from my desktop environment. I use Google Docs daily, and want to access the files as easily as I can browse my harddrive.
I proposed the Google Docs Sidebar – a Firefox Extension that uses the native browser sidebar to load in a user’s Google documents.
Well, ask and you shall receive. Introducing gDocsBar, a firefox extension that loads your Google documents into your sidebar.
It’s pretty much all I need, but it is a tad bloated and buggy. I notice a slight slowdown in my already out-of-control Firefox activity and memory. There’s also a weird bug for me that when you log in, you have to collapse and then re-expand the sidebar in order to see all the documents, otherwise it just keeps loading nothing.
For me, I can put up with those annoyances for the way-easy access to my Google Docs. I give this extension a 7/10.
Firefox users can relax.
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Fantasy Firefox: Google Docs Sidebar
I’m continuing to adopt Google Docs as my default word processing application, and consequently, I more frequently need access to my documents. Right now, I have to click on the dox icon in my Firefox toolbar to access a list of my documents.
What I propose is a Firefox extension that takes advantage of the browser’s native sidebar, which del.icio.us appropriated for its extension to make a user’s bookmarks readily available with a keystroke or button click. The image to the left is my quick-and-dirty Photoshop vision of the proposed extension.
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