Google docs for android(market.android.com)

140 pointsby albemuthvor 15 Jahren23 comments

market.android.com

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs

14 comments

kgtmvor 15 Jahren

Installed. First impressions: Edit mode is quite sluggish and the document header refuses to stay at the top (compare with simple view mode). UI nitpicks: Logo does not work as "home", you need to use the hardware back button. The breadcrumb-as-filter while clever and aesthetically pleasing, is far too small.

Bonus points: You can print directly from the app via Google Cloud Print!

Overall it looks like quite solid, no complaints here. Looking forward to using it extensively.

Tests conducted on HTC Desire (Bravo) CM 7.0.2

nuclear_eclipsevor 15 Jahren

For some reason, searching the Market from my phone for "google docs" didn't list this app. Found out that their "install" button on the Market website actually works quite well. :)

jedcvor 15 Jahren

I find myself hardly ever using the Market app on my phone anymore. (I'm a slow touch-screen typist.) Searching on my laptop and having apps install auto-magically is killer.

therevor 15 Jahren

the "plan b" app was mentioned on reddit the other day when someone posted about his wife going missing.

it's pretty neat that you could remotely install an app like this after your phone is already lost:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb

bustervor 15 Jahren

Wow, that's neat! I didn't think of that.. But useful app anyway, thanks!

trotskyvor 15 Jahren

as long as it's you doing the installing.

of course, the context in which it was mentioned on reddit was a husband installing it on his wife's phone to locate her.

MatthewPhillipsvor 15 Jahren

Appears to just be a wrapper around the mobile site.

cryptozvor 15 Jahren

You can click "Desktop" at the bottom. Then it becomes a wrapper for the desktop site. I don't...I don't really get this? Why did they release this? How is it in any way better than my docs.google.com bookmark?

I'm definitely disappointed.

IgorPartolavor 15 Jahren

Editing spreadsheets really sucks. You have to reload the spreadsheet after every edit to see the new data. Yikes.

smzvor 15 Jahren

QR Code for the link:

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmark...

Machavor 15 Jahren

Could they think of any more permissions to ask for? I think that's the first time the permissions list has needed me to scroll.

danthemanvor 15 Jahren

I've been hoping they'd release an app like this forever. The app looks great, doesn't seem to cache the documents though.

swlkrvor 15 Jahren

Works like a charm on my Nexus S, even with a relatively large spreadsheet (450 rows).

samstokesvor 15 Jahren

Weird, it got into an infinite loop redirecting between the Docs app and the browser and back again when I tried to open a spreadsheet.

cowmixtoovor 15 Jahren

Google will not allow it to be installed on my hacked Color Nook running CM7.

Arg.

wewyorvor 15 Jahren

I wonder if it requires some buttons or something that your nook doesn't have as it installed fine on my phone running cm7

elqvor 15 Jahren

It wants a camera so it can scan and ocr documents.

rosstamicahvor 15 Jahren

Well, its not perfect, but its better than GDocs.

twinwingvor 15 Jahren

Never noticed how much I used Google goggles until I reached for my phone to scan the (nonexisting) qr code from the page.

wccrawfordvor 15 Jahren

Why didn't you just click the 'Install' button and let it send it to your Android automatically?

twinwingvor 15 Jahren

I was not logged in to my Google account. Good to know it works that way too.

[deleted]vor 15 Jahren

banevor 15 Jahren

well it's about time

(looks pretty good on first impressions, anybody know how it works on a tablet?)

forkrulassailvor 15 Jahren

Thanks.