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Show HN: Collections, a fast multiple-account Google Docs client for Mac

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Re: Show HN: Collections, a fast multiple-account Google Docs client for Mac

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Post by tonyx »

ianstormtaylor wrote: post #77
ianstormtaylor wrote: post #76

This is awesome. Navigating Google Docs is the worst. But PLEASE do away with the preview mode. I don't want to have to click edit all the time, and I don't really lose anything by just always having the web view. That and get a nicer app icon :p (seriously)

At least for spreadsheets get rid of it. I could see it being nice to remove all the junk chrome that Google puts around docs though. But if I'm viewing a spreadsheet, not being able to add to cells is useless.

Try double clicking on either the preview or the list of documents. That will get you into the edit mode right away without having to click on the edit button

Re: Show HN: Collections, a fast multiple-account Google Docs client for Mac

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Post by ianstormtaylor »

tonyx wrote: post #81
ianstormtaylor wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least for spreadsheets get rid of it. I could see it being nice to remove all the junk chrome that Google puts around docs though. But if I'm viewing a spreadsheet, not being able to add to cells is useless.

Try double clicking on either the preview or the list of documents. That will get you into the edit mode right away without having to click on the edit button

awesome thanks!

also, if anyone wants a nicer icon i made @mattrossi's dribble shot (http://dribbble.com/shots/530208-Google-Drive-FREE-PSD?list=...) into an .icns file you can easily replace: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8875810/google-drive-icon.icns

Re: Show HN: Collections, a fast multiple-account Google Docs client for Mac

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Post by jordanlee »

thomas-st wrote: post #45
tonyx wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi thomas-st, thanks a lot for bring this up. we just fixed the issue and changed credentials on the server as well. All transmission also happen securely through HTTPS and contents are only stored on Google's server, not ours.

You should also notify any users who already signed up and stored their access token in the database.

Hi Thomas, just following up on this. After fixing the security issue, we revoked access for all of the potentially affected user accounts and emailed users individually to apprise them of the situation and the steps we took to address it.

Re: Show HN: Collections, a fast multiple-account Google Docs client for Mac

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Post by jarek-foksa »

modeless wrote: post #26
btipling wrote: post #2

Super nice, but I worry about the slower webkit in webview. If it is much slower, you would get a better experience in the browser, despite the nice UI additions in this app.

Why would an embedded web view be slower than Safari on a Mac? Mac OS doesn't have the restrictions on generated code that iOS does.

This is the case at least with apps from Mac App Store. Safari uses WebKit2 which is a private framework. If you want to ship your app on Mac App Store you have to use WebKit1 which does not support split-process model. Flags that enable GPU accelerated compositing are also private on Lion.
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