Google Docs gets a major overhaul
Goole Docs released a major update to its web application this morning. For those of us that rely heavily on the application, this is a boon to productivity and scalability, and opens up all kinds of new doors to collaboration. It took some time for the learnings from Google Wave to trickle down to live applications, but it appears they've picked the right fruit from that learning tree and applied it very intelligently - natch - to Docs.
From the Google Docs blog:
"They say a house is only as good as its foundation, and we believe the same holds true for web applications like Google Docs. With our old foundation, we could continue delivering most features you wanted quickly, but over time it became clear that some just weren’t possible. So we decided to rebuild the underlying infrastructure of Docs to give us greater flexibility, improved performance and a better platform for developing new features quickly. Today, we’re pleased to announce preview versions of the new Google document and spreadsheet editors and a new standalone drawings editor, all built with an even greater focus on speed and collaboration."
For a comprehensive listing of all the newness, point your browser here: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html
