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Google Web Desktop Brings The Desktop To Google Docs

A Miami University student did some cool work with the Google Docs API to create a desktop-style file manager for Google Docs & Spreadsheets. It accesses the API for a list of docs, letting you see your documents as icons arranged on a desktop, just like you might on your regular desktop. Add icons for other Google services (search, Gmail, Calendar), maybe some widgets, and we’ve got a real Google OS. Nice!

It’s by no means perfect, but some really cool things are possible with this idea. Check out Google Web Desktop and see for yourself.

September 9th, 2007 Posted by Nathan Weinberg | Docs, Products | 2 comments