Google Docs Application – January 2010 Ideas
The twenty-third idea for my 365 social ideas is a very simple one: Wrap a Safari browser in a Mac OS X application that opens on Google Docs as the first (and only) website you can see.
I for one bashed Waveboard, when it came out, because it was simply Apple Safari wrapped in a Mac OS X application. But, recently I tried it again, as it had added Growl support, which means I was easily alerted to when new info was available in any of my waves – this made it feel much more like a mail application, because it was its own program on my MacBook, that I could switch program to and be notified about even though using billions of tabs in my “regular” browsing experience.
So, my suggestion is simply to anyone out there (I reckon it might actually be infinitely simple): do this with Google Docs and if possible, add similar Growl integration as has been done with the Waveboard application, then Google Docs would actually start to seem like a “real” program in itself.
Why?
Because I need it. I might be alone, but I doubt it. And I am pretty sure this is very simple, but it would be really useful.
What’s next?
Do with this idea whatever you like – expand, implement, trash or forget. Just remember, that if you use it in anyway make sure to attribute me according to the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, that all these 365 Social Ideas are published under.
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