Google Docs and Spreadsheets now enters Desktop- open war on MS Office!
Today Google has launched its newest front on its fight against Microsoft's domination of PC world.
With the release of Google Toolbar 3 beta for Firefox, Google has quietly launched a direct attack on MS Office. 
Users who install new Google Toolbar 'can' now 'double-click' any compatible document (.doc, .xls, .odt, .rtf, .csv) on their computer and it will open straight in a browser in Google Docs and Spreadsheet. It doesn't end there, when users click on links to any such file online, it will open straight in Google Docs, no more need to download files first and then upload them to your online word processor. Users can also 'drag' files to their browser to open it in Google docs.
This is yet another signal on Google's intention to use its huge market cap in Internet to gain access to Microsoft honeyspot. Google never misses an opportunity to attack Microsoft where it hurts the most, the toolbar for IE doesnt have this cool feature yet, so in a way, if people want latest toolbar, they have to get firefox. The latest toolbar update includes the much awaited bookmarks button and many new features.
1 comment:
I've used Google docs a little. It's OK from my experience but it needs to get a LOT better before it will be a serious competition for MS Office. That it is free helps, but serious users will continue to pay for the good stuff unless some improvements are made. From what I see it uses HTML instead of a proprietary code, and I think this is why occasionally I cannot change the fonts the way I want to.
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