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From: onloiner on 14 Apr 2010 06:08
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/14/google_docs_to_lose_offline_support/
Google's online document and spreadsheet editors will no longer offer
offline access as of May 3, and it's unclear when it will return.
From: Martin Jay on 14 Apr 2010 09:01
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:08:40 -0500, onloiner wrote:

>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/14/google_docs_to_lose_offline_support/
>Google's online document and spreadsheet editors will no longer offer
>offline access as of May 3, and it's unclear when it will return.

So it's back to Open Office, etc, for those of who can't be certain
we'll have access to Google's cloud 24/7?

Where's my trusted USB stick...
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From: mike on 14 Apr 2010 09:27
onloiner wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/14/google_docs_to_lose_offline_support/
> Google's online document and spreadsheet editors will no longer offer
> offline access as of May 3, and it's unclear when it will return.

This is the problem with "cloud computing". Stuff will go away and
leave you hanging.
From: ftr on 14 Apr 2010 12:07
On 14/04/2010 15:27, mike wrote:
> onloiner wrote:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/14/google_docs_to_lose_offline_support/
>>
>> Google's online document and spreadsheet editors will no longer offer
>> offline access as of May 3, and it's unclear when it will return.
>
> This is the problem with "cloud computing". Stuff will go away and leave
> you hanging.

Right. I guess I agreed that Google can shut me out whenever it deems
this to be helpful to Google. The first step to make it a pay version ?
From: Dave on 14 Apr 2010 12:24
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:01:47 +0100, Martin Jay wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:08:40 -0500, onloiner wrote:
>
>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/14/
google_docs_to_lose_offline_support/
>>Google's online document and spreadsheet editors will no longer offer
>>offline access as of May 3, and it's unclear when it will return.
>
> So it's back to Open Office, etc, for those of who can't be certain
> we'll have access to Google's cloud 24/7?
>
> Where's my trusted USB stick...

It's a temporary part of their conversion to HTML5.From the article:
""As a result, we need to temporarily remove offline support for Docs
starting May 3rd, 2010. We know that this is an important feature for
some of you, and we are working hard to bring a new and improved HTML5-
based offline option back to Google Docs."

They know they have to have offline capability to stay competitive.


Dave



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