Random Snowflakes: glammed up Google Docs

I was browsing around the official Google blogs today, and I saw a new post at the Official Google Docs & Spreadsheets Blog: An entirely new way to stay organized. As readers of this blog know, I already said in my google-luuuuuuuuuv post that I wished Google Docs existed when I was still a student. Well, it didn't, and I suppose there's nothing I can do about it, but the cool thing now is that it's getting more improvements.

Eye candy~
It says in the post:

"The entire document list has been given a complete visual overhaul..."

So I strode on over to Google Docs and ooh-lala! Complete visual overhaul it is. I'm lovin' it. ♡

Okay, okay, so maybe it's not so revolutionary. It actually has a classic layout, but a modern look, much like Explorer programs we're used to. It's not just eye candy, really, but the interface is much nicer and easier to use now.

Folderssssssss
Ah, yes. The super-organizer's best friend. Although I already thought that the labels were fine, dontcha just love it when you can file your stuff where they're supposed to be?

Even cooler, our new folders continue to work like the tags they've replaced - your old tags are automatically converted to folders and documents can live in more than one folder at a time.

Oh, thank you, G! Mehehehe. Now we don't have to reorganize everything just because something new is added to the system.

There are other new features, like right to left directionality for spreadsheets, and Google Suggest kind of thing going on in the search.

For more info, you can also check the What's New page for Google Docs & Spreadsheets.

I suppose the only thing that raised my eyebrow is the fact that they entitled their blog entry to be "an entirely new way to stay organized". Er... Folders aren't actually a new thing, and, as I said, the look of the site isn't phenomenally amazing. But, hey, can you blame Google for making an attractive headline? ^^ Yey for the continuous improvement of Goofle products, indeed.

So now, I'm wondering: might this mean that GMail will also get a makeover? Hehehe...

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