Ron Schenone

Google Gmail – Add Google Docs Gadget

Posted by on Nov 21, 2008 | 7 Comments

Google has added a gadget for Gmail users that allows the user to access Google Docs. The process is fairly simple.  Just log into your Gmail account and go to Settings and click on Labs. Scroll down towards the bottom and Enable the Google Docs gadget. Make sure you select Save Changes when done. On its blog site, Google states:

Are you a Gmail addict? Ever wanted quicker access to your online documents without having to leave your precious inbox? Well, we’ve recently launched a Google Docs gadget to give you direct access to your documents straight from Gmail.

By default the gadget shows a list of your most recently accessed documents, but you can change this to documents you own, you have opened or you have starred. And let’s not forget search – you can find any document by typing a few letters into the search box.

This gadget isn’t just about accessing your documents. You drag any document from the gadget into an email you are composing and the unique link to your document automatically shows up in your email – a quick and easy way to share your documents with others. Similarly, you can also create a document while composing an email with the “New” menu in the gadget.

While you are in the Settings field, take a look at the other gadgets also offered by Google. You may find something else of interest.

Comments welcome.

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  • Anonymous

    wahoo  ,I just got a $829.99 iPad2 for only $103.37 and my mom got a $1499.99 HDTV for only $251.92, they are both coming with USPS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prices at places like Walmart or Bestbuy. I sold a 37″ HDTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for. I use BidsBug.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/chad.jones75 Chad Jones

    It could, but that would defeat the purpose of being “the church”. Being in a church is all about community and spending time with one another (as well as being fed spiritually) How can one make a difference where they live in their community? And who could you physically go to in need of some guidance or counsel? I think too many people hide behind their computers these days and avoid physical contact anymore (at least it seems) but who knows. Jesus came to people and formed the church (the apostles) and he would constantly go to peoples homes to eat and have conversation (sometimes even inviting himself over) and he had a constant will/desire for his community and people. But thats just my 2 cents :)

  • Tom Farley

    Hebrews 10:25. (Paraphrase) “Forsake not the assembling of yourselves…especially as you see the day approaching.”

    I agree with Chad. Sure we can get many things online, such as church sermons, books, etc. but that really can’t take the place of physical human contact. Any serious Christian has to realize that fellowship is almost as crucial as the Gospel itself. In my personal experience, my church is so close that we call each other family and it isn’t just a word here. I have many friends that are “closer than a brother”. My wife and I went thru a very difficult time after the birth our son. He has Cerebral Palsy. If it weren’t for the support (prayer and physical) of many of our church friends, we would have been devastated in many ways (emotionally, financially, etc.). In the end, Christ used these people (and still does) to be a help for us. I couldn’t be the Christian I am today if not for personal contact with my pastors and church friends.

  • D Lowrey

    Where this could take the place of a physical church is for those who work on Sunday morning and other times services are being held. For instance…the church I currently attend only has services on Sunday morning. There’s no Sunday or Wednesday evening services…so it you can’t attend on Sunday mornings…you are out of luck.

  • Neil Bryson

    For people who are isolated, Cyberchurch must be a godsend!  For the rest of us, we do need real contact with other Christians, to see them, be with them, worship with them, encourage and be encouraged.  I think this is because the Church is a Body, with Christ Himself as the Head, and that sense of the Body cannot be really experienced in an edifying way in cyberspace.

  • http://twitter.com/JenMcGahan Jen McGahan

    I can see the appeal, but then the email address itself becomes a spam or bounce problem for the email service when it tries sending to that portion of the list.. That will be trouble for legitimate web businesses’ lead generation.

  • http://twitter.com/JenMcGahan Jen McGahan

    Then again, if someone uses the 10-minute email, they were never good leads to begin with, so who cares!