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Hi everyone, this is my first contribution to a Talk page. I just wanted to point out that nowhere is mentioned that Google currently offers unlimited storage to (university) students. For example, I am a student at the University of Trento (Italy) and my institutional account includes a Google account with free and unlimited storage. Also, by searching over the Internet, you can easily find this thing: free storage for students. This plan is around from about 2014, if I am not mistaken.
UPDATE: I just noticed that this information is available on the Italian version of the page.
Migola93 (talk) 17:20, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
The Google drive logo is a trihexaflexagon. It probably wasn't intended to be, but it is. 12Me21 (talk) 19:31, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
It also seems as if there were some speculations about Google copying the logo from a Chinese app called VPlayer The speculations didn't seem to pick up much heat besides a few articles commenting on the possibility. [1] LandonMacKinnon (talk) 20:11, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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There was some kind of Gdrive that grabbed into Gmail in order to make a virtual cloud drive on the client side. I don't know who the programmer was, but I do not believe the individual had developed the program for Google. I believe it was written in Python. I don't understand why it's said that the thing is a "rumor." I'm sure someone with enough knowledge can describe what was going on back then. However, I believe the earliest version of "GDrive" or a "Google Drive" was developed by a programmer, if not programmers, who made a program that could tap into the storage space of Gmail, thus generating a gmail drive. I know it existed. I used it. --Cyberman (talk) 08:45, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I removed the sentence, "Rumors about Google Drive began circulating as early as March 2006." I think it belongs in a "History" section, if one is created. Here is the citation for the sentence:
"Google Drive: What we know so far". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
--Doug4 (talk) 0:51, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
There's a feature not mentioned: when you upload a video, and then downloaded it will be automatically converted according to the device. i.e: if you upload a 40mb 800x600 video on your PC, and then download it in a mobile phone, it could just convert it to a 2mb 320x240 video
--Sully76 (talk) 12:53, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
I just checked, and there is a way in which users can be notified of changes: when you 'publish' a document, you can subscribe to an RSS feed of subsequent changes.
On a different matter: any interest and / or objections to the contribution of an assessment of the licensing terms to this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.82.69 (talk) 16:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
The folks maintaining List of office suites have decided not to include Google Docs & Spreadsheets, on account of it's not technically an office suite. Would it make sense to remove the reference to that page on this one for the same reason? --128.148.33.128 02:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
In 2008 is it now considered an office suite yet, having spreadsheet and presentation modes? CortlandKlein (talk) 19:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
was able to find the date announced that being March 9' 2006 my sources being http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/writely-so.html and http://writely.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_writely_archive.html Atomic1fire 02:47, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Especially with articles regarding upcoming products (which are more prone to include speculation and POV than most articles), please be sure to cite sources when making edits =) rdude 04:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Should be Google Docs & Spreadsheets, right? --John Seward 13:38, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
This section needs some wording adjustment, while you can change http to https for docs.google.com, only documents can be opened securely, spreadsheet links are non-SSL only at this time. --SubWolf 23:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
It is speculated that Google will release more products in its MS Office competitor. Rumor has it that Google's next plan is releasing a presentation program, codenamed Presently (after Writely), similar to Microsoft's PowerPoint.[1] Ice Ardor 18:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
Nearly all of Google's services claim to not support Opera 9.0+, even when Opera functions identically to Firefox or IE. Google sniffs useragents to disallow Opera users. Spoofing the UA string fixes the problem.
Although still a beta release, Apple's Safari 3.0 is now available for Windows XP and Vista, and works with Google Docs & Spreadsheets.80.175.134.121 09:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Some Google services don't fully work in Opera due to non-standard coding and/or new, experimental technologies which have not become a standard yet. There is a UserJS that fixes Google services for Opera.[2][3][4] Ice Ardor 18:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
As of September 26, 2007, the most current version of Opera is 9.23 build 8808 and it is compatible with Google Docs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabrace1984 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Google Spreadsheets does not require any special download/installations! It does require a google (gmail) account. What tech is used to implement the interactivity? Java? Javascript?
What are the most important factors the determine performance in typical uses?-69.87.200.81 22:32, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
According to their blog, they just bought out a presentation company. Might be time for microsoft to get worried :). Will need adding to the wiki as it is from their official blog Gigitrix 15:07, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone shine some light as to why this article is in the AJAX (Programming) category? 5pitfir3 19:26, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Google Docs & Spreadsheets accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, etc. You can save your files to your own computer in DOC, XLS, CSV, ODS, ODT, PDF, RTF and HTML formats.
Here's what you can do with documents:
Here's what you can do with spreadsheets:
-69.87.201.134 01:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
Shoud this page have a comment on the Google Terms of Service?
see this page Google denies it owns your words and this pageThe Content in Google Apps Belongs to Google. Google Terms of Service 16:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Anyone else notice that pdf files output from the spreadsheet say "OpenOffice" in the producer metadata field? Family Guy Guy (talk) 18:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
The size limitation only appears to apply for uploads. I copy-pasted a 3500 KB document in, saved it and published it and it worked fine. In fact, it's right here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d9fsc5t_4sqb6mkhh May I suggest an edit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.72.168.218 (talk) 20:01, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
The claim "A user can have a total of 5,000 documents and presentations, 5,000 images, 1,000 spreadsheets, and 100 PDFs at one time" seems to be false... This limitation, specifically the limit of 100 pdf files, is not correct. I personally have over 250 in my normal, free account.Kromium (talk) 17:07, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
"Data storage of files up to 1 GB total in size was introduced on January 13, 2011, but has since been increased to 10GB, documents created inside Google Docs do not count towards this quota." makes it seem like users with free account have 10GB free space, but it is only 1GB. 10GB is the file size limit. On the link it is clearly specified about file size and space size. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.176.170.98 (talk) 04:45, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
Google Document (the word processor) deffinately has a level of version tracking, and I'm fairly sure the other two applications do too. This hasn't been mentioned in this article. Is there any reason why? El Paulio (talk) 13:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
@ El Paulo : Your assumption is wrong, google draw does not currently support version traking. I agree the "Version tracking" topic needs to be mentioned. --RomualdoGrillo (talk) 12:13, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
What about the extreme basicness of the word-processor (not much above WordPad or HTML email) and the presentations module (only static slides)? I wish someone with more knowledge would write about these deficiencies, which, incidentally, have remained more or less unchanged for a very long time. APW (talk) 08:39, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Security section only seems to exist to substantiate and sensationalise security blog posts. Maybe the blog author should see his own article of August 24th 2008 entitled 'The Looming Dangers of Security Vulnerability Sensationalism' to see why this is not a warranted sensationalisation.
Also, these claims have been made and reported to google multiple times earlier, such as http://blog.novedge.com/2007/09/google-docs-sec.html and http://www.ati.es/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=390&blogId=2 making at the very least the reference not notable. Fancy steve (talk) 07:01, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
The major technical issue for Gmail document share, IMO, is its slow refresh rate. I did insert a phrase into the article on this, but I'm unsure whether it's the end of the matter. Will all of this be superseded by Google Wave? Tony (talk) 14:49, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
One cannot upload and download files, only read files from google mail (I am using Nokia 5800).--Nopetro (talk) 08:56, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
For editors who use this application you can add a userbox to your userpage if you like:
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- Ahunt (talk) 21:01, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Section Features claims:
Which isn't true and isn't relevant. The docs are stored on Google Docs, the processing is made by the client and server computers. Everything is clear and identifiable, a classical client-server app. "Cloud computing" refers to distributed processor capacity bought per MIPS or such. What computer is performing the processing is irrelevant, it is one or many randomly/automatically selected computers in a server park. Google Docs have nothing to do with cloud computing. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 12:57, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
It is becoming common practice to refer to SAAS to which your PC connects as being in the "cloud" of which DRY is preferable to those not using NEWest PC and docs.google was more DRY than drive.google — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.56.213.98 (talk) 19:55, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
DocVerse seems to be pointless. Lets merge it into this. Also, perhaps someone should discuss what DocVerse actually did (or does)! Timneu22 (talk) 16:46, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
I didn't see anything about the Google Docs PDF Viewer - Google Chrome and Google Mail can be set up so that clicking on links to PDF files don't download them or open them in the browser with a plugin, but instead you're sent to Google Docs, which then loads the PDF file for you and lets you preview it on-screen. -- pne (talk) 11:11, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
The screen-shots at the top really need to be updated. Google has changed its look entirely, and there are many new features not flaunted in the version shown. (It also looks a bit drab, so anybody discovering Google Docs through Wikipedia won't want to use it.) 41.138.236.42 (talk) 17:58, 12 November 2011 (UTC)WLD (NUA (No-User-Account))
I have been trying to get the answer to this: How do I import an OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet to Wikipedia? Someone suggested uploading it to Google Docs, but will that work, and is that the best way? Allen (talk) 13:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
AGREE - Per my Google Play, Docs has been replaced by Drive. Since this appears to be a new product launch directly associated between the two apps, they should be merged into one. I have included Google's Blog entry. swinquest (talk) 19:36, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
I didn't upgrade to Google Drive (and will not do it). So I still have Google Docs and all the links appear as docs.google.com/... No any sign of Drive. And there are millions of people like me. So why to merge two articles? --Dima1 (talk) 07:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
On my Android, my Docs app automatically converted to Drive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.136.3 (talk) 08:25, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Agree since Google Docs blog talks of integration between the two platforms. The Android GDocs App has already been updated with a new logo and interface, even for users who have yet to be given full access to Google Drive on PCs or Macs. While GDrive may role out slowly to users, it seems likely that GDocs will be superseded by GDrive.--Tvnewswatch (talk) 08:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
Just as the Market was re-branded to Google Play (because they added extra things to buy such as music and books), Google Docs is re-branded as Google Drive (because now they allow more then only docs on it, also pictures and every other file format you want). The links to Google docs are disappearing (although they don't introduce it to everyone at the same moment), and the docs Android app is also being replaced. Someone could still see Google Docs as the web interface to edit your documents, and the rest as Google Drive. But Google will let go of this subdivision, and call everything as "Google Drive". --Sanderd17 (talk) 07:47, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Don't merge - I don't agree with this merger. I just got access and I can confirm that all documents are still found under a docs.google.com URL. Google docs is the doc, spreadsheet and presentation part and Drive will be the backup solution. Google Drive is much more than Google docs. Wild mine (talk) 14:36, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
I think while it's possible you access Google Docs it's reasonable we don't merge them. When Google merges completely Docs and Drive so we can merge Google Drive page and Google Docs page. --Lucas mascote171 (talk) 15:11, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Google Docs login page states that “Google Docs will soon be upgraded to Google Drive. Google Drive will be the new home for your files. Find out more and get started.” Therefore, it is clear that there will be a merger between the two services. Wikipedia has the option to either create an archive page for the former version of Google Drive, which is currently Google Docs or to merge them both into one article. --Gavin Michael (talk) 07:42, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Don't merge - Google Docs will co-exist with drive for quite some time. Technically, Google Docs is the editor and not the file storage like it used to be, making it the editor FOR Google Drive. I vote we leave all as is until Google confirm that they're phasing out the name "docs" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Count of Tuscany (talk • contribs) 06:16, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Don't merge - The Google Docs article should be re-written in past tense, though. Merging it will delete it from the history books. Doesn't matter what happens with documents, whether they're available only in Google Drive or still in Google Docs or not. The thing existed. The article describes its history. Change it to past tense and end it with something like “for information on this application's history after it was re-launched in 2012, see the article on Google Drive.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.148.153 (talk) 02:17, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Don't merge - It's two months since the launch of Google Drive, and docs.google.com still has no functions which relate it to Google Drive. For web users of Google Docs, nothing has happened yet. Let's see how Google deals with the product merger before thinking about the wikipedia entry merger! Current status at docs.google.com is: "Google Docs will soon be upgraded to Google Drive. Google Drive will be the new home for your files." Permacultura (talk) 15:52, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Merge - While a Google search of docs still shows a link to docs.google.com, all this does is redirect to drive.google.com. It is clearly only there as a deprecated redirect link. Drive seems to now be both document/file storage as well as an office suite. (ReshenKusaga (talk) 18:33, 30 August 2012 (UTC))
Don't Merge - As both products still bare distinct marketing names and branding, and while they can both be accessed independently, they should be considered distinct products and that should be reflected here. NotinREALITY 07:42, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Merge The two are actually merging together. • Jesse V.(talk) 20:49, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Merge. Google Drive is built on top of Google Docs. While Google Docs allowed you to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, Google Drive was built upon that same frame, integrating a synchronizing service with Google Docs while cleaning up the user interface. OmnipotentArchetype0309 (talk) 23:45, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Don't Merge Take it straight from Google. Drive is the storage service, Docs is the office application suite. While the storage part was liberated from the old Docs and expanded upon for Drive, Docs still remains as the office application portion. You can even notice when using Google Drive that opening a document or spreadsheet will take you from drive.google.com to docs.google.com. --Kaleb.G (talk) 08:39, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
Merge The two articles contain too much similar and/or copypasted information; finding required information requires navigating both. From a usability standpoint, merging makes a lot of sense. Your friend NorwegianNazgul (talk) 02:19, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
Don't Merge but change the content of the docs page to only show the editors.... i have done this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.225.234 (talk) 11:03, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Don't Merge just make it past tense, why are we trying to remove the previous existence of Google Docs, maybe shorten it a bit but why even do that. I think it should be left as is with a disclaimer up to stating "Has been absorbed by Google Drive" which will eventually say "Has been absorbed by..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.36.92.50 (talk) 00:18, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Don't Merge, given the amount of history that Google Docs has. The other reason is that the current article already contains lots of material from Google Docs that should only belong in Google Docs. Google Drive can then just refer to Google Docs, as in "To read Google Docs history prior to Google Drive, see Google Docs." -Mardus (talk) 08:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
(Please) Don't Merge, cloud storage is it's own concern, found enough in this page with out having to read around on google docs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhaddonpearson (talk • contribs) 01:54, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
Merge Google Docs is no longer refers to Google's cloud office suite as we know it,but rather a web app as part of Google Drive, this includes Google Sheets (for spreadsheet), Google Slides (for presentation), Google Forms and Google Docs (for word processor). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.6.181.168 (talk) 05:56, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
This is a pretty stubby article so far. Can these files be shared with others? How much control? Can these files be made public, for sharing? Must the user install special client software just to be able to manually upload/download files?-96.233.20.116 (talk) 16:57, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
docs.google has been FREE. drive.google is said to cost $5.99/mo beyond 2 yrs after 1st accessing via chrome Book for FREE. "100 GB of Google Drive free for 2 years ". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.56.213.98 (talk) 19:49, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Google Documents (or Google Docs) is now a part of Google Drive... (talk) 12:02, 25 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.103.139.214 (talk)
I'm adding a short and well-cited paragraph to include information on two technologies Google has implemented to improve security: two-factor authentication and broad "default-on" SSL usage across their services (including Drive). Few other internet companies provide this sort of authentication - Blizzard, Steam, and EA's "The Old Republic" MMO are the only ones that I can think of offhand. I considered also adding a note about how trivial it is to steal someone's Facebook account by simply being on the same network as them and using an app such as DroidSheep (due to their "default-off" SSL), but I think it's probably not directly relevant even if it does demonstrate Google being more proactive about security than other industry leaders. Nalorcs (talk) 21:22, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
I'm confused. I already store documents on Google Docs (now Google Drive), and I (and my school project team members) can access/revise them from our computers/devices, so what functionality does the Google Drive Client provide that I don't already have? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.69.37.108 (talk) 15:18, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Why is it currently still written as a feature even though it was discontinued in April, 2013? -79.181.99.85 (talk) 16:54, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi! We should add the article to this category, shouldn't we? --Pequod76 (talk-ita.esp.eng) 00:31, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Google Drive integrates with Gmail. Files received as attachments in Gmail can be previewed through Google Drive viewer or direct saved to Google Drive. All this is not mentioned. 120.57.165.222 (talk) 11:02, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
This is a problem that many users have encountered, that Google Drive moves their files into the recycle bin and/or trash, for unknown reasons. I think it should be mentioned in the article. Thoughts? Btyner (talk) 01:10, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
The section Mobile Access appears to have a lot of false information. Ex: According to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs, the Google Drive app for Android cannot create or edit presentations. 120.57.165.222 (talk) 10:59, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
Or have at least any knowlegeable people speculated (ie, somewhere citable), as to why?
I mean, it's strange, isn't it? Getting an official Google Drive client working for Linux seems like it should be relatively trivial... right?
You would think that they've *decided*, as a deliberate policy, not to do so. But apparently that's not the case...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.173.60 (talk) 17:44, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
The detailed pricing information (especially the table) makes this article look like promotional material, and it is likely to get out of date. Can we get rid of some or all of it? Peter Chastain [habla, por favor] 19:28, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
The lengthy section on the features of Google's office suite (here referred to as Google Docs) should be removed from this article, as it is a complete duplication of what is already there on the main article (Google Docs#Features). Besides, the line between Google Drive and Google Docs has now become even more pronounced as there are standalone mobile apps and desktop websites for each of Docs, Sheets and Slides; thus the information qualifies as off-topic . SD0001 (talk) 13:01, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
Google Drive also features drawings — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukeyhano (talk • contribs) 14:43, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm a Wikipedia editing noob, but the "; 2 years ago" part seems a little redundant and misleading.
I propose this because A) Google Drive is almost 3 years old, and I had to double check my calendar, while Drive may not yet be 3, saying it is 2 gives the impression the app is younger than it actually is. B) The date is given, stating the age is not something I've seen in many Wiki articles and would need yearly updating. I would say it's inefficient at best.
Just my 2 cents. I tried to edit the page but it looks like this is being derived from an automated method.
Of course, I'm just a Wiki noob, so if anyone disagrees, I would love to hear the reason why (no sarcasm, genuine interest).
Edit note: I still think the "Founded on: {Date}" part should stay. Just to be clear. --Minibytefli (talk) 19:07, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi. I've noticed that the data safety and privacy section doesn't hold a neutral point of view. I want to try editing that; removing biased content, rewriting non-neutral language, and keeping the information relative to the sources. I haven't seen much (or any) actual discussion on the topic here for a while, so I'm not going to wait until I get a response to start editing, but if someone objects to an edit I make, please do come here and join me for a new discussion. Thanks! LocalNet (talk) 06:08, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
I'm going to give it a while before I make any changes so people get a chance to read and reply. LocalNet (talk) 07:14, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi anonymous editor 120.17.235.238. It's great that you're engaging in the talk page, and I value your feedback, but it's very difficult for me to follow, for multiple reasons. Please keep in mind that several of your posts are replies to comments posted many years ago (2007, 2008, 2011, and 2015), the comments are split into many different sections rather than one unified post, and I am unable to use a Wikipedia reply feature that gives you a notification when I have responded because you aren't logged in to a registered account. I want to hear your feedback, though, so it would be great if you could, at the very least, please make a new section, unifying your different concerns and questions, so that we can have an organized discussion rather than jumping between multiple old sections. Thanks. LocalNet (talk) 12:48, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm a Google employee who worked on a feature that was launched last year to improve Drive spam handling. I'd like to get the Spam Issues section updated, but since I have a conflict of interest, I am only going to suggest an update here. I'm hoping someone else can review this and update the section if it looks good.
Here is my proposed update:
Google Drive allows users to share drive contents with other Google users without requiring any authorization from the recipient of a sharing invitation. This has resulted in users receiving spam from unsolicited shared drives. Google is reported to be working on a fix. In May 2023, Google launched a dedicated spam folder in Drive and now detects and moves unwanted files to that folder (source: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/05/google-drive-spam-folder.html)
Thanks,
Jason Blahbleorg (talk) 15:58, 22 January 2024 (UTC)