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....I love it already. I practically live inside Google Drive for work. Question for the maker or anyone else: how can I turn these into bookmarklets so I can

by iamdave 10y ago

....I love it already. I practically live inside Google Drive for work. Question for the maker or anyone else: how can I turn these into bookmarklets so I can save them with favicons to my bookmarks bar?

sixhobbits 10y ago
Bookmark https://docs.google.com/document/create https://docs.google.com/document/create ? Or am I missing something?
- KayL 10y ago
  Yeah, I don't see the point also. You can also create a shortcut in Chrome or Firefox for it.
  - flinner 10y ago
    I hope all users do create the shortcuts. It's definitely a better experience. But if you're using a friend's computer or are on a different browser where you don't have the bookmark, fastdocs.co is a friendly, fast way to quickly access the shortcut.
- flinner 10y ago
  There are unique URLs for each document type, and they are also different per platform (web/iOS/android). So, yes bookmarks are great, but it's helpful to have all the necessary links in one place.
  - cookiemonsta 10y ago
    the different urls are in the source: var urls = { "web": { "doc": "https://docs.google.com/document/create", "sheet": "https://sheets.google.com/create", "presentation": "https://slides.google.com/create", "drawing": "https://drawings.google.com/create" }, "ios": { "doc": "googledocs://docs.google.com/document/create", "sheet": "googlesheets://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?new", "presentation": "googleslides://docs.google.com/presentation/create", "drawing": "https://drawings.google.com/create" }, "android": { "doc": "intent://#Intent;package=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.docs;end", "sheet": "intent://#Intent;package=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets;end", "presentation": "intent://#Intent;package=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.slides;end", "drawing": "https://drawings.google.com/create" }, }
flinner 10y ago
Creator here. Yes, bookmarks are the best user experience here. That's why direct links are included on the about page (or you can right-click, save-as on the homepage links too). You can drag/drop the bookmarks on the about page (fastdocs.co/about.html) to have the bookmarks pre-populate with relevant text titles. Thanks for the feedback!
- topher200 10y ago
  Bug report on the "about" page: http://screencast.com/t/xdSZrifx5Ct0 http://screencast.com/t/xdSZrifx5Ct0
gearhart 10y ago
Had exactly the same reaction. Quick google yields: https://github.com/kyletns/quick-docs https://github.com/kyletns/quick-docs Bit involved to set up, but does the trick. @flinner - would you be prepared to host something similar as an improvement on the bookmarks?

by iamdave 10y ago

sixhobbits 10y ago

Bookmark https://docs.google.com/document/create https://docs.google.com/document/create ? Or am I missing something?

KayL 10y ago
Yeah, I don't see the point also. You can also create a shortcut in Chrome or Firefox for it.
- flinner 10y ago
  I hope all users do create the shortcuts. It's definitely a better experience. But if you're using a friend's computer or are on a different browser where you don't have the bookmark, fastdocs.co is a friendly, fast way to quickly access the shortcut.
flinner 10y ago
There are unique URLs for each document type, and they are also different per platform (web/iOS/android). So, yes bookmarks are great, but it's helpful to have all the necessary links in one place.
- cookiemonsta 10y ago
  the different urls are in the source: var urls = { "web": { "doc": "https://docs.google.com/document/create", "sheet": "https://sheets.google.com/create", "presentation": "https://slides.google.com/create", "drawing": "https://drawings.google.com/create" }, "ios": { "doc": "googledocs://docs.google.com/document/create", "sheet": "googlesheets://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?new", "presentation": "googleslides://docs.google.com/presentation/create", "drawing": "https://drawings.google.com/create" }, "android": { "doc": "intent://#Intent;package=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.docs;end", "sheet": "intent://#Intent;package=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets;end", "presentation": "intent://#Intent;package=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.slides;end", "drawing": "https://drawings.google.com/create" }, }

flinner 10y ago

Creator here. Yes, bookmarks are the best user experience here. That's why direct links are included on the about page (or you can right-click, save-as on the homepage links too). You can drag/drop the bookmarks on the about page (fastdocs.co/about.html) to have the bookmarks pre-populate with relevant text titles. Thanks for the feedback!

topher200 10y ago
Bug report on the "about" page: http://screencast.com/t/xdSZrifx5Ct0 http://screencast.com/t/xdSZrifx5Ct0

gearhart 10y ago

Had exactly the same reaction. Quick google yields: https://github.com/kyletns/quick-docs https://github.com/kyletns/quick-docs Bit involved to set up, but does the trick. @flinner - would you be prepared to host something similar as an improvement on the bookmarks?