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If you have a both a personal gmail account and a for-work "google for business" account - the shortcut will take you to whatever account you signed into first.
by tpmx 7y ago
If you have a both a personal gmail account and a for-work "google for business" account - the shortcut will take you to whatever account you signed into first.
If you attempt to switch to a different account after accessing https://docs.new/ https://docs.new/, that will trigger an "ask for permission to access document" dialog.
Not awesome.
(AFAIK, the only way to fix this is to sign out and then log back in, in the "correct" order.)
(This is on a Windows desktop running Chrome.)
- hn_throwaway_99 7y agoNote on Android this actually works great. Typing docs.new gives me a modal where I can choose between my work and personal account, and then dumps me in the docs editor app with a new doc.
- tpmx 7y agoSurely "PCs" must the dominant form factor for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides authoring? Still? I mean, it's neat that you can edit a google doc on your phone, but who actually spends hours authoring that doc, tapping on a software keyboard on 5 inch touch screen?
- toast0 7y agoLots of people don't have a PC at all. If they're using Google Docs, it's with their phone.
- tln 7y agoOn chrome for Android, I am asked which account to use. On chrome desktop, I have separate profiles for work and home so nothing is intermingled.
- jianglai 7y agoYou can try docs.new/1 and docs.new/2.
- tpmx 7y agoNice! I do understand why you didn't advertise that on the web site. This problem is a common theme amongst all of the Google properties. (I run into it so much in the GCP console, too.) I would really like an explicit option to select the "default" or "primary" account, in that top-right user dropdown.
- philsnow 7y agomultilogin just won't go away, will it?
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoWorks great with container tabs in Firefox.