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Google Sheets now has an intrusive Gemini pop-up that obscures other cells and UI when you try to do things like edit a formula, it's beyond infuriating and I c

Google Sheets now has an intrusive Gemini pop-up that obscures other cells and UI when you try to do things like edit a formula, it's beyond infuriating and I can feel my blood pressure rise just thinking about it.

rapind 1y ago
Clippy!
- 6510 1y ago
  Ask Jeeves? Oh, no wait! Google answers?
- tomnipotent 1y ago
  Clippy at least had the courtesy of only blocking the bottom right of the window, these ridiculous Gemini pop-ups appear next to whatever cell you have selected and block things like column headers or values that you actually want to look at while editing the formula/value. It's insane to me that this was ever allowed to get deployed without a rational human being calling out the obvious issue.
quamserena 1y ago
I blocked that with uBlock origin the moment I first saw it. So annoying! Someone should make a filter for all of these AI widgets.
- bravetraveler 1y ago
  We can go for a first release, together. You have these, I have about 8 things filtered out of Atlassian products. If I remember on Monday, I'll reply with my portion. Don't own nearly enough to go near radiation on my weekend.
  - bravetraveler 1y ago
    Change the domain (before ##) to match your instance: your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="issue-smart-request-summary.ui.ai-container"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="issue.views.issue-base.foundation.status.improve-issue"] your_co.atlassian.net##[aria-label="Summarize"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="atlassian-navigation.ui.conversation-assistant.app-navigation-ai-mate"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="highlight-actions.ui.popup-target.popup-dialog.action-items.define-button.define-button"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="context-menu-rovo-chat-button"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="context-menu-rovo-chat-more-options"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="atlassian-intelligence-toolbar-button"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="placeholder-test-id"] Surely some repeats/inefficiency: barely know what I'm doing :)
pea 1y ago
The way Gemini (which is incredible) has been haphazardly shoved into gsuite products seems devoid of any kind of common sense. Even very basic obvious things via Gemini in Gmail fail. It’s ironic because it’s the one place I’d love a decent model.
- wlesieutre 1y ago
  Reminds me of when Google Plus got “integrated” everywhere, but even worse. If we take the thing nobody asked for and shove it in users faces as often as possible, this will get lots of happy customers and the product will take off!
- SturgeonsLaw 1y ago
  Incredible at some things maybe, but for the average user Gemini is what broke Google Assistant (the article touches on that). Most people use Google Assistant to "do things" like play music, interact with smart switches, etc. Rolling out Gemini as a replacement before it could do these things was always going to be viewed as a regression. People don't care if it can answer questions with more nuance when the smart stuff they paid hundreds or thousands for no longer works.
  - ianburrell 1y ago
    The weird thing is that other AI systems can route commands to different models. Google should be able to send questions to Gemini and commands to Google Assistant.
  - netsharc 1y ago
    I use Assistant to add reminders or stuff to my calendar (saying "Add appointment for 22nd of December at 2pm take sleigh out of garage" is a lot faster than clicking around the calendar UI), a few months ago Gemini couldn't do these things, yesterday it offers to do so after I connect it to the Workspace apps (I'm using civilian Google). But asking it to list my reminders gives me a textual listing in its UI instead of loading the Tasks UI... Getting a response to "Set alarm for 8am" is still a lot quicker in Assistant than in Gemini.
  - 1y ago

rapind 1y ago

Clippy!

6510 1y ago
Ask Jeeves? Oh, no wait! Google answers?
tomnipotent 1y ago
Clippy at least had the courtesy of only blocking the bottom right of the window, these ridiculous Gemini pop-ups appear next to whatever cell you have selected and block things like column headers or values that you actually want to look at while editing the formula/value. It's insane to me that this was ever allowed to get deployed without a rational human being calling out the obvious issue.

quamserena 1y ago

I blocked that with uBlock origin the moment I first saw it. So annoying! Someone should make a filter for all of these AI widgets.

bravetraveler 1y ago
We can go for a first release, together. You have these, I have about 8 things filtered out of Atlassian products. If I remember on Monday, I'll reply with my portion. Don't own nearly enough to go near radiation on my weekend.
- bravetraveler 1y ago
  Change the domain (before ##) to match your instance: your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="issue-smart-request-summary.ui.ai-container"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="issue.views.issue-base.foundation.status.improve-issue"] your_co.atlassian.net##[aria-label="Summarize"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="atlassian-navigation.ui.conversation-assistant.app-navigation-ai-mate"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="highlight-actions.ui.popup-target.popup-dialog.action-items.define-button.define-button"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="context-menu-rovo-chat-button"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="context-menu-rovo-chat-more-options"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="atlassian-intelligence-toolbar-button"] your_co.atlassian.net##[data-testid*="placeholder-test-id"] Surely some repeats/inefficiency: barely know what I'm doing :)

pea 1y ago

The way Gemini (which is incredible) has been haphazardly shoved into gsuite products seems devoid of any kind of common sense. Even very basic obvious things via Gemini in Gmail fail. It’s ironic because it’s the one place I’d love a decent model.

wlesieutre 1y ago
Reminds me of when Google Plus got “integrated” everywhere, but even worse. If we take the thing nobody asked for and shove it in users faces as often as possible, this will get lots of happy customers and the product will take off!
SturgeonsLaw 1y ago
Incredible at some things maybe, but for the average user Gemini is what broke Google Assistant (the article touches on that). Most people use Google Assistant to "do things" like play music, interact with smart switches, etc. Rolling out Gemini as a replacement before it could do these things was always going to be viewed as a regression. People don't care if it can answer questions with more nuance when the smart stuff they paid hundreds or thousands for no longer works.
- ianburrell 1y ago
  The weird thing is that other AI systems can route commands to different models. Google should be able to send questions to Gemini and commands to Google Assistant.
- netsharc 1y ago
  I use Assistant to add reminders or stuff to my calendar (saying "Add appointment for 22nd of December at 2pm take sleigh out of garage" is a lot faster than clicking around the calendar UI), a few months ago Gemini couldn't do these things, yesterday it offers to do so after I connect it to the Workspace apps (I'm using civilian Google). But asking it to list my reminders gives me a textual listing in its UI instead of loading the Tasks UI... Getting a response to "Set alarm for 8am" is still a lot quicker in Assistant than in Gemini.
- 1y ago