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Google adds Google Drive documents to search results

39 points by chrisrhoden 14y ago

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- justinschuh 14y ago
  Did you actually create an account 25 minutes ago solely to post that bit of FUD?
Tipzntrix 14y ago
If this becomes mandatory for Google, I'd switch search engines. You may call it FUD if you wish, but I would either have to be logged out when making Google searches or risk having some of my e-mail with senders and subject lines revealed to anyone watching my screen. EDIT: As of now, it's opt-in. EDIT: It seems most people inferred that I meant people could see the body of the e-mail. I meant to say that people can see the subject and sender exclusively, not in addition to the body. EDIT: And no, I didn't create that throwaway account with the deleted post. I wouldn't have done this if I did. I'm just saying that it isn't all FUD.
- timothya 14y ago
  You can see in the screenshot that the results are hidden behind a "Show results" dropdown. There's no risk of people spotting your subject lines by peering over your shoulder at search results.
  - Tipzntrix 14y ago
    "Your searches on Google.com may bring up relevant emails, files and more from Gmail and Google Drive" https://www.gstatic.com/gft/gd1_kt8j8a.png https://www.gstatic.com/gft/gd1_kt8j8a.png Check that picture out. Immediately, people can tell that you have email from a certain sender about the topic that you have just searched, even before you click "Search results". To just get all the comments out of the way: @adgar2: Senders and subject are available: Subject is the search query, sender is seen right there in the screenshot. Looking over the comment, I probably communicated that people could see the body of the e-mail. That's my mistake, I meant to say that people could see senders and subjects. @Karunamon: It's real obvious when I'm opening my e-mail that people can see my e-mail. I wouldn't expect that when just searching Google. All in all, as I said logging out is a perfectly viable option, but the slip up at the wrong time (e.g. getting some spam that passed your filter, searching "ass" while on your way to finishing typing assassin's creed or whatnot, and having "Gmail results: messages from xxx..., Jane Doe,...and 2 others" show up).
- adgar2 14y ago
  > You may call it FUD if you wish, but I would either have to be logged out when making Google searches or risk having some of my e-mail with senders and subject lines revealed to anyone watching my screen. Considering that's just completely untrue based on all your available data, I won't call it FUD. I'll just call it a lie.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  And what if you have your email open? Someone could see the senders and subject lines if they can see your screen! Oh noes! The same way anyone can see anything you're doing if they can see your screen! This isn't even FUD, this is just plain bullshit.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  In response to your second edit, you've answered nothing. My reply stands: >And what if you have your email open? Someone could see the senders and subject lines if they can see your screen! Oh noes! The same way anyone can see anything you're doing if they can see your screen! It's crap.
vibrunazo 14y ago
It used to take me around 10 seconds to get from opening a new tab, to specific files in Google Drive. Now it takes about 2 seconds. This is a huge improvement. But I hope they integrate it to the chrome omnibox to take it under 1 second.
- timothya 14y ago
  You can search Google Drive directly from the omnibox by creating a custom search engine in Chrome. Then you only have to type a couple letters, tab, and the search query.
spindritf 14y ago
That's neat. > This trial is only accessible on https://www.google.com https://www.google.com in English and for @gmail.com addresses (not available on Google Apps accounts). Oh.
- notatoad 14y ago
  You seem surprised. This is how google launches pretty much everything they do.
toyg 14y ago
Considering the recent brouhaha about Dropbox messing up Team-linked accounts, I wouldn't be surprised to see a spike in GDrive uptake. Differently from management-driven projects like G+, it's clear that Drive is real dogfood inside Google, essential infrastructure built for Googlers first. As such, it's gaining features very quickly.
duaneb 14y ago
I love google drive so much. I'm just frustrated there's no common API for web file storage---flip a coin to see whether a given app supports a given service.
- Andrex 14y ago
  This is why Filepicker.io seems to be getting a bit of hype. A neat, common solution to this problem.
AndresOspina 14y ago
I have special love for dropbox, but I wanna test drive results with Google drive :)
AndresOspina 14y ago
I have special love for dropbox, but I wanna test drive results with Google drive :)
accarrino 14y ago
reminds me of Google Desktop for PC

39 points by chrisrhoden 14y ago

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justinschuh 14y ago
Did you actually create an account 25 minutes ago solely to post that bit of FUD?

Tipzntrix 14y ago

If this becomes mandatory for Google, I'd switch search engines. You may call it FUD if you wish, but I would either have to be logged out when making Google searches or risk having some of my e-mail with senders and subject lines revealed to anyone watching my screen. EDIT: As of now, it's opt-in. EDIT: It seems most people inferred that I meant people could see the body of the e-mail. I meant to say that people can see the subject and sender exclusively, not in addition to the body. EDIT: And no, I didn't create that throwaway account with the deleted post. I wouldn't have done this if I did. I'm just saying that it isn't all FUD.

timothya 14y ago
You can see in the screenshot that the results are hidden behind a "Show results" dropdown. There's no risk of people spotting your subject lines by peering over your shoulder at search results.
- Tipzntrix 14y ago
  "Your searches on Google.com may bring up relevant emails, files and more from Gmail and Google Drive" https://www.gstatic.com/gft/gd1_kt8j8a.png https://www.gstatic.com/gft/gd1_kt8j8a.png Check that picture out. Immediately, people can tell that you have email from a certain sender about the topic that you have just searched, even before you click "Search results". To just get all the comments out of the way: @adgar2: Senders and subject are available: Subject is the search query, sender is seen right there in the screenshot. Looking over the comment, I probably communicated that people could see the body of the e-mail. That's my mistake, I meant to say that people could see senders and subjects. @Karunamon: It's real obvious when I'm opening my e-mail that people can see my e-mail. I wouldn't expect that when just searching Google. All in all, as I said logging out is a perfectly viable option, but the slip up at the wrong time (e.g. getting some spam that passed your filter, searching "ass" while on your way to finishing typing assassin's creed or whatnot, and having "Gmail results: messages from xxx..., Jane Doe,...and 2 others" show up).
adgar2 14y ago
> You may call it FUD if you wish, but I would either have to be logged out when making Google searches or risk having some of my e-mail with senders and subject lines revealed to anyone watching my screen. Considering that's just completely untrue based on all your available data, I won't call it FUD. I'll just call it a lie.
Karunamon 14y ago
And what if you have your email open? Someone could see the senders and subject lines if they can see your screen! Oh noes! The same way anyone can see anything you're doing if they can see your screen! This isn't even FUD, this is just plain bullshit.
Karunamon 14y ago
In response to your second edit, you've answered nothing. My reply stands: >And what if you have your email open? Someone could see the senders and subject lines if they can see your screen! Oh noes! The same way anyone can see anything you're doing if they can see your screen! It's crap.

vibrunazo 14y ago

It used to take me around 10 seconds to get from opening a new tab, to specific files in Google Drive. Now it takes about 2 seconds. This is a huge improvement. But I hope they integrate it to the chrome omnibox to take it under 1 second.

timothya 14y ago
You can search Google Drive directly from the omnibox by creating a custom search engine in Chrome. Then you only have to type a couple letters, tab, and the search query.

spindritf 14y ago

That's neat. > This trial is only accessible on https://www.google.com https://www.google.com in English and for @gmail.com addresses (not available on Google Apps accounts). Oh.

notatoad 14y ago
You seem surprised. This is how google launches pretty much everything they do.

toyg 14y ago

Considering the recent brouhaha about Dropbox messing up Team-linked accounts, I wouldn't be surprised to see a spike in GDrive uptake. Differently from management-driven projects like G+, it's clear that Drive is real dogfood inside Google, essential infrastructure built for Googlers first. As such, it's gaining features very quickly.

duaneb 14y ago

I love google drive so much. I'm just frustrated there's no common API for web file storage---flip a coin to see whether a given app supports a given service.

Andrex 14y ago
This is why Filepicker.io seems to be getting a bit of hype. A neat, common solution to this problem.

AndresOspina 14y ago

I have special love for dropbox, but I wanna test drive results with Google drive :)

AndresOspina 14y ago

I have special love for dropbox, but I wanna test drive results with Google drive :)

accarrino 14y ago

reminds me of Google Desktop for PC