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OT: every time a popular Google doc is shared I see this banner at the top saying that "Wow, this file is really popular! Some tools might be unavailable until

by riobard 12y ago

OT: every time a popular Google doc is shared I see this banner at the top saying that "Wow, this file is really popular! Some tools might be unavailable until the crowd clears." with the option to try again or dismiss the message. I'm wondering what tools I am missing given that this is basically a read-only view?

rictic 12y ago
Google docs urls that end in /edit will try and figure out what rights you have to the document and give you tools corresponding to those rights (to edit the doc, to share it, to add comments, to add suggestions, etc). Google docs that end in /preview just show the read-only view. When a doc becomes super popular, sometimes /edit will redirect to /preview.