April 26, 2010 46 Comments

Next iPad Annoyance- Google Docs

I just realized that I can’t actually START A NEW Google doc via my iPad. I guess this is a Google annoyance, as it sees the iPad as a mobile device so it thinks I’m just hoping to read existing docs.

Um, no. I’d like to edit my doc, and/or start a new doc.

How this is useful to you: if you’re a business, make your mobile apps create-able, and not just read-able.

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  • http://www.jeffreysass.com sass

    Hi Chris,

    I too have experienced the Keynote and Google Docs frustrations with the iPad. However, my saving grace has been EVERNOTE. The iPad Evernote app is gorgeous and functional. I am already used to using Evernote for all my writing drafts so I can jump in any time from any of my PC's or mobile devices. Not a perfect solution for document collaboration on the iPad but workable for document creation and editing… so far. I still find the positives outweigh the negatives and am enjoying the iPad. ABC, Netflix and Kindle (and of course Evernote) are all killer apps for me. Enjoy.

  • http://www.fatherhooddiary.com/ Jim

    This is a huge annoyance to me as well. And I haven't been able to find a reliable app as a fallback. Please update if you find something.

  • Randy_Stuck

    I believe this is indeed an iPad issue because it is running on a mobile OS. That is why Google Docs is viewing the iPad as a mobile device, because it is a mobile device in Apple's eyes.

  • http://twitter.com/mvolpe Mike Volpe

    Yeah… my issue with the iPad (I have not fallen in love with mine, no matter how hard I try) is that it is a glorified iPhone, so there are lots of things like this that don't work how you would want.

    So far I am still using my HP netbook with W7 a lot more than my iPad. The iPad is awesome as a Kindle upgrade – for reading and watching video, but it is not useful for more than that (yet…).

  • http://renegadehr.net Chris Ferdinandi – Renegade HR

    The weird thing is that you can edit Google Doc Spreadsheets, but not “Docs.”

  • http://twitter.com/postello Leif Rehnström

    Tried using only the iPad at work today, but gave up after 30 minutes. It lacks lots of small things and is not really ready for work. Very nice for consuming media, though… I'm sure it will be different in a couple of years.

    For documents, GoodReader is really nice and lets you access GoogleDocs, Dropbox, Box.net and so on, but no creating docs…

  • http://twitter.com/mollienothnagel Mollie Nothnagel

    More proof that the iPad is more a content consumption device that a content creation device.

  • http://www.kaplancopy.com/blog Jodi Kaplan

    I don't have an ipad, but my friend Didier on triiibes (the Mac Jedi Master) points to this, which may help.

    http://jkontherun.com/2010/04/08/ipad-google-do…

  • Stephen

    You actually can download an app from the app store that will allow you to sync and edit your google docs on the ipad.

    Have not tried it, but you might want to give it a try. Here is more info.

    http://jkontherun.com/2010/04/08/ipad-google-do…

  • http://www.ocbchgal.com/ Kathy

    Decided to test this on my Palm Pre, and you're correct the mobile app doesn't allow for creating docs of any kind.

    That said, I have the option of switching from Mobile and Desktop view and can create when in Desktop view.

    So, both Google and Apple are at fault.

    My two cents. :)
    Kath

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    Annoyance is the right word with my iPad. Love the thing, but those little annoyances do really irk me.

  • http://stevenbuehler.info swbuehler

    Guessing DataViz hasn't made a Documents to Go app for the iPad yet… used it on Palm and Symbian before switching to a Pocket PC after I had to give up my iPhone. Hoping to get it on my crackberry soon.

  • David Siteman Garland

    Yikes, any positives so far Chris? Or overall disappointing?

  • Jason

    There is a version of Documents To Go for iPhone, and it will be optimized for the iPad screen via a free update soon.

  • http://chrisbrogan.com Chris Brogan

    Oh no. There are LOTS of positives. I love lots of things about it.

  • http://johnmclachlan.ca/ John McLachlan

    Early days. I love mine so far, but will be curious to see it become more for creation as well as consumption.

  • http://www.moneyfunk.net Money Funk

    I won my iPad the other day. So I am eagerly waiting for it to arrive. I consider the iPad a spoiled toy for adults. What use does it serve that my phone or laptop doesn't do? I can't think of one. I look forward to using it like a Kindle, to read tons of eBooks.

  • tebonin

    Is that real? I haven't got mine yet. Is this means Google wanna start a war with apple?

  • http://www.zoombits.co.uk/ micro sd card

    Its easy to use Google Docs on the iPad. Just select the desktop version at the bottom of the google docs page. As the profession editor, you had to surely know that – you have so such profession experience!

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    Google doc is rocking.I am very glad to know that the new Google Docs editors will take advantage of faster rendering engines in modern browsers as well as new web standards like HTML5.

  • http://www.bealoud.com/ Daniel Peiser

    just out of curiosity, have you tried http://docs.com/ ?

  • David Siteman Garland

    Gotcha Chris :)

  • http://toddrjordan.com/thebroadbrush tojosan

    Evernote has allowed many folks to realize benefit from the iPad.
    Collaboration is key though.
    The real issue here lies with Google and they're not alone. Some other sites don't respond well to the iPad yet. It's the UI string it sends.
    Developers need to rely less on the UI string to limit access.

  • http://toddrjordan.com/thebroadbrush tojosan

    My iPad is replacing my laptop.
    Slowly but surely I'm using my laptop less and less. I've now taken to traveling to outing with the iPad instead of the laptop.No need to lug that thing around. Also the lack of a dangling keyboard and mouse makes it even more portable.
    Not saying it is a full fledged replacement yet, just that it fills a spot in my world well.

  • http://toddrjordan.com/thebroadbrush tojosan

    I've run into other sites having similar issues.
    Wagering it's inadvertent.

  • http://twitter.com/mvolpe Mike Volpe

    That's cool. For me it just doesn't do enough (yet) – no flash means most web apps don't work well, and there are not enough apps to replace the things I do with my laptop.

    It is an awesome media / reader device though.

  • natfinn

    While you're messing w/ Google, check out Google Analytics on there. Like the iPhone, you can't check your graphs nor do date comparisons.

    Nope, can't pull youtube embed codes off of the site
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    Let's not even talk about how the facebook fan page widges look in an ipad…if you take the profile pics off your widget it looks better.

    And the next person who says, “There's an APP for that,” is gonna get this iPad through their Tweets (I didn't even catch that double-entendre but I'm gonna roll with it. I apologize).

    You can copy embed codes from Flickr, so that's progress.

    If I end up falling in love with the ipad, it'll be in spite of itself.

    Now, if only there was a device that worked like a computer but was portable…like a computer that fits on my lap and slides into my backpack when I'm ready to travel…

    That would be progress

    Now where did @kristypage go with it? (we've just had it in the office for an hour now)

  • natfinn

    from someone who hides one of the company macbooks in my desk so only I can use it, the ipad needs flash and full browser integration.

    And why is something that's screen is larger than the original laptops not offer multi-window support?

    Once again, Apple's put state of the art styling on something that's generations behind in technology.

    But the war chess is cool.

  • John Rosa

    I don't see this as just a Google issue, actually more of an Apple issue.

    Nobody needed to really buy an iPad to see what the shortfalls were going to be, but I'll bet Apple is thrilled that so many wanted to buy one so that instead of the company investing millions in market research and further development, they outsourced these functions to all the iPad purchasers at a cost of $500.00 a pop (you pay not Apple) to do the market research and development definition to determine, what does the next version of the iPad need to really become functional. If you need to do work, it's still the laptop's game (or tablet), if you just need to read books, e-mails, use as a phone, use as an mp3 player, or video player then you have options like; iTouch for $200-300, iPhone $200-300, or iPad $500-600.

  • http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/ Chuck Frey

    The Google Docs problem isn't new to the iPad. I had the same problem last year when I tried it on an iPod Touch. Apparently Google only intended for it to be a Docs viewer…

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  • natfinn

    Google Docs has gotten a LITTLE better. If you go to the bottom of the google docs page, there's a View Google Docs in: Mobile | Desktop” link. And despite it's “iPad may not support…” CYA proviso you have to click through, you can still edit spreadsheets.

    Documents?…well, you can edit spreadsheets.

    If you go to desktop then view a document it'll throw you back to mobile. When you try to switch out of mobile when viewing the document all you get is the “unsupported” page. The “create new” document menu is too dynamic for the ipad browser to read. And you can't upload files, but it's a start.

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