Filed under: Utilities, Web services, Freeware, Browsers
Before I start, I'm not quite sure why you'd want to do this: why not just drag out a Google Docs tab and pretend it's Notepad? That's the whole point of Chrome and other minimalist browsers: they want to be an application platform!But, anyway, if you do want to edit Google Docs from your desktop, Nocs is an excellent solution. It's just like a super-powered, cloud-enabled Windows Notepad. As you can see from the screenshot, it even has the same default font! And tabs! (But again, why not just use a tabbed Web browser...?)
It also doesn't seem to do color, or formatting, or spell-checking. It does provide almost-real-time collaboration though -- it's quite fun to watch collaborators update Notepad, I have to admit.
Nocs is a good alternative to using a Web browser, but that's all it is: an alternative. It's also free and open source, hooray!
[thanks to Yansky for the tip!]
Nocs lets you work on Google Docs in a desktop Notepad environment originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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