Hey Eric -- As far as I know, we don't have a feature like that. Sounds pretty compelling though! I think this is a great idea. You should put it on the issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/gears/issues/list
For right now, the best that there is is the Desktop API which lets you have shortcuts on the desktop to a URL. This still keeps the user a few clicks away from importing, though. -Ben 2008/10/6 Eric-Sebastien Lachance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm surprised that I have not see this anywhere in the docs, faqs or > elsewhere I looked. > > I've recently become a big fan of one online app that uses Gears (Zoho > busines suite) and I am attempting to sell this as a replacement to > Microsoft Office to my VP of IT. Within the "disadvantages" or the > "against" points, there is obviously online availability, data privacy > and other concerns. > > But there is one thing that Zoho and other Gears applications do *not* > do and that is the basics of any application in use today on a > computer: File Associations. Let's say I'm using Zoho (or Google Docs > for that matter) as my main Document editor. I received Word documents > everyday from candidates that want a job with me, and I need to open > those files. > > What user will want to save the document from their email, floppy, > website or USB key, then open the application, select "import", then > "browse" to get to the file in order to open it? None! No one wants > this sort of long, complicated method of opening files when right now, > all they are doing is simply double-clicking on the Word file from > their explorer, or from Outlook, or from an in-house application like > the one we use for resume storing/applicant database. > > I would strongly suggest that Google gets on this case as soon as > possible - to offer file associations with an online application from > the Windows Explorer window in order for users to easily open their > current files with the new application without hassle. > > And if that's already possible... Document it! > > Cheers, > Eric-Sebastien Lachance >
