Ben...

I strongly hope that I'm not the first one to have thought of this,
because if I am that should merit me a job at Google (got a
"Brainstormer" position open?) :P

Nah, seriously though, if any online application is to become a
replacement for a local one (if Docs wants to replace Word, GMail
replace Outlook) then in a sense you have no choice but to mimic not
only the software functionality, but the OS functionality. Having a
file association to a software is a behavior that people are just used
to.

In order to offer a service for the "masses", you have to think like
the masses, not like geeks!

Cheers,
Eric.

On Oct 6, 5:11 pm, "Ben Lisbakken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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

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