The term came about when Google made a second round of what they consider to be spring cleaning. Google has a variety of motives, from an entire mobile OS to a self driving car, and it is no surprise that this can get slightly overwhelming. As much as we hear at the geek squad would like to believe that Google is perfect, they must give their full attention to the products that they feel most important. This new spring cleaning involved the death of a cherished service: Google Reader. Moment of silence, if you wish.
But today we're talking about something perhaps more important to those under our domain: templates.
Long story short, they were not murdered, though they are hidden. For those of you who haven't noticed, this is what the new "create" menu looks like:
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| New Create Menu |
1) First click the "connect more apps" (shown above)
2) Search for the word "template"
3) Choose the first one. After clicking connect, you're set. The last thing you need to know is that when you use it for the first time, you'll be presented with the following window.
These windows are generally harmless. Before any service is allowed to use your Google account, Google asks you if you're okay with it.
Lastly: some of you might be wondering: why?
The answer is a little tricky: Google Drive is different from Google Docs in a few ways. Mainly, minor, and since most of the ET users haven't been around during the Docs days, I won't make a big deal about it. I will say this: the push is for an open market: offering collaboration, universal web-access, and online-saving to many services. That's why it's a Drive. It stores your files, but also allows you to edit and work with them, whether they be documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, drawings, videos, charts...you get the idea.
Thanks, Adam. This is entirely helpful and I shall be sharing it with the masses : ) Thank you also for giving Google Reader its due respect.
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