# Google, I love you. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833 "2007-04-27T05:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/1 "2007-04-27T05:04:03Z")
So, I just received a Word document in my Gmail, and noticed I had some options about what to do with it that I hadn’t really pondered thoroughly about before. “Download” - yeah, I know what that one does. “View as HTML” - OK, I get that one, too. Then there’s “open as a Google document”. Hang on, I thought. What the heck does that do? How long has that option been there, anyway? I don’t think I’ve tried clicking on it before. Well… _click_. Yeah. Google has just given me an online word processor. That’s right. Online. Word. Processor. For free. Yup, you can edit stuff, save stuff, print stuff, you can select fonts and stuff, you can spellcheck stuff, and it’s all sweet and unobtrusive and googletastic and nice and cuddly. Man, I love those guys. I mean, jeez, it’s just so… NICE of them. I’m really touched. I can’t remember any girlfriend I’ve had who has ever done stuff like this for me on a Friday morning. I’m not sure if I’ll actually ever \*use \*the thing, but… man, what a good idea. And such a nice sentiment. They love me, they really do, they’re looking out for me, and I love them too. Yeah. Google - I love you. (Oh, and hey! - they have a spreadsheet, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/2 "2007-04-27T05:36:43Z")
Amen, I have been using Google Docs for a while now, especially the spreadsheets. Although I am surprised it took you so long to learn about it - it’s been out for a while now. It’s great, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/3 "2007-04-27T05:43:09Z")
No, Google’s my one true love. You guys stay away! She’s all mine! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/4 "2007-04-27T06:04:54Z")
This is somewhat old news. Google really needs to work on their advertising. I mean, not everyone skims Slashdot or Reddit or Digg or Boing Boing or any of the other sites that make it sound like I lost vital parts of my brain in a stroke. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/5 "2007-04-27T06:08:10Z")
You guys know that Google’s planning a version of PowerPoint, don’t you? IMHO, that’s minus several points for style, at the very least. [Check out the Gmail podcast for all kinds of tips.](http://www.chuckchat.com/gmail/) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/6 "2007-04-27T06:24:24Z")
Powerpoint is a PoS, but it’s ubiquitous. Any alternative to it gets my vote, even though I suspect Google’s presentation engine will be based on it. I can’t get into the site of the company it bought up - Tonic Systems - to check it out. I do know the patent talks about Java to run it though. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/7 "2007-04-27T06:39:44Z")
I already loved Google because of Google Earth, but that’s just me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/8 "2007-04-27T13:33:19Z")
It’s great, I agree. Most everything I do on a computer is on the same laptop, but once in a while I won’t be on this machine and the Google Docs are perfect for that. If there’s something I want available to me anywhere I may be, it’s saved there. Open my Google, there’s my document. Fricking amazing, I’m marrying Google. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/9 "2007-04-27T14:05:53Z")
Ditto. I switched to gmail a ways back and am still constantly blown away with how much better the interface is than the traditional outlook express clone. I remember the beginners docs were like “yeah, we know you’re lost but stick with it–you’ll like it more after you’ve used it for a while”. And they were right. Somehow I’m not surprised that a) it has that option and b) it just kinda works like you’d expect it to. Pretty typical for them. ---
**Author:** ![Gentle\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gentle\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gentle_Robot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/10 "2007-04-27T23:31:39Z")
I hate google. Their quality’s dropped off ever since they started trading publicly. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/11 "2007-04-28T00:17:50Z")
[QUOTE=Gentle Robot] I hate google. Their quality’s dropped off ever since they started trading publicly. [/QUOTE] ? I sincerely disagree. Gmail’s turns have all been for the better, even their mobile interface is good. The search engine is like it’s always been. Google Earth is good, google maps is great. The Docs feature works well, they have more opening alternatives (and good ones, at that) than any other web-based mail provider. They’re free, have a shitload of storage capacity and all their interfaces are all uncluttered and nice. The only controversy over them that I can understand not apprecciating is probably the brouha over accepting censorship in China. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/12 "2007-04-28T00:28:14Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] ? I sincerely disagree. Gmail’s turns have all been for the better, even their mobile interface is good. The search engine is like it’s always been. Google Earth is good, google maps is great. The Docs feature works well, they have more opening alternatives (and good ones, at that) than any other web-based mail provider. They’re free, have a shitload of storage capacity and all their interfaces are all uncluttered and nice. The only controversy over them that I can understand not appreciating is probably the brouha over accepting censorship in China. [/QUOTE] I don’t know where Gentle Robot is coming up with that either. I assume it is a case of Mass Appeal = Bad. I first hooked up with Google back when she was in high school back in 2000 or so. I did her so many ways I started looking around for an “unabridged” version of the Kama Sutra but it seems that I exhausted all of the possibilities (and her) already. She went off to college to make something of herself she claimed. Apparently it worked and she got really popular and ended up with loads of money. However, she started hooking up with shady street characters like YouTube and I had to break off most of the relationship. I still make love to Google whenever I see her and enjoy it but it is an open relationship these days. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/13 "2007-04-28T00:32:22Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] I don’t know where Gentle Robot is coming up with that either. I assume it is a case of Mass Appeal = Bad. I first hooked up with Google back when she was in high school back in 2000 or so. I did her so many ways I started looking around for an “unabridged” version of the Kama Sutra but it seems that I exhausted all of the possibilities (and her) already. She went off to college to make something of herself she claimed. Apparently it worked and she got really popular and ended up with loads of money. However, she started hooking up with shady street characters like YouTube and I had to break off most of the relationship. I still make love to Google whenever I see her and enjoy it but it is an open relationship these days. [/QUOTE] Are you trying to say you’re doing AOL Search on the side? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/14 "2007-04-28T00:34:53Z")
I needed to do some math and didn’t have my calculator handy. I put the math problem in the Google thingie, thinking Google would find a calculator for me. Nope. Google did the math. How cool is that? What else does it do? ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/15 "2007-04-28T00:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I needed to do some math and didn’t have my calculator handy. I put the math problem in the Google thingie, thinking Google would find a calculator for me. Nope. Google did the math. How cool is that? What else does it do? [/QUOTE] :eek: Google can actually do my homework? ::squeeeeee:: ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/16 "2007-04-28T01:10:41Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] Are you trying to say you’re doing AOL Search on the side? :dubious: [/QUOTE] No, not me. Google is still my number one. It’s just that she seems to do just about everyone these days: straights, gays, men, women, even kids. She is a real little whore but she is the best at it so people put up with it and keep coming. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/17 "2007-04-28T03:36:55Z")
:smack: I actually opened a new tab and Googled “I Love You” while this thread was loading. The saddest part was, I read this thread already. I just wasn’t thinking I guess. Wonderful moment. Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/18 "2007-04-28T05:02:23Z")
That Google online word processor was a lifesaver during Nanowrimo last year. I love Google. I used to go out with Yahoo! a long time ago, but then I met Google and I never looked back 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![initech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/439d5e/32.png) [@initech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/initech)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/19 "2007-04-28T05:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I needed to do some math and didn’t have my calculator handy. I put the math problem in the Google thingie, thinking Google would find a calculator for me. Nope. Google did the math. How cool is that? What else does it do? [/QUOTE] Conversions: 25 lbs in grams 500 gigabytes in bits 4 miles in kilometers 1 fathom in hands ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833/20 "2007-04-28T05:45:07Z")
All Hail the GoogleGods! Seriously, I love Google. She knows what I want even before I do. She gently questions me when I have a typo…“do you mean _blah blah blah_?”. She almost always finds what I’m looking for on her first page. She lets me fly across the world. And now she lets me create docs and spreadsheets. \ I love you, man. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-i-love-you/401833.md?page=2)