tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post996330634709220884..comments2023-03-22T03:46:05.342-07:00Comments on One Finger Typing: Google's new Blogger interfaceSteve Masoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-53900436268097311072011-10-16T17:18:55.870-07:002011-10-16T17:18:55.870-07:00@Utku Utkan: Thanks for weighing in directly. I do...@Utku Utkan: Thanks for weighing in directly. I do see the statement on your site explaining the GDocs.io is a third-party service, and I think it's good to try to clear up people's uncertainty or confusion on this point.<br /><br />I did not go so far as to create a Gdocs.io account, but I did initiate the process and confirmed that login is to accounts.google.com, which means (for the uninitiated) that you log in to Google, and Google confirms to Gdocs.io (via the OAuth protocol Utku mentioned) that you have logged in correctly. Gdocs.io takes advantage of the fact that you already have a Google account, but does not gain access to your password.<br /><br />I did not go far enough in the sign-up process or attempt to 'look under the hood' to determine what permissions / access to an individual's Google-hosted data or services is granted to Gdocs.io upon login via one's Google account.Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-73564507280346562082011-10-16T14:39:28.956-07:002011-10-16T14:39:28.956-07:00I am one of the developers of GDocs.io. You are co...I am one of the developers of GDocs.io. You are correct that it is a third-party service and we just put a statement on the site mentioning this. People seem to be confused about that. About the formatting issue... Yes, initially we decided to remove all formatting to create clean HTML. However, we shortly figured out that this is not the right approach. So, this is no longer an issue. About your security concerns... GDocs.io uses the OAuth protocol for secure communication. User password is not required and the granted permission can be withdrawn anytime by the user. This is best practice in terms of security.Utku Utkanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013484025099474998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-23741080932371418182011-10-05T07:58:30.461-07:002011-10-05T07:58:30.461-07:00I agree about the third-party in the middle. If yo...I agree about the third-party in the middle. If your initial use of gdocs.io involved giving that app access to your acct (e.g., giving it your password), first thing I'd do is change my password.<br /><br />Am I correct that <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=0db580d85fd3f533&hl=en" rel="nofollow">gdocs.io published documents lose format</a> is the forum thread you referred to? It's encouraging to see that the person responding (who has responded for gdocs.io in at least <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=517cfc29459cd338&hl=en" rel="nofollow">two</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs/thread?tid=2abc978faaca43cd&hl=en" rel="nofollow">other</a> Google Docs forum post I looked at) makes it clear that gdocs.io is a third-party app. OTOH, her/his responses are a bit on the cryptic side, esp. in those other threads, in which gdocs.io is proposed as a solution with no reference to its "private beta" state as described in your (later) forum exchange.<br /><br />The border between cloud services one can trust and cloud services that are phishing vehicles for bad actors is a fuzzy one in these times. Something to watch.Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-47259431886223670962011-10-05T04:38:35.991-07:002011-10-05T04:38:35.991-07:00You're right - I'm ditching the gdocs.io b...You're right - I'm ditching the gdocs.io bit, since it doesn't do much that I was after. Seems a little scary having a third party in the middle with access to my documents.<br /><br />I'll just be downloading the google doc as html and pasting over into blogger until they clean things up a bit. Google help forum response says they're intending to address it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-68298719630453215332011-10-03T20:08:42.274-07:002011-10-03T20:08:42.274-07:00As far as I can tell, gdocs.io is not Google softw...As far as I can tell, gdocs.io is not Google software: it's a third-party app, and I'm not sure I understand who the third party is. The top-level domain "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io" rel="nofollow">.io</a>" is a country code that doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. The whois service for .io is not reachable as I type this comment.<br /><br />I haven't used the software myself.Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-11042268381275305172011-10-03T18:03:41.519-07:002011-10-03T18:03:41.519-07:00I'm a novice user of google blogger.
I have b...I'm a novice user of google blogger.<br /><br />I have been using the updated google docs interface for quite some time. I can see how removal of the HTML editing features from google docs is an annoyance. I figured they knew what they were doing.<br /><br />I am a bit confused about the collaboration/publication feature from google docs to blogger though. I just started to use beta gdocs.io today in this regard. Seems to me the benefits would be to be able to embed a table in my google doc and have that come over to the themed blog. Obviously I'm missing something because most of the related html formatting doesn't come over. I saved the google doc as a zipped html file, and copied that into blogger as html, and that looks as expected however.<br /><br />Obviously, I'm missing something in the grand google plan here, or am doing something only a novice would do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com