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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Google testing Cloudboard

RT @TheNextWeb Google testing Cloudboard, an online clipboard service http://ping.fm/zPOPG

Google testing Cloudboard, an online clipboar service

By Martin Bryant
October 7, 2009

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It appears that there could soon be a new way to share data between Google’s many web services.

Google Operating System has uncovered details of private testing for a new product called Google Cloudboard. According to an internal feedback form (screenshot here), Cloudboard would allow you to send data between different Google apps.

Although only the main Google Docs apps (the word processor, spreadsheet and presentation apps) are being targeted by the service at first, it appears that Google is keep to expand the service in future. Examples of how Cloudboard could be used include:

Copying a formatted cell range from a spreadsheet to a word processor, creating an HTML table that maintains all formatting.
Pasting excerpts from Google Spreadsheets to Gmail
Copying multiple images from Picasa Web Albums
Copying YouTube videos
Copying an event and pasting it into Google Docs or Gmail
Pasting copied items from Google Image Search
Copying maps into Google Docs.

It all sounds highly useful. The idea of copying Youtube videos and pasting them into a Google Doc file is particularly intriguing.

This free flow of information between (admittedly Google-only) services sounds like just the kind of thing we’d like to see become a web standard. If Google could open Cloudboard to third parties we could see some inspiring uses in the future. Imagine copying a Flickr album and pasting it straight into Picassa, for example.

Hopefully this service will make it to public use. We’ll keep you informed.

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Josh 3 months ago

The concept of an online clipboard isn't new at all - but I guess Google's unique implementation is certainly a bit more interesting.
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Matt Busse 3 months ago

It seems like they are working to close the gap between between the online application experience and the desktop application experience.

For example: "Copying a formatted cell range from a spreadsheet to a word processor, creating an HTML table that maintains all formatting."

This is nothing new to people who use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. But, by bringing functionality like this to online apps, Google will likely entice even more people to switch.
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Yousef 3 months ago

This reminds me of a proposal called "Live Clipboard" by Ray Ozzie a couple of years ago.http://www.liveclipboard.org/. There used to be a sample showing cross-browser copy & paste of hCard and hCal.

Not sure what happened with it, I think it turned into an open standard but it hasn't really been adopted by anyone.

http://rayozzie.spaces.live.com/editorial/rayoz...
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David Slavick 3 months ago

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Is this the next incarnation of Google Notebook?
Mike Elgan 3 months ago

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Google working on an "online clipboard" called Google Cloudboard? http://htxt.it/q7xd
Martin Bryant 3 months ago

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Martin Bryant 3 months ago

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"It appears that there could soon be a new way to share data between Google’s many web services. Google Operating System has uncovered details of private testing for a new product called Google Cloudboard. According to an internal feedback form (screenshot here), Cloudboard would allow you to send data between different Google apps.