Google Docs Gets Folders

Finally! Google’s Docs & Spreasheets service has introduced folders as well as other major changes. Via the Google Docs blog, the following changes have been made:

• Looking pretty - The entire document list has been given a complete visual overhaul - new icons, more content, and better organizational controls. We know users spend a lot of time here and we aim to make it feel more like home.
• Getting organized - Almost from the day we launched people have been clamoring for folders. They’re here! Even cooler, our new folders continue to work like the tags they’ve replaced - your old tags are automatically converted to folders and documents can live in more than one folder at a time. Organizing your documents is as easy as dragging and dropping a document to a folder. We’ve also included special controls for seeing only those documents created by you or shared with a particular person.
• Search that thinks ahead - If you’ve ever tried Google Suggest, you know how cool it is when a search engine offer suggestions as you type. Google Docs & Spreadsheets now works the same way - we offer dynamically filtered results from your document list as you type, saving you time and getting you to your documents more quickly.

I really like the changes and they definitely make Google Docs a much more usable product. However, this would have been the ideal time to introduce the ability to upload multiple files at a time. As it is right now, the only way to upload files is to browse for the file and upload it…one file at a time! Word Processor documents can be emailed in, but not spreadsheets. If they really want users to transition over to their service, then there needs to be an easier, quicker way to get all of our current documents into Google Docs. Who’s with me?

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