Thu, 12/01/2012 - 18:31 | 
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Super Flexible File Synchronizer is a cloud backup and synchronization tool that supports FTP, SSH, WebDAV, Amazon S3, and Google Docs. The application is cross-platform, but only the Linux version is free (though it's proprietary).
Super Flexible File Synchronizer uses ZIP compression and data encryption and comes with multiple synchronization modes, like Standard Copying, Exact Mirror, and SmartTracking.
Probably the most interesting thing about Super Flexible File Synchronizer is the Google Docs support which you can use to easily synchronize your documents from / to your computer, so any changes you make on Google Docs an be synced with your computer as well as the other way around. The application also supports synchronizing files between two Google Docs accounts, or between any of the supported services / protocols.
Fri, 07/10/2011 - 14:36 | webupd8.org
ReText is a text editor for MarkDown syntax that supports some popular formats such as PDF, ODT, HTML and plain text. It has tabs support, live previews, web pages generator, HTML syntax highlighting, KDE integration and more.
ReText keeps improving and since our last ReText post, it got many cool new features. For instance, ReText could export to Google Docs but only for new documents so you couldn't replace/update any existing documents. But the latest ReText got support for GData 3 API, meaning you can update the files you've previously exported to Google Docs.
However, you can't import files from Google Docs so the files need to be saved locally if you want to update them.
ReText now also supports reST (reStructuredText), with a GUI option to switch between Markdown and reST as well as a full-screen mode for distraction free writing.
Other new features:
Thu, 15/09/2011 - 00:42 | webupd8.org
Unity developer Neil J. Patel has created a cool Google Docs Unity lens for his Ubuntu App Developer Week session. And even though this was just to show how to develop Unity lenses, Gdocs Unity Lens is functional and Neil will develop it further.
The Gdocs Unity Lens can be used to search in all your Google Docs files, open them in a browser and sort your documents by various criteria such as file type or ownership.
Unfortunately, Google Docs Unity Lens doesn't yet support a secure way of soring your password so for now the password must be stored in plain text. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.
Install Unity Google Docs Lens In Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
Wed, 22/06/2011 - 18:25 | webupd8.org
A while back we wrote about an OpenOffice addon called "Ooo2gd" which lets you synchronize your documents with Google Docs, Zoho and WebDav servers (either manually - when you're done editing the file, or automatic sync; you can also import files that are already available on the server).
Well, you'll be glad to know that Ooo2gd works with LibreOffice too. Also, the latest Ooo2gd version (3.0.0), released earlier this month comes an option to upload to Google Docs without converting the files (so you can keep the original file format).
Note: Because Google Docs (and its API) is still in beta, sometimes you may not be able to log in to your account. Usually, this happens with Google Apps accounts and it doesn't seep to happen with regular Google accounts but still, if you're getting a login error, most probably this is the case.
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Wed, 01/06/2011 - 20:03 | webupd8.org
A Reddit user has created a custom Unity launcher that lets you upload documents to Google Docs using drag and drop and once the file is uploaded successfully, it opens the document in your default browser.
The script was then improved by another Reddit user and I've combined everything and slightly modified it so it works with any browser (initially it was using Chromium "apps" and you can still use that if you want by editing the file) so it's easier to install.
Features:
- drag and drop upload to Google Docs
- automatically opens uploaded files in a new browser tab
- clicking the icon (without uploading a new file) opens Google Docs
- you can right click it to create a new Google Docs presentation, document or spreadsheet.
