New Google Docs & Spreadsheet Doc List

In June, Google released the new doc list for its Docs application. Unfortunately this new version has removed many of the main features that I used GDS for. One feature that I don't believe a lot of people care about is blogging to Wordpress.com.

Since Wordpress.com is blocked where I live, I used GDS to post to my ibcfilm.wordpress.com blog. It was very useful because the tags in GDS would map to Wordpress categories, but it doesn't seem to work anymore. I hope this is just a glitch and not a conscious decision to eliminate this feature. Without this feature my usage of GDS would decrease by 90%.

Other problems with this new version:

- The "Save & Close" button on a file editing window does not close the window anymore. It just goes back to the doc list, which was already open in a previous window, so now I have two of them. A solution would be to have tabs for each document.
- "Add to Folder" does not have scroll bar or "New Folder". So if I have a long list of folders I cannot scroll down to add it to the file. This is a huge bug.
- Archive button is gone. They say they will bring it back, but in the meantime I really miss it.
- Different sorting options (name, folder/sharing...) are not available anymore.

To me tags and folders are completely different concepts, so I do not like that my tags are now folders. For example I add as many tags to a file that would describe that document to me, so that it is easier to view these documents in different categories with other docs of the
same type. Folders are just a way to file these docs, but I don't want a huge list of folders all on one level. I always try to reduce the number of folders on the same level, and create as many sub folders as possible.

I would have preferred the introduction of folders as separate from tags. Why not keep both? If you are afraid that people get confused, then put it somewhere in the settings, so that more advanced users can decide which one to use (or both).

I must say this is the first time I am disappointed by a Google release. Hopefully the old version will be brought back (as an option for whoever wants it) or changes will be made to the new one. At this point I am forced to look for alternatives, at least for my blogging needs.