New sharing option “Comment-Only” in Google Docs

Google has just updated Google Docs with a much needed feature – New sharing option “Comment-Only”. This feature will be rolled out in the coming weeks. In the current version of Google Docs, we need to give edit permission for the collaborator to add comments. With the new “Comment-Only” permission, we can build better workflow system around Google Docs. The reviewer of the doc can only do the job of reviewing. I was planning to write a Google app script to implement a similar functionality with Google Docs Spreadsheet. “Comment-Only” permission can be mixed with the access permission for the doc.

-- Varun