We can definately see how Google are developing their products.

I have made two very clear feedback responses to Google in the recent past, about improvements they can make on their labs products.

Here are the ones I made:

-> Google Notebook: "when you delete a notebook, the notebook still appears in the recently viewed list, which is essentially just a dead link" – they got rid of this, and sorted it out.

-> Google Spreadsheets: "when you 'merge across' cells, there is no way to split the cells afterwards" – they sorted this about added the words "Break Apart" when a merged cell is selected.

It feels good to be part of it, and I urge you all to provide feedback to google on everything possible =) Just remember – it works!

> "when you 'merge across' cells, there is no way to split the cells afterwards"

The "Break Apart" button was there when I was using Spreadsheets in the first couple of days. Maybe it was just a bug that prevented you from seeing it...?

> The "Break Apart" button was there when I was using Spreadsheets

it was there the first day I used it.

They also listened to the requests for a Calendar widget, though I bet it was on their development schedule right from the start.

I have had this experience many times which is why I keep sending Google feedback. But I'm not sure if they already had it planned or if features were added because of feedback.

Talking about feedback, Google might be tuning in here:
http://blogoscoped.com/forum/40077.html

> The "Break Apart" button was there when I was using Spreadsheets in the first couple of days. Maybe it was just a bug that prevented you from seeing it...?

Or perhaps I'm just losing my eyesight =D