Abstract: An electronic mail computing system has a smart reply system that that enables a smart reply feature that surfaces a user input mechanism that allows a user to reply to an e-mail message without downloading full content of the e-mail message to the user's client computing system. A draft roaming system interacts with the client computing system to allow a plurality of different user devices to access a draft electronic mail message, and interacts with the smart reply system so a draft can be generated using the smart reply feature.

Abstract: An electronic mail computing system has a smart reply system that that enables a smart reply feature that surfaces a user input mechanism that allows a user to reply to an e-mail message without downloading full content of the e-mail message to the user's client computing system. A draft roaming system interacts with the client computing system to allow a plurality of different user devices to access a draft electronic mail message, and interacts with the smart reply system so a draft can be generated using the smart reply feature.

Abstract: An electronic mail computing system has a smart reply system that that enables a smart reply feature that surfaces a user input mechanism that allows a user to reply to an e-mail message without downloading full content of the e-mail message to the user's client computing system. A draft roaming system interacts with the client computing system to allow a plurality of different user devices to access a draft electronic mail message, and interacts with the smart reply system so a draft can be generated using the smart reply feature.

Abstract: An e-mail system is running with a first synchronization mechanism synchronizing first application data between a service and a client computing system. A second synchronization mechanism synchronizes second application data between the service and the client computing system, using a second protocol. When a given proportion of the application data has been synchronized by the second synchronization mechanism, the application is controlled to use the second application data synchronized according to the second protocol.

Abstract: An electronic mail computing system has a smart reply system that that enables a smart reply feature that surfaces a user input mechanism that allows a user to reply to an e-mail message without downloading full content of the e-mail message to the user's client computing system. A draft roaming system interacts with the client computing system to allow a plurality of different user devices to access a draft electronic mail message, and interacts with the smart reply system so a draft can be generated using the smart reply feature.

Abstract: An e-mail system is running with a first synchronization mechanism synchronizing first application data between a service and a client computing system. A second synchronization mechanism synchronizes second application data between the service and the client computing system, using a second protocol. When a given proportion of the application data has been synchronized by the second synchronization mechanism, the application is controlled to use the second application data synchronized according to the second protocol.

Abstract: A call to view application data is received at a hosted service. A truncated form of non-synchronized relevant data is generated and an on-line view of the truncated form is generated. When the call is detected, a synchronization system also begins synchronizing data and a synchronized view is generated with the synchronized data. The on-line view is surfaced until the synchronized view is ready for surfacing, at which point the synchronized view replaces the on-line view.

Abstract: A document is simultaneously opened by different clients for a collaborative review of the document. Each of the clients may make comments to the document at the same while the document is also being edited. Comments made on the document by one client are automatically synchronized with the other clients that are simultaneously accessing the document.

Abstract: A computing device includes a processing unit, and a memory with instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to create: a document processing module that processes the creation and editing of document content; and a metadata processing module that generates, monitors and stores metadata for a document on the computing device, the metadata processing module generating lock creation metadata that include information about a new lock that is created when a user begins to edit a portion of a document, lock removal metadata that includes information about removing a lock, and lock deletion metadata that includes information about deleting a lock, the metadata processing module writing lock creation metadata to both a data channel and to a separate metadata channel, the metadata processing module writing lock removal metadata to the data channel and the metadata processing module writing lock deletion metadata to the metadata channel.

Abstract: A computing device includes a processing unit, and a memory with instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to create: a document processing module that processes the creation and editing of document content; and a metadata processing module that generates, monitors and stores metadata for a document on the computing device, the metadata processing module generating lock creation metadata that include information about a new lock that is created when a user begins to edit a portion of a document, lock removal metadata that includes information about removing a lock, and lock deletion metadata that includes information about deleting a lock, the metadata processing module writing lock creation metadata to both a data channel and to a separate metadata channel, the metadata processing module writing lock removal metadata to the data channel and the metadata processing module writing lock deletion metadata to the metadata channel.