User settings across programs

A system for sharing user settings across multiple web applications of a productivity suite from a dialog provided in a single web application of the productivity suite, comprising:

• an application host, comprising a hardware processor and a computer storage medium storing instructions, the application host in communication with a first client machine, wherein, when the hardware processor executes the stored instructions, the application host is caused to:
• provide a plurality of web applications of a productivity suite to the first client machine;
• receive a user command request, via one of the plurality of web applications, to change a user setting related to one or more of the plurality of web applications;
• identify an exposed setting for the plurality of web applications of the productivity suite;
• provide the dialog within the one of the plurality web of applications populated with the exposed setting, wherein the dialog is provided on the first client machine;
• receive an update to the exposed setting via the dialog, the update affecting at least two different web applications of the productivity suite;
• update a first local cache associated with the productivity suite on the first client machine according to the update;
• and
• update an application cache associated with the productivity suite on the application host according to the update.

A method for sharing user settings across multiple web applications of a productivity suite from a dialog provided in a single web application of the productivity suite, comprising:

• providing a plurality of web applications of a productivity suite to a first client machine;
• receiving a user command request at the first client machine, via one of the plurality of web applications, to change a user setting related to one or more of the plurality of web applications;
• identifying an exposed setting for the plurality of web applications of the productivity suite;
• providing a dialog, on the first client machine, within the one of the plurality web of applications populated with the exposed setting;
• receiving an update to the exposed setting via the dialog, the update affecting at least two different web applications of the productivity suite;
• updating a first local cache associated with the productivity suite on the first client machine according to the update;
• and
• updating an application cache associated with the productivity suite on an application host according to the update.

A method for modifying user settings across web-based applications, the method comprising:

• determining a plurality of web-based applications that are both available to a user and have one or more user-modifiable settings, wherein the plurality of web-based applications are non-browser applications;
• aggregating the plurality of web-based applications determined to be available to the user and to have the one or more user-modifiable settings;
• aggregating the one or more user-modifiable settings for each of the respective web-based applications of the aggregated plurality of web-based applications;
• displaying a single web-based user-interface on a display of a computing device, wherein the single web-based user-interface includes a listing of the aggregated plurality of web-based applications;
• receiving a selection of at least one of the listed plurality of web-based applications;
• and
• based on the received selection, displaying within the same single web-based user-interface, the aggregated one or more user-modifiable settings of the respective selected web-based application.

A system for modifying user-settings across web-based applications, the system comprising:

• a display device;
• a processor in communication with the display device;
• a memory device storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• determine a plurality of web-based applications that are both available to a user and have one or more user-modifiable settings, wherein the plurality of web-based applications are non-browser applications;
• aggregate the plurality of web-based applications determined to be available to the user and to have the one or more user-modifiable settings;
• aggregate the one or more user-modifiable settings for each of the respective web-based applications of the aggregated plurality of web-based applications;
• display a single web-based user-interface on the display, wherein the single web-based user-interface includes a listing of the aggregated plurality of web-based applications;
• receive a selection of at least one of the listed plurality of web-based applications;
• and
• based on the received selection, display within the same single web-based user-interface, the aggregated one or more user-modifiable settings of the respective selected web-based application.