Hexsheets: Hexagonal Spreadsheets

Re:Hexsheets: Hexagonal Spreadsheets by aziis98 on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @02:18PM (#41173584)

One of my favorite ideas in this space is Lotus Improv. It lets the user edit and view arbitrary "tensors" and not just 2d or 3d data. The UI/UX is fairly intuitive and I'm sad no one developed the idea further. It's formula system is also very interesting.

Here is a demonstration video I found about it

https://youtu.be/lTko_Pt2ZZg?si=9xtATPq7NU9oqooa

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Re:Hexsheets: Hexagonal Spreadsheets by operator-name on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @02:53PM (#41174007)

Wow, I've never seen Lotus Improv but so far there's a lot to love.

If you're not aware, excel has something similar to the formula system if you use tables, and in combination with LET and LAMBDA it's also pretty pleasant.

I've got the rest of the video to watch, but thanks for your comment!

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Re:Hexsheets: Hexagonal Spreadsheets by jiehong on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @05:04PM (#41175366)

Thank you! I am blown away!

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Re:Hexsheets: Hexagonal Spreadsheets by nxobject on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @09:25PM (#41177340)

Aw, he demos the Windows version - the original NeXTstep version has timeless aesthetics.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rgGmKD87U3M

Another innovative but forgotten piece of “better than spreadsheet” software is Javelin PLUS.

https://archive.org/details/Javelin3_5

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