I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm building a fast alternative

Re:I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm buil... by lbatista on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:14AM (#6717904)

Google spreadsheets have been neglected for a long time.

The sad part is that if this new project succeeded, it could catch google's attention and they will be able to launch a better version in a very short time.

They have too much power to strangle/buy any innovation. Just to let them die.

This is why I don't like google anymore.

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Re:I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm buil... by skj on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:22AM (#6717933)

This project is not dead. I cannot share exactly what's happening, but some cool new stuff is coming for spreadsheets.

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Re:I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm buil... by hengheng on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:35AM (#6718009)

Please make it something that helps me spot errors, and enforce better structure on the huge 2-d field of rectangles that has been in place since the 80s.

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Re:I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm buil... by f292 on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:54AM (#6718133)

Not meaning to hijack the post, but I am currently working on a solution for error spotting in Excel- we really feel that this is one of the other huge problems with spreadsheets. Collaboration intrinsically leads to "lost in translation" errors (see JP Morgan's recent blunder) and these are difficult to identify, especially when you are not the creator of the spreadsheet. We are at http://www.slateforexcel.com

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Re:I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm buil... by lbatista on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @04:20PM (#6721208)

I like it.

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Re:I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm buil... by Pxtl on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @09:47AM (#6718096)

Honestly, I wish we'd see more spreadsheet-like apps move away from the "massive unstructured ocean of rectangles" and give us a little structure - something like Lotus Improv:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv

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Re:I'm tired of waiting for Google spreadsheets, so I'm buil... by yoannmaingon on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @03:36AM (#6724050)

mysimplegrid is a piece of attempt. Still quite linear and simplistic for now though. (http://mysimplegrid.com/)

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