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 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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