Actually, I think this is the biggest strength of spreadsheets, that no one has taken advantage of yet.
Actually, I think this is the biggest strength of spreadsheets, that no one has taken advantage of yet. Most of what you term as poor IT policies is just what (in my personal experience) just users finding something that works for them. And software developers don't seem to take note of this. You are right that there are lots of better tools for tasks users use excel for, but 2 which spring to mind for me that devs haven't paid attention to are form/table design and databases: Form design: It used to (ok, still does) drive me crazy when I see excel used to make flyers and forms to be printed out. But for the users what could be easier than drawing a box on the screen, adding a line weight, and then drawing other boxes inside that using the convenient spreadsheet grid? Why hasn't someone designed an app that works that simply? Databases in excel are another monstrosity, but for a lot of users, all they want is a simple lay of listing things which they can then sort, and maybe sum a few totals on. Firing up a complete RDBMS is over kill for this use case. So I see the biggest problem with spreadsheets as why aren't we learning from the way people use them and putting this into action?
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That's the biggest problem with iOS because Apple can be ordered to block them from the App Store and it would be instantly kill these pr...
I'm intrigued about the "Trip Planner" being a top-level app.
This asymmetry is IMO the biggest problem with AI-driven output.
This is one of the most important objectives in software today.
At least in Europe - these rouge corporations need to be reined in or just leave the market.
I was skeptical, but this looks genuinely useful.
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Actually, I think this is the biggest strength of spreadsheets, that no one has taken advantage of yet.
Actually, I think this is the biggest strength of spreadsheets, that no one has taken advantage of yet. Most of what you term as poor IT policies is just what (in my personal experience) just users finding something that works for them. And software developers don't seem to take note of this. You are right that there are lots of better tools for tasks users use excel for, but 2 which spring to mind for me that devs haven't paid attention to are form/table design and databases: Form design: It used to (ok, still does) drive me crazy when I see excel used to make flyers and forms to be printed out. But for the users what could be easier than drawing a box on the screen, adding a line weight, and then drawing other boxes inside that using the convenient spreadsheet grid? Why hasn't someone designed an app that works that simply? Databases in excel are another monstrosity, but for a lot of users, all they want is a simple lay of listing things which they can then sort, and maybe sum a few totals on. Firing up a complete RDBMS is over kill for this use case. So I see the biggest problem with spreadsheets as why aren't we learning from the way people use them and putting this into action?
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