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Speaking of which, a spreadsheet widget is the worst possible delivery format for the long-form text in this article.
by nihonde 11y ago
Speaking of which, a spreadsheet widget is the worst possible delivery format for the long-form text in this article.
- howsta 11y agoYou can expand the long text cells by clicking the expansion arrows that appear in the top right corner of the cell. I would also highly recommend using the full-screen version rather than embed (by clicking "View Larger Version"): https://airtable.com/shrOQ3Gf4Hs3Gvvvc https://airtable.com/shrOQ3Gf4Hs3Gvvvc I would also add that, while I'm certainly biased, there is benefit to making this a "cloneable" database that you can then use as a personal checklist, add notes, further attachments, etc which you wouldn't be able to do with a simple blog post, for instance.
- justinlardinois 11y agoNow I'm kinda curious, especially since you emphasize the cloneable part: what makes this better than a Google Sheet?
- howsta 11y agoFor starters, 1) File attachments 2) Better mobile UI (Airtable's database records can be displayed as cards on touch devices, whereas a traditional spreadsheet is always a 2d grid). 3) Interactive fields like checkboxes, dropdowns, etc. 4) Ability to expand records into a form detail view for better readability of long text, etc.
- justinlardinois 11y agoSheets does have #3.