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> Excel is a much better product than Google Sheets, but having the better product doesn't mean having the winning product. Much better product? Sheets takes l
by username90 7y ago
> Excel is a much better product than Google Sheets, but having the better product doesn't mean having the winning product.
Much better product? Sheets takes literally seconds to download and install and runs on all your devices. Also it automatically syncs your data between devices and sharing data with other people is as easy as sharing a website. These are very important features in my view and makes Sheets into a better product than Excel. A power user might have different opinions, but to me writing sheet.new in my browser is just so much more convenient.
- sp332 7y agoIt's been possible for multiple people to edit an Excel file simultaneously for a long time. Since 2017 (at least) you can use OneDrive as the file location, so you get all those syncing and sharing benefits you mentioned. The newer Click-to-Run installer takes about 2 minutes to get the app to a usable state, and if that's just too long, there's always https://office.live.com/start/Excel.aspx https://office.live.com/start/Excel.aspx
- kick 7y agoExcel also has a web client that can be downloaded in seconds and has more features than Google Sheets.
- wolco 7y agoToo many features.
- username90 7y agoI didn't know that, pretty neat. One feature it has is that it picks my local language and I see no option to change it to English like I have everywhere else, so I still wont use it. I really dislike internationalization efforts, they are often so bad that it makes everything a lot harder to use for non-Americans than if they just got the same page as Americans.
- o-__-o 7y agoWhy are you comparing sheets to a desktop app when the comparable product is excel 365? (Which handily blows sheets out the water)