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What limitations are you looking to remove? 2d to multi-dimensional? Tables that float instead of living on sheets?

• airstrike 6y ago
  EDIT: I think users can only really easily operate with 2D data, but to borrow someone else's acronym, a ZUI with multiple layers / levels of data could be more ergonomic than a vanilla GUI, so in a way I am indeed arguing for 3D. And yes to floating tables. Probably allowing users to also reference other sheets/tables semantically rather than just by row-column. Also creating explicitly defined (visual) pipelines of how the data is being transformed so users can audit and understand complex "spreadsheets". Auditing deeply linked calculations by following text formulas is too cumbersome for most users.
  • thewebcount 6y ago
    I've sat through a presentation done with a ZUI (Zoomable User Interface) and it was nauseating. I literally almost threw up due to the unexpected motion every few seconds.
    • airstrike 6y ago
      I believe you, but I think there's a difference between watching someone work and working – if you control the motions, they're not unexpected after all