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> their close cousins (Airtable, Notion) great as well! Their close cousins are locked, proprietary, slow, bloated, exceedingly complex, poorly designed (ui/ux
by systemvoltage 6y ago
> their close cousins (Airtable, Notion) great as well!
Their close cousins are locked, proprietary, slow, bloated, exceedingly complex, poorly designed (ui/ux), emojized, vc-backed feature extravaganza and have a subscription fee.
Experts of Excel use keyboard exclusively, their keystrokes are a melody of efficiency, expressivity and productivity that is continued to be mocked in similar fashion as the 2007-era Mac vs. PC advertisements.
- cma 6y agoExcel has a subscription fee as well.
- systemvoltage 6y agoYeah unfortunately. We still have a 2016 Excel license and will continue to use it.
- smnrchrds 6y agoYou can buy the 2019 version as well. So far, Microsoft has given their customers the choice between one-time purchase and subscription. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-business-2019/cfq7ttc0k7cq?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/office-home-...
- tenaciousDaniel 6y agoI found Notion to be fairly simple to get started. Whereas when I opened Airtable my head exploded and I closed it immediately and haven't revisited it since.
- systemvoltage 6y agoI agree. Notion is a lot easier to get started on. I also should mention that Notion/Airtable vs. Excel are somewhat different types of swissarmy knives to be used in different environments. One is used in the battlefield and space exploration, the other one in a children's playground. Jokes aside, Notion has some nice features like Wiki and it wears too many hats like a joker in a circus. I love the fact that I can write a recipe with tables and markdown -> publish it to the internet to be consumed. Can't do that with Excel.