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We have non-excel financial reports via a web app, but of course the actual software requirements were gathered in an excel file It is not vastly easier to use
by vsareto 4y ago
We have non-excel financial reports via a web app, but of course the actual software requirements were gathered in an excel file
It is not vastly easier to use than Excel, but certainly nice when there’s a web app to find instead of a loose file
- antisthenes 4y agoI know several scientists with PhDs whose workflow involved Windows 7 sticky notes to an extent that would make the average HN reader pull out their hair in shock. We're talking about well-published in Nature experts. Sure, eventually they publish results with LaTeX, but a lot of intermediate steps will involve Excel/Word or even something more primitive. It is what it is.
- teleforce 4y agoYour story reminds me of this research lab with state-of-the-art 10 Trillion FPS camera. From the video they apparently are still using Windows 7 for the measurement set up [1]. They're publishing in Nature and most probably using Excel for some of their data processing workflow. My former research lab is, however, mainly using Igor Pro software running on Windows. It is waves based professional data processing software tool that has friendly GUI and intuitive table interfaces not unlike Excel but geared towards scientists and engineers [2]. [1]Filming the Speed of Light at 10 Trillion FPS: https://youtu.be/7Ys_yKGNFRQ https://youtu.be/7Ys_yKGNFRQ [2]IGOR Pro: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGOR_Pro https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGOR_Pro