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Because they are trying to design software that is "easy to use" for the average person just learning to use the software. So they write software that tries to
by sandworm101 3y ago
Because they are trying to design software that is "easy to use" for the average person just learning to use the software. So they write software that tries to automatically catagorize things, to jump in and autocomplete small tasks it thinks the user wants. They don't seem to understand that nobody is average. We all have specific needs.
Clippy never died. He just stopped announcing himself.
- garyfirestorm 3y agomaybe excel is just not the tool for the job?
- bunderbunder 3y agoIt's easy for techies to say that because we are more likely than most to have the programming skills necessary to use the bulk of the alternatives.
- irrational 3y agoDo you have a better spreadsheet to recommend?
- jiaaro 3y agoI think the suggestion is that a spreadsheet is the not the right tool for the job. There is very likely value in dedicated genetics-specific software, even in the form of an excel add-on. [edit] Here's one, and it's free: https://biology-assets.anu.edu.au/GenAlEx/Welcome.html https://biology-assets.anu.edu.au/GenAlEx/Welcome.html - so maybe this change from microsoft was necessary
- garyfirestorm 3y agomaybe some statistical analysis software is more useful - for e.g. minitab
- eli 3y agoThat's obviously the case, but what would you have Microsoft do about it?
- martinsnow 3y agoMaybe a lot of HN users aren't in the same demographics as the people who use Excel in their day to day jobs. I know, surprising revelation.
- sandworm101 3y agoIt isn't. But in many/most circumstances one is not allowed to just run whatever software they want on a work machine. Those days are long gone. Start running your own software in a secure/regulated environment and you will be detected and locked out. So while Excel isn't ever the best tool, for many of us it is the only tool available.