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What I'd love to see is an easy workflow to make this supplant Google docs. Right now, let's say i want a shared spreadsheet. I need to: 1) Signup for an accou

What I'd love to see is an easy workflow to make this supplant Google docs. Right now, let's say i want a shared spreadsheet. I need to: 1) Signup for an account 2) Create a workbook 3) Click share and put in friend's email 4) They get an invite 5) Now they need to sign up 6) They can edit my doc I'm not a paying customer (or even a user... I just heard of this), so take this with a grain of salt, but what I'd love to see is a super-friction-less way for me to share a doc and make it editable without others needing accounts. Cut out as many steps as possible above. Doing this can be a great tool for marketing... what's better marketing than easily collaborating on a spreadsheet on a site that my friend is already using and that already looks very similar to tools I'm familiar with?

warkdarrior 3y ago
This feature would be the fastest way for the company to have the least number of paying users. As a user, I'd pay for one account and then share new spreadsheets with anyone who asks for one on the Internet.
- SahAssar 3y ago
  There are other billing models than per user if that's your concern.
- chadash 3y ago
  If I’m the type of user who would ever consider paying, I’m most definitely not the type of person who wants to ask a stranger on the internet to setup a new spreadsheet for me every time I want to use one. I wouldn’t even want to ask a friend or coworker.
  - fragmede 3y ago
    Fortunately the Internet is real big, so there's definitely going to be a discord or subreddit or private slack where one person has a paid account and just makes new sheets for other people. it doesn't really scale though and it's cheap enough that most people will just make their own instead of being reliant on someone. broke teenagers isn't a market you have to fully satisfy.
breckognize 3y ago
After you create a workbook, click the checkbox under Share > Anyone with link can view. Then your friend doesn't need to create an account.
- chadash 3y ago
  This allows them to view but not to edit
drivebycomment 3y ago
> make it editable without others needing accounts This requirement brings a very difficult mix of challenges around security, privacy, regulatory compliance and business priorities. As a toy / personal project it could work, but realistically this is unlikely to ever materialize in a way that you imagine.

warkdarrior 3y ago

This feature would be the fastest way for the company to have the least number of paying users. As a user, I'd pay for one account and then share new spreadsheets with anyone who asks for one on the Internet.

SahAssar 3y ago
There are other billing models than per user if that's your concern.
chadash 3y ago
If I’m the type of user who would ever consider paying, I’m most definitely not the type of person who wants to ask a stranger on the internet to setup a new spreadsheet for me every time I want to use one. I wouldn’t even want to ask a friend or coworker.
- fragmede 3y ago
  Fortunately the Internet is real big, so there's definitely going to be a discord or subreddit or private slack where one person has a paid account and just makes new sheets for other people. it doesn't really scale though and it's cheap enough that most people will just make their own instead of being reliant on someone. broke teenagers isn't a market you have to fully satisfy.

breckognize 3y ago

After you create a workbook, click the checkbox under Share > Anyone with link can view. Then your friend doesn't need to create an account.

chadash 3y ago
This allows them to view but not to edit

drivebycomment 3y ago

> make it editable without others needing accounts This requirement brings a very difficult mix of challenges around security, privacy, regulatory compliance and business priorities. As a toy / personal project it could work, but realistically this is unlikely to ever materialize in a way that you imagine.