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> the power of Excel is in the connectors, services, and interoperability that surround it. Hell, Excel still has the absolute best text/csv import of any spre
by jonathankoren 3y ago
> the power of Excel is in the connectors, services, and interoperability that surround it.
Hell, Excel still has the absolute best text/csv import of any spreadsheet I’ve used.
Fixed versus delimited columns. Arbitrary delimiters. And best of all, split existing column on delimiter to create multiple columns.
None of these are that fancy of functions. And there’s no reason why every other spreadsheet couldn’t implement them. But they don’t.
Maybe because it’s not sexy. Maybe because of bias against spreadsheets. I don’t know. I just wish Excel competitors would add them.
- npunt 3y agoIts amazing how many products have little moats like this. Things that are days to at most weeks away from adding to any product, but that no other product seems to care enough about to build.
- a1o 3y agoThe csv importer of Libre Office is fine. Excel gets the staying power because it's already in the contracts for all things Microsoft. I think Teams is the new powerhouse that makes the office suite indispensable in large offices. At home environment Google Sheets works just fine.