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I have two use cases for Excel: 1. Number crunching with the goal of creating charts/tables to be placed in either documents or presentations. 2. Detailed an
by jmduke 14y ago
I have two use cases for Excel:
1. Number crunching with the goal of creating charts/tables to be placed in either documents or presentations.
2. Detailed analysis of a given data set.
I think the former is ripe for application in the tablet space; most of my presentations, at the very least, tend to be 'here, let me talk and rely on visualization for the things that aren't easily conveyed with speech' -- honestly, an app where I can create multiple charts and broadcast them will be great.
Grid seems to be eschewing this use case in favor of having spreadsheets as tabularly organized content. While I don't have any specific issue with this, I don't see what problem or opportunity it addresses beyond "hey, nobody's done this!"
I can see it having merit with the few times I'll use a GDoc spreadsheet for organizing, say, who brings what to a party (and I do suppose that GDocs is a fairer comparison to Grid than Excel, at this stage), but being tablet-only hamstrings that effort.
I guess, overall, my question is: "What can I do with Grid that I can't do with anything else?"