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My favorite Lotus program was the revolutionary Improv <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv>. I'm sad that its
by michaelhoffman 14y ago
My favorite Lotus program was the revolutionary Improv <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv>. I'm sad that its user interface didn't catch on, although some parts of it are available in things like pivot tables (albeit clunkier to use in my opinion).
- ams6110 14y agoAnd amazingly, on the NeXT, it installed off of about 3 floppy disks.
- roryokane 14y agoYeah, I love the idea of Improv too, and wish Excel and Numbers were more like it. More information on Improv: • working Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Improv • sales video showing Improv’s features: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYsZmhnXR4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsYsZmhnXR4 There is a modern equivalent to Improv called Quantrix Modeler (http://www.quantrix.com/Product_Editions.htm http://www.quantrix.com/Product_Editions.htm). It costs more than $1,500 – I haven’t found any good similar program with a consumer price level. But I’ve been trying out the free 30-day demo of Quantrix Modeler, and it seems pretty neat. You can view a sample Quantrix model on the web: http://publish.quantrix.com:8080/qloudserver/QuantrixViewer.html?tok=open&id=2 http://publish.quantrix.com:8080/qloudserver/QuantrixViewer..... Try dragging around the Year and Item categories at the right and bottom to see the repivoting.
- jacques_chester 14y agoYour link is broken because you've used < and >. Innovations on the spreadsheet have regularly failed to catch on. Improv is one. And I learned the other day that Resolver One has been discontinued.
- gadders 14y agoIt was pretty cool, but could generate massive files depending how many dimensions your spreadsheet had.