- Data extrapolation
- Double click a column to auto-size it
- Copying and pasting a column and having it re-size properly
- If you have a border that is boxed on all sides and then click the left border, it doesn't do anything.
- Clicking on ctrl to add non-contiguous cells together.
- Field names
- Autosorting of data
- Pivot tables
- Spell check
- Validation support
- Group and Outline
- Ability to fit print results on a page, see print preview in the spreadsheet
These are basic functions that I use all the time. In addition to these pretty basic features that are missing, the overall feeling of doing data entry is very slow - responsiveness is something that needs to be instant in a spreadsheet and there are too many operations that feel too slow for serious number crunching work.
So while Google Spreadsheet seems like a nice idea, its not something I could ever see replacing Excel.
See also my post previously on these types of "Internet applications" replacing desktop applications - looking at the current crop of examples, even a PocketPC running Windows CE has more application power than what's currently the best of the Internet applications.
2 comments:
Im a $oftie through and through, but why bash Google for offering somethign to you for free.
Sure Cloud apps are in their infancy, but common man be fair!
My point is that so were Java based operating systems, and they never got out of their infancy...
So I think the jury is still out, and as cloud apps start to develop it isn't as if Microsoft is simply standing still. There is a significant innovation gap there that I don't see being bridged anytime in the near future.
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