A fun toy, sure, but a spreadsheet that self-destructs when you enter a formula of =o=0 and otherwise evaluates arbitrary JS is hardly comparable to an ostensibly-robust small-area spreadsheet.
Much in the same vein, but less of a toy, Tinymonth [0] has binary calendars - you just click on a day to toggle if it's part of an event or not. No .ics export that would really make it perfect, but it still seems extremely convenient in certain use cases.
Oh, and also from Postlight's labs, Textmoji [1] is a cute generator of custom emojis for Slack or Discord or whatnot.
The discussion here has me thinking of the many times I just use a simple plain text editor or notes app on my phone, when what I really needed was a lightning fast, minimal spreadsheet.
Does anyone know of such a software? Can read multiple types (csv/xlsx/maybe even m files or npy?), Does not do automatic conversions, simple editing and minimal calculation capabilities?
There are the "calculator notepad" apps like Soulver, Calca, Numi and I‘m sure some open source options as well. I use Calca on my phone quite a bit, but something with an actual table could be interesting.
Don't get me wrong, I like the notebook look, but I literally just Google math equations and such things all the time. It's embarrassing how much I rely on Google to just do fairly basic math or unit conversion.
I'm a big fan of https://soulver.app/ as a mobile app (not a heavy Mac user, but if I was, I'd get the Mac version too). Sadly it's not available on Windows at all, and the mobile version is currently not on the App Store either (they're working on a major update and apparently you can still get the old one via TestFlight, but I just kept the old one installed on my phone).
This app looks like a great alternative! I will definitely be checking it out.
Where is the data for this stored? I was inspecting and didn't see anything in Local Storage, Session Storage, nothing on the network tab. Hit refresh thought everything would be wiped, but all my data was still there!
And if you put the URL into a URL shortener, you can (ab)use it as cloud storage for your spreadsheet.
I once did some checks and found at least one shortener could store a URL string of at least 65KB [1]. That was in 2009. Not sure where those shortener limits are all at today - I suspect the industry dynamics changed when Twitter introduced its built-in shortener.
The limits are definitely shorter now. I also checked when I created URL Pages [0], which hosts entire web pages in the URL.
However there is a link shortener that is quietly hosted by GitHub called https://git.io that doesn't seem to have a length limit as far as I've discovered. [1]
Think it gets encoded into the URL as it changes when you enter something. Also you are able to send that link to someone while visiting just https://tinysheet.com/ again gives a blank.
In general, I recommend anyone that reports something is broken on their brower to at least try it in a guest profile (i.e. with all extensions disabled, all settings being default) first. The author can't really catch the issue if it's caused by certain extensions/block rules/non-default settings.
It starts with a blank white screen on Firefox with no-script. Author should have a check that js is enabled if website is completely dependent upon it. If it is not, an html message of some sort is standard.
"This site does not work without JS" is a totally valid statement (I don't know what the point is though). No one knows GP (or you) runs their browsers with what extensions if they didn't explicitly mention it.
Serving a blank white screen to user agents without JS is the internationally understood symbol for "This webpage requires JS." "Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?"
It turns out that the app only loads if a "social sharing" script first gets loaded. This script is blocked by some ublock origin extension's block list.
Interesting, but the =AVG() and I suspect other functions might have a flaw. When I tried =AVG(B1:B4), with one value in B1 (6), it returned 1.5 as the average.
edit: ah, just AVG() then, the scroll didn't work on my first try so I assumed it only showed SUM() and AVG() was just a "hidden" function.
This is not targeting people who go to a spreadsheet software first; this is targeting people who need some quick calculation and can use the power of spreadsheet software. Maybe it's a quick forecast of an investment/loan over a few years, maybe it's a list of friends who owe you money for your group trip, maybe it's just the waiter who runs the payments for a 10-person table who all pay differently and they want to note who paid how much and what is left on the total bill. This is just like opening Notepad++ for copy-pasting something quickly instead of opening Word.
I can see a lot of uses for that kind of "quick spreadsheeting" that don't require you to fire a full-blown editor.
> This is just like opening Notepad++ for copy-pasting something quickly instead of opening Word.
But it's not.
Noteped++ is a pure text editor, word is not (because it has formatting, auto capitalization and other crap, that might bother you, especially if you paste a snippet of code).
This is like openining an online, special, 10-line limited version of notepad, instead of a normal notepad, that you already have installed on your pc, which has no line limits.
I do that kind of quick spreadsheeting on the Apple Numbers app. I can’t say it’s particularly pleasant to use. There’s definitely a need for reimagining the spreadsheet UI for mobile spreadsheeting.
Why not? Why do you need bloated, mobile unfriendly spreadsheet software to quickly take down some numbers in a tabular form? For e.g, If I'm around the house and want to record a few tape measure readings with my phone like a digital scrapbook, I can use this. I like the tabular format and ease of use.
If I need to jot down a quick note, I wouldn't use a word processor with all the inane amount of options. I would use a simple note app because all those word processing options serve no purpose and makes the simple task I'm trying to complete harder then it needs to be. Simplicity is a very convenient feature.
If you remember this product exists the next time you're measuring than yes, it might be useful. I use my notes app to jot down field measurements all the time and it works well. Simplicity can be nice up until the point of too much fragmentation.
There is a difference between straight text and spreadsheets. I also like notes, but numbers are just easier to process mentally in tabular form. If they weren't spreadsheets would have next to no value.
If I use a product and find it handy and convenient I'll remember to use it next time. Likewise, if I use a product and find it obtuse and makes a simple task harder than it needs to be, I'll remember not to use it next time.
On desktop it's kind of silly compared to google sheets, but open it on a phone and it's a joy to use for something quick and screenshot vs google sheets.
I get your point, but it does appeal to me. There are times I wish my Keep list had a totals function. I'll probably try this next time I need to share something on Keep that needs a calculation or an itemized quote.
http://xem.github.io/sheet/