Google Spreadsheets
Google has announced Google Spreadsheets. Like most of their online programs it starts out as beta and you must apply (enter an email) to get in. I just got my confirmation email, loaded it up and OMG!!! This thing if freaking awsome! It does everything that the average Excel user needs. Sorting, suming, counting, word wrap, highlighting, etc. I dont’ see any ways to produce graphs (Web based people…) but this thing rocks. I’ve uploaded a simple spreadsheet, played around with it, and downloaded it back to the computer. No problems so far. Now all we need is Google Writer (Word) and Google Presenter (Power Point) and we’re set.
Wrong, you’ve no idea of what “the average Excel user needs” - you only know what you need from a spreadsheet and it’s not much…I need a lot more but I just use OpenOffice.org anyway :p.
Well I’m glad that you now what you need. If OO is what works for you great. I use OO myself, it works wonderfully. But try to convice the average computer user to use anything but a Microsoft product and your (9 times out of 10) in an up-hill battle. I’ll have an easier time telling that average user, “check out Google beacuse it DOES do most everything that you’ll need.”