Comments on: New Google Products

By: Half Sigma

Half Sigma — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:10:03 +0000

Yes there was a flight simulator in an older version of Excel. I bet Google won’t do that.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:49:29 +0000

I have a screen shot of Google Spreadsheet at http://dfriedman.typepad.com/dave_friedmans_blog/2006/06/google_spreadsh.html , if you’re interested.

It’s a pretty basic offering. I’d like to see it become much more robust if I were to consider using it.

But then I suspect my Excel needs are rather different from most people’s needs.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:45:47 +0000

I would read their privacy policy really, really carefully before using that service with any sensitive data. Considering that Google’s entire revenue stream comes from data…

By: nick d

nick d — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:11:07 +0000

Wasn’t there a full on flight simulator buried in one of the older versions of excel? If you have space, junk will fill it up applies…

By: Most

Most — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:59:46 +0000

I’m jazzed. If it handles the half dozen routine tasks I use Excel for, I’ve bought my last copy of MS Office. Everything else I use came with OS X or iWork.

By: Half Sigma

Half Sigma — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:32:53 +0000

There's a noticeable delay downloading Gmail everytime I go there, I wonder how much heavier the spreadsheet is going to be.

Google says that not download is required, which means it's pure javascript.

By: Ironman

Ironman — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:23:46 +0000

Don’t forget that MS Office products are often bloated with features that many if not most users will never utilize! There’s a lot to be said for a stripped-down, streamlined product.