thinksecret.com — Apple is expected to show off new versions of their iLife and iWork suites next Tuesday at MacWorld. iWork is rumored to gain a third app for spreadsheets, and Think Secret claims to have a screenshot and the icon to be used.
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jayscottgoldJan 5, 2007
ugly icon (not very maclike)...program looks a like a watered down version of Tables <a class="user" href="http://www.x-tables.eu/more/overview.html">http://www.x-tables.eu/more/overview.html</a>I doubt it's real
jwdavJan 5, 2007
The majority of Excel documents that I see are simple lists of things, pasted in screenshots and attempts to use Excel as a page layout program. Excel used this actually gets in your way, as it is a lousy text editor.Excel as used by a power user is a thing of beauty, but there is plenty of room for a spreadsheet application that doesn't get in your way with features you don't need. One that offers different tools that are more geared for text and graphics than analysis and manipulation.That doesn't mean a dumbed down & stripped version of Excel, it means a different take on the whole spreadsheet paradigm, with different tools and functionality.
flag564Jan 5, 2007
Looks like VisiCalc is going to have some stiff competition.Excel? Nah.
flag564Jan 5, 2007
"If this intends to be a competitor to Excel, it can never succeed: Excel in an absolutely unassailable position in financial application."You are correct.
cannedcornJan 5, 2007
OK, someone has to say it... It's time that apple think seriously about this whole replacing microsoft office thing. Personally, I've had a macbook for about a year and I'm pissed there is no ppc version of word, excell or powerpoint yet, even moreso than photoshop, lets face it, it affects a lot more people who arent just artistic, it affects everyone in college and using a mac for any sort of work that requires your write, crunch numbers, or make a presentation.Secondly, and I think this is very important, my sisters who have macbooks, and other people not as tech-savy as I am constantly bitch about how their new computer is "slower" than their older ones, as for them, it truly does appear this way as their main application suite is now is less snappy and makes them less productive after a $1,500+ purchase. Try to explain the concept of rosetta and emulation to a 15 year old, believe me its impossible. So from the average apple consumer perspective, this is hurting the image of their new technology. Thus apple should start to really work on making these a replacement, as microsoft surely doesn't care how long it takes thier sweet asses to make this crap, which is horrible anyway.Just my two cents.
flag564Jan 5, 2007
"How do you know, flag? Have you used the app? No? Well, you're not better than all the people who you bitched at for dissing the Zune without ever using it."Well, Zang has now understood the concept of irony. Maybe now you get my whole point with the Zune.Class dismissed.
smittingJan 6, 2007
I agree with you that Excel is not low hanging fruit like Word and PowerPoint were. I can't tell you how much happier and more productive I am using Pages to make proposals than I was under Word. Hopefully they stick to simple spreadsheets and charts, rather than digging into all the data-cubing options. If enterprise users need that functionality, write a database app. Seriously guys... what is this, 92? Office for $300 * 10,000 employees = $3Million. You can write one hell of an enterprise app for $50k. On another note, anyone else notice how much Microsoft Office makes your Mac slow and unstable? Seriously every time I'm wondering what the hell is going on inside my computer, I see those icons in the dock and kill them and all is better. I currently use a shareware app to read excel docs its so bad. This instability is why I moved to iWork in the first place. What's funny is this is the same sitation I fell into when I bought a use OS9 mac... all was great unless I ran Microsoft Office, and then it was as unstable as Windows 98. Something tells me Microsoft doesn't try very hard for the mac.