Show HN: Spreadsheets in the browser with Box, Dropbox support
It suffers from the same defect all html spreadsheets do (even google docs): if you zoom/resize the screen, row/col alignment breaks.
Unbelievable how in this decade it is still almost impossible to make a table work like a spreadsheet in html. How hard would it be to just enforce a couple of css properties in tables to make them behave? Like:
That would be a great start. Then:tbody {overflow:auto;}
That'd be all, add a contentEditable attribute and that's it. Everything else is just a matter of coding tricks to format cells and formulas.thead,tfoot{position:fixed;} tbody td:first-child{position:fixed}Hello Whatwg, you listening? I know w3c is been deaf for long, that's why I am asking you. Hixie alive? Earth is calling.
* Here is a basic implementation using box model and display:-webkit-box; (chrome/safari in OSX only) http://georgenava.appspot.com/demo/spreadsheetcalc.html
Major props to my friend David for making this. It's a mashup of Handsontable (https://github.com/warpech/jquery-handsontable) and Filepicker.io (https://www.filepicker.io/)
That's a big editable table, not a spreadsheet. But as an editable table, it's nice.
I will say good start but not useful though. Except entering numbers I couldn't do any thing. One good thing is it is very light. The reason people use excel because you can do lot more than just entering numbers.
Why all the negativity?
I personally think the ability to open and save "cloud" spreadsheets was nicely done.
Is this meant to be a Google Docs/Drive competitor?