Google Spreadsheets – Review
June 7, 2006 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
That didn’t take long. Just got the invite to try-out the Google Spreadsheets. In standard Google fashion, it’s a lesson in simple, clean design.
The overall functionality is what you would expect from your basic spreadsheet program: formulas, sorting, merging of cells, formatting, etc.
I would say everything an entry-level user of Excel would need, could be done via Google Spreadsheets.
I just don’t think it’s going to replace Excel. I can’t imagine anyone needing spreadsheets thinking, “Eh! I’ll just go online anytime I need to work on my spreadsheet.”
Robert Scoble has some good comments about this being good for Microsoft (competition in …read more
