February 2008 Release
We were pretty busy getting some fun features into this month’s release. So let’s dive right into the goodness, the list of new features:
- Spreadsheet Analytics
- Mashup Functions
- ExcelPlus Plugin
- Template Library
Ever wonder how popular your spreadsheet is? With Spreadsheet Analytics, now you can track the visiting trend of your spreadsheet and see find out how people arrive at your spreadsheet during the last 30 days. Click the new “Analytics” tab under spreadsheet properties to find out more. Have a peek at a live example.
We’ve created five new mashup functions:
- Google Charts googlechart()
- Yahoo! Finance yfinancechart()
- Reuters reuterschart()
- Alexa alexachart()
- Compete competechart()
With those functions, you can grab financial charts or web traffic charts and put them directly into a cell of your spreadsheet.
Our ExcelPlus plugin has left private beta and moved onto public beta. If you haven’t seen it yet, we welcome you to try it and then tell us what you think.
One last new feature is our Template Library. Some of you have asked what the difference is between our templates and spreadsheets and now, you can see the difference. When you create a new spreadsheet, you can choose to create a blank spreadsheet or one from our template library. Currently, we have made available 30+ initial templates for you to choose from. If you have a template that you want to share with the community, you can submit it through our template library browser.
We’ll also be trying out something new this month and next, webinar. Slots are limited, so sign up to learn more about EditGrid and our features.
We think those are pretty exciting stuff, definitely go try them out!
If you’re more interested in knowing what bugs we squashed this month, then check out our Change Log.
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March 31st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I keep one eye on edit grid all the time but only one at the moment because it doesn’t have my full attention. Don’t get me wrong. You are tops in a lot of ways. Your link to desktop spreadsheets is revolutionary, you have a pretty cool iphone application, and you are recognized with awards acknowledging your hard work.
However, I find the inability to parse out csv information a puzzling missing. Other spreadsheet programs that I think are not as advanced as you seem to have this quite a while ago. I have followed your forums and still see this as an open issue
since 2006. http://forum.editgrid.com/viewtopic.php?id=36
So in keeping one eye open I saw this posting about your new features and yet I still have my other eye elsewhere. I look forward to the day when I can look at Editgrid with both eyes.
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Yes, unfortunately, there is no direct solution yet for this, but my colleague Steven offered a workaround that will parse out csv, posted in the forum, http://forum.editgrid.com/viewtopic.php?pid=3991 . Admittedly, it’ll take a bit more work to get the information, but hopefully, this can offer a temporary solution.
Thank you for your comments and bringing this up to us.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Hi Fox,
The function to fetch csv data is in the work. I will get back to you when it s available.
David
EditGrid Team