TnC makes event software. Some of our clients had used spreadsheets and spreadsheets only before using our software. So, in our three years of existence, we have tried very hard to make our software as “spreadsheet” as possible. We used XUL, and we may probably have made one of the most sophisticated XUL web application deployed to real usage. It is now being deployed for managing roughly HK$60 million annual budget for one of the biggest event organisers in Hong Kong. EditGrid is our new approach to solve the problems we have been facing. It is an online spreadsheet service for intensive collaboration on a large amount of data.

Similar applications have been released since we have started our development. NumSum, iRows and Numbler are the best ones we’ve found. JotSpot Tracker and Trackslife go to a slightly different direction. The developer of VisiCalc has also joined the party recently with WikiCalc, also demonstrating some differentiation with existing players.

Everybody’s raised the bar. That’s where the challenge lies. We are enjoying it.

Even though there are quite a number of players already, we’ll do things our way. This is because for our clients and other people who need online spreadsheet, collaboration is what they are looking for. They need to work on the same spreadsheet, intensively, at real time. Usually, spreadsheets which need collaboration have a relatively large data size.

So, in my humble opinion, an online spreadsheet should be able to:

1. handle a large amount of data;
2. allow real-time collaboration by multiple users.

These are the areas we believe EditGrid can do better. So, here we are.