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I will look into this more so good job. The tour seems a little broken in that the callouts sometimes appear in locations for "menu items" before the menu appears but is still very informative. See image before menu: http://bit.ly/1xq1XYI And image after menu: http://bit.ly/1rprJrk
Are there any plans to make this scriptable with say Javascript?
We're going to release an API in the near future ( https://airtable.com/api ), but that would be used for server-side integrations (ie you must deploy your own server to host your own code talk to Airtable's servers). We do want to support some form of scripting that would be hosted on OUR servers, but that's further out on the roadmap. We also have plans to support external integrations and triggers via Zapier/IFTTT…
After defining 3 tables with related records, some thoughts:
- Trying to enter some records, I pressed space in the checkbox column, "zoom view" appeared instead of changing the value (enter changes the value), I understand that this is a convention in your system, but what's the point of the zoome checkbox? :)
- Detail view shows checkbox columns, as checkbox - name and another value-changing checkbox below, waste of space - record with 4 column takes almost all modal window.
- Changing value of checkbox with enter, disallows submitting detail view, so there is no submit, but then I cannot simply discard changes made in the detail view, when I press ESC - data still changes. To revert changes, I had to press ctrl-z several times.
- I noticed that of the entered characters changed to ?, I'm not shure how cannot replicate it, but entering some strange character, and clicking around does the trick.
- I think you should consider adding standard spreadsheet/browser keyboard shortcuts: F2, alt+down.
- Make page up / page down work.
- Adding related record, could automatically open new detail window - creating unnamed row seem pointless.
Good luck!
This looks like a nice product. Software companies have been struggling to make a mass-market database program ever since Lotus 1-2-3 (the "3" was a database), but the spreadsheet remains king, despite the fact that for storing structured data, it is almost as bad as a Word document with macros. So I'll be rooting for you. One complaint: Referring to your Basic plan as being "Free forever" is a bit disingenuous. In m…
There, I fixed it for you. (disclosure: I worked on a similar tool, had a friend, one of the best programmers I know, who built a similar tool, worked on an ERP system that addressed many of the same use cases, and I started Skysheet, YC W09, with gruseom).
This looks fantastic! I was drooling during the demo video - you've improved on so many things from the standard spreadsheet at once. If I could make a request for the API: it's almost impossible to get a simple JSON serialization of a table in Google Spreadsheets. There are so many times where I just want to make a really simple MVP with a backend data source, but don't want a full-fledged Firebase database. If I co…
This really looks very nice! After defining 3 tables with related records, some thoughts: - Trying to enter some records, I pressed space in the checkbox column, "zoom view" appeared instead of changing the value (enter changes the value), I understand that this is a convention in your system, but what's the point of the zoome checkbox? :) - Detail view shows checkbox columns, as checkbox - name and another value-cha…
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We're going to release an API in the near future ( https://airtable.com/api ), but that would be used for server-side integrations (ie you must deploy your own server to host your own code talk to Airtable's servers). We do want to support some form of scripting that would be hosted on OUR servers, but that's further out on the roadmap. We also have plans to support external integrations and triggers via Zapier/IFTTT…
Reach out if you need any help on the Zapier front :)
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Thanks a lot for your feedback, these are definitely things we're looking to tackle. We're planning on improving scrolling performance soon, it's definitely a priority for us to improve our performance for large datasets. As for the linking, we definitely want to do more to help you normalize your data. We can also infer column types to help with the import process. Doing this type of thing on paste is an interesting…
If you're interested in talking about the challenges of creating a performant spreadsheet, I've built a javascript-based spreadsheet backed by a database that's more performant than Google Docs/any open source table available on the internet. I'd be happy to share the techniques. Edit: reach me at shri (at) freshvc (dot) com
With todoist if you complete a task it crosses it out, which really looks great visually if you are checking off a list. maybe if you check one of the rows, finished column, it crosses out everything in that row.
I like the presentation. Very easy to follow along in the beginning, but you kinda lose me at 1:59. I think you can do a better job explaining this. Really think that the phone view next to the website view is a great touch. With todoist if you complete a task it crosses it out, which really looks great visually if you are checking off a list. maybe if you check one of the rows, finished column, it crosses out everyt…
Re: the auto cross out, one thing you can do is add a filter that filters by "Completed?" = unchecked, which will make each row automatically fade out when you check (you can create a different view to show the Completed books)