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Re: Ask YC: Review our new product

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Post by sh1mmer »

markessien wrote: post #22

Good idea, nice implementation, wrong medium. There is no reason this should be a web application - in a perfect world, I want something like this directly integrated into my database tool, and not have me open my browser and all that. At the same time, considering that the data work may be large, having this on a server is not too bad of an idea. What I suggest to you is this - spend a day to make a version of this…

If you can put this in an air application wrapper that would be amazing.

I think markessien has a great point. A lot of enterprises don't want their office worker in browsers (however lame that sounds) and may not be comfortable sending you their data.

Having a web app style wrapped in a local framework would allow you to sell to these companies what looks to be a really great product.

That said please don't loose the web version for those of us that realize it's the 21st century already.

Re: Ask YC: Review our new product

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Post by tocomment »

markessien wrote: post #22

Good idea, nice implementation, wrong medium. There is no reason this should be a web application - in a perfect world, I want something like this directly integrated into my database tool, and not have me open my browser and all that. At the same time, considering that the data work may be large, having this on a server is not too bad of an idea. What I suggest to you is this - spend a day to make a version of this…

Any tips on how to make such an exe file?

Re: Ask YC: Review our new product

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Post by markessien »

tocomment wrote: post #45
markessien wrote: post #22

Good idea, nice implementation, wrong medium. There is no reason this should be a web application - in a perfect world, I want something like this directly integrated into my database tool, and not have me open my browser and all that. At the same time, considering that the data work may be large, having this on a server is not too bad of an idea. What I suggest to you is this - spend a day to make a version of this…

Any tips on how to make such an exe file?

Yes, it takes about 10 minutes using C#. Drag a web browser control to the .exe, call browserControl.navigate(url), and there, you have a native application. Use NSIS for the installer, add some license key routine, and sell your B2B copies for $299 a seat.

Re: Ask YC: Review our new product

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Post by tocomment »

Trying to fix a similar problem of how to explore Excel data, I made this XLS to MySQL table utility: http://utilitymill.com/utility/csv_to_create_table

Feel free to include the code in your tool if you want to offer MySQL as another download option when users get their results emailed to them.

(I copied your pasting instructions. I hope you don't mind.)

Re: Ask YC: Review our new product

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Post by stcredzero »

tomsaffell wrote: post #25

I think you're trying to solve a valid problem - i.e. allowing Excel type data to be manipulated/formatted more easily than Excel (or similar tools) currently allow. And I think you have a cool product, but... But I don't think this is a solution to that problem for most people who have that problem. My previous job involved a lot of Excel work (so I became fairly good at it) and it also involved interacting with peo…

Google should buy this and incorporate it into Google Spreadsheets.

Re: Ask YC: Review our new product

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Post by sh1mmer »

tocomment wrote: post #45
markessien wrote: post #22

Good idea, nice implementation, wrong medium. There is no reason this should be a web application - in a perfect world, I want something like this directly integrated into my database tool, and not have me open my browser and all that. At the same time, considering that the data work may be large, having this on a server is not too bad of an idea. What I suggest to you is this - spend a day to make a version of this…

Any tips on how to make such an exe file?

Adobe Air does the same thing x-plaform. The is also a mozilla project, I forget the name of, which is like Air but uglier.
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