This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by rms » Tue, Aug 07, 2007, 10:07 PM UTC

This basically blows the Google calculator away
instacalc.com

Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by rms » Tue, Aug 07, 2007, 10:08 PM UTC

And it's a great example of the type of design YC prefers. The functionality of the site is clear at first glance.

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Post by chadboyda » Tue, Aug 07, 2007, 10:41 PM UTC

Great site. Very self explanatory. I like that it removes all the hassles of creating, saving, and distributing spread sheets. Definately bookmarking this one.

Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by arhar » Wed, Aug 08, 2007, 12:50 AM UTC

PFFT!!!

This silly thing couldn't even calculate this, something that Google calc does perfectly:

http://www.google.com/search?q=the+answer+to+life%2C+the+uni...

Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by vlad » Wed, Aug 08, 2007, 12:54 AM UTC

Awesome! I think there's a bug--can anyone else confirm that the bar chart doesn't seem to work in shared spreadsheets: http://my.instacalc.com/calc/1c58eb08760043bfb67924cb5fa1684...

Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by gojomo » Wed, Aug 08, 2007, 1:03 AM UTC

Nice site, though it doesn't work on some of the bandwidth calculations I often do via Google calculator. (eg: "(1TB / 100Mbps) in days")

For the curious, there's a GPL project, 'qalculate', which could be used as the basis for similar calculator services.

Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 08, 2007, 1:45 AM UTC

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Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by kalid » Wed, Aug 08, 2007, 2:05 AM UTC

Hey guys, this is Kalid from instacalc. Thanks for the link -- please send any feedback/bug reports to kalid@instacalc.com and have fun playing around with it.

I'm actually in YC this summer on another project with some friends, we'll let you know when it's launched :)

Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by rms » Wed, Aug 08, 2007, 2:07 AM UTC

kalid wrote: post #8

Hey guys, this is Kalid from instacalc. Thanks for the link -- please send any feedback/bug reports to kalid@instacalc.com and have fun playing around with it. I'm actually in YC this summer on another project with some friends, we'll let you know when it's launched :)

Cool, I look forward to it.

Instacalc is one hell of a "thing you built" for getting into YC.

Re: This basically blows the Google calculator away

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Post by henning » Wed, Aug 08, 2007, 2:36 AM UTC

kalid wrote: post #8

Hey guys, this is Kalid from instacalc. Thanks for the link -- please send any feedback/bug reports to kalid@instacalc.com and have fun playing around with it. I'm actually in YC this summer on another project with some friends, we'll let you know when it's launched :)

http://my.instacalc.com/calc/92299353cf9840adbe298cad39c46b7...

are you aware that you're getting spammed?

why don't have rel=nofollow in place for links?