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Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks, great suggestions, and some of them were already on my todo list.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks, I'll definitely reach out!
Comment · 2 years ago
Hi there, thanks! Send your comments here https://forms.gle/A8Q8WAG8zj4sLvwQ7 and put your email in there, I will definitely reach out with updates. If you're up to it we could even meet sometimes for a coffee!
Comment · 2 years ago
Nice, I saw this years ago!
Comment · 2 years ago
Tables are something I want to tackle and I'd like to do them right because (as you point out) are crucial. I didn't get there yet...

I want to make it such that you can code on the left and then hide everything and share that with non technical folks. That's why I did not use a Colab, creating something interactive with it (and I did that quite a lot in the past) it's a bit of a PITA.

Comment · 2 years ago
I think having to use a tool different than excel is hard because people have been used to that type of UI for 40 years.

The problem I have is that once you go beyond a simple thing it becomes messy and you never know what you are dealing with. The way you present things graphically and they way you organize data to perform computations are tangled, making hard to read IMO.

Comment · 2 years ago
Nice work!
Comment · 2 years ago
I was hesitant to call it a variable because most people that only use excel are not going to be familiar with that concept. Suggestion for other names?
Comment · 2 years ago
Glad you like, I'll keep you posted for new updates in case you're interested.
Comment · 2 years ago
Good idea, thanks, I'd also like to prevent edit mode on mobile so one can only see the HTML rendered part.
Comment · 2 years ago
In Italy it's at the end, hence my interpretation
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks! I was always told the dollar is a prefix unit while the euro is not, but perhaps between european countries there are differences in that...

Anyway, yes the editable thing is a known problem that could be fixed by switching to a view mode rather than an edit mode. The problem right now is caused by keeping in sync the edit field and the code on the left side.

Comment · 2 years ago
It can execute arbitrary JS in your browser using eval(), that could be why.
Comment · 2 years ago
nice I did not know about this, thanks for sharing!
Comment · 2 years ago

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