@jwildeboer I’ll try and say hello if I find you !wearing the fedora? I’ll put mine on
@neil that’s kind, thanks! To my shame that blog draft was started in feb 2022. It was a conversation about Debian today that spurred me on to finish it!
@neil not yet but thanks for the suggestion (also: that was a damn fast response to my blog post, mere seconds!)
New blog post: The Horror Show! https://jmtd.net/log/the_horror_show/ #culture
@golgaloth great minds, I had thought of doing something like this (barbie robocop armour) after printing some barbie crowns #girlarmour
re: Design notes for a mobile-native spreadsheet
Lots of live data integrations. Fetch price from product uri for big shops like Amazon eBay, currency conversions, etc
re: Design notes for a mobile-native spreadsheet
Smart on-screen keyboard choices. Numbers only for numbers fields etc (Apple Numbers does this well)
re: Design notes for a mobile-native spreadsheet
100% Visual/block-based formula programming. Obvious stuff (average column, sum column) built into UI eg on on-screen keyboard shortcut keys
re: Design notes for a mobile-native spreadsheet
One column view. Swipe L-R (with generous deadzones) to switch column. Optional fixed 1 row and/or column display for headings. Free scroll U-D for cells in column.
Design notes for a mobile-native spreadsheet
Focus on ease of authorship of new spreadsheets, not interacting with existing/legacy ones
The iOS Google Sheets app is a prime example of “if you must, it’s possible” app design. Apple’s Numbers app is slightly better, but still requires you to scroll in two dimensions. I’ve not seen a truly-mobile friendly spreadsheet app yet.
@neil I always stumble over three-letter abbreviating “Thursday”, too. “Thu” lacks the crucial ‘s’. “Thus” is 4 characters but not the first 4.
Has anyone specced out an xkcd:// protocol yet?
It might facilitate the kinds of conversations that go like this.
“…because xkcd://12345.”
“Ah, but are you forgetting xkcd://543?”
It might facilitate the kinds of conversations that go like this.
“…because xkcd://12345.”
“Ah, but are you forgetting xkcd://543?”