EditGrid

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EditGrid
Developer(s)Team and Concepts
Stable releaseNovember 2008 Release (rev 24787) (21st November, 2008) [±]
Preview releaseNovember 2008 Release (rev 24787) (21st November, 2008) [±]
Operating systemAny (Web-based application)
Available inMultilingual (9)
TypeOnline spreadsheet
Websitehttp://www.editgrid.com/

EditGrid is a Web 2.0 spreadsheet service. It offers both a free-of-charge service to personal users and a subscription service to organisations and is available on a number of partner sites and channels[1].

EditGrid is one of the players in the emerging market of online spreadsheets[2] along with Google Spreadsheets and Zoho Sheet.

History

EditGrid is developed, provided and maintained by Team and Concepts, a Hong Kong-based company. The first public beta release of EditGrid was launched on 7 April 2006. It registered its 10,000th personal user in November 2006[3]. In January 2007 EditGrid started to offer organisation accounts for free trial and also became available on Salesforce.com's AppExchange platform[4]. On 14 February 2007[5][6], EditGrid officially declared out-of-beta and launched its subscription service.

In June 2007, EditGrid announced a $1.25 million series A investment from the WI Harper Group[7].

Features

Touted as the most advanced and well-polished Ajax-enabled spreadsheet[8][9], EditGrid includes features for shared access and online collaboration[10] on top of conventional spreadsheet functionalities. Its Real-Time Update (RTU) feature allows multiple users to see changes on a spreadsheet immediately, and is considered a winning feature among similar products[11]. Its Remote Data feature can retrieve live data on the web[12], while its My Data Format (MDF) feature allows users to customise the output format using XSLT, such as live KML for Google Earth[13]. Other features include multiple access control levels, revision history[14], charting, live chat, permalinks and more than 500 spreadsheet functions.

Apart from access from its main site, spreadsheets hosted on EditGrid can be accessed on third-party websites by means of its post-to-blog feature.

In September 2007, the EditGrid iPhone Edition was launched at the Office 2.0 Conference[15].

Javascript Macro support

In September 2008, EditGrid launched its JavaScript Macro support, enabling user programmed macros to manipulate EditGrid spreadsheets using Javascript (version 1.5) [[1]]. Within a month of its launch, amongst the first user written custom-built applications is a javascript macro source code animator & debugger currently known as JAGUAR ("JAvascript Generator & User Animated Realtime debugger") that permits logical pause (or "breakpoint") by macro statement number and single cycle execution within the javascript source code, to facilitate macro development in this environment.

Because of the nature of the EditGrid macro interface, Firebug (for EditGrid users utilizing the Mozilla Firefox browser), is not particularly helpful in the Editgrid macro environment because the original macro source code is dynamically re-formed. The user written debugger however supports asynchronous interface actions initiated by on-screen spreadsheet buttons or macro supported javascript events including timed functions, HTML "toolboxes" and "pickers", all at original source level. If the user written source code debugger is utilized, the javascript source is also optionally held and edited within an EditGrid spreadsheet, enabling full synchronization of cell references, sheet names and other variables (eg. columns & rows) between the javascript macro source and the related spreadsheet. The macro source is therefore under the control of the fully automatic EditGrid 'save' environment permitting earlier revisions to be re-called with full backup/recovery in the event of server or other errors. In addition, because Editgrid spreadsheets can be shared, remote debugging of javascript macro code is possible including the use of online chat. An optional 'sidekick' debug layout (with narrower width) permits easier side-by-side viewing of the normal user Editgrid window together with the active debug window.

Integration and interoperability

EditGrid is available as a module on Netvibes, Pageflakes and Google Personalized Homepage[16]. EditGrid is also available on Salesforce.com's AppExchange platform[17][18].

EditGrid also forms part of the offering of Central Desktop[19], ShareOffice[20] and ThinkFree Office[21].

In addition, developers can make use of the EditGrid API to build custom applications. There are a number of EditGrid add-ons that mash up other services. One of these, Grid2Map, turns longitude-latitude pairs into placemarks on Google Maps[22].

Applications

Multilingualism

In addition to the default English version, EditGrid is available in eight languages: German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, largely thanks to a community localisation project[23].

Subscription service

EditGrid is available to organisation users on a software-as-a-service basis. Organisation users enjoy SSL-encrypted traffic, user account administration and management reports on top of the features available to personal users[24].

Software architecture

EditGrid is developed on an open-source software architecture[25]. It runs on Catalyst as the web application framework and uses Gnumeric as its back-end support. It adopts Ajax technology at the front-end.

References

  1. ^ Phil Wainewright (2007-09-06). "EditGrid's distinctive Office 2.0 business model". ZDNet. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ Richard MacManus and Gang Lu (2007-02-15). "EditGrid - New Online Spreadsheet, Better Than Google Spreadsheets". ReadWriteWeb. Retrieved 2007-02-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ^ "Exclusive EditGrid conversation with founder - David Lee". Folknology. 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. ^ David Lee (2007-01-12). "Check out EditGrid at Salesforce AppExchange!". EditGrid Developers Blog. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
  5. ^ David Lee (2007-02-14). "EditGrid Out of Beta, Launched Subscription Service". EditGrid Blog. Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ Dennis Howlett (2007-02-14). "EditGrid out of beta". AccMan. Retrieved 2007-02-15. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  7. ^ Duncan Riley (2007-06-10). "Team and Concepts Raises $1.25million Series A". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-06-14. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  8. ^ Ismael Ghalimi (2007-03-26). "Spreadsheet Roundup". ITRedux. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  9. ^ Philipp Lenssen (2007-02-22). "EditGrid, Google Spreadsheets Competitor". Google Blogoscoped. Retrieved 2007-02-23. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  10. ^ Template:He icon ליאור הנר (2006-06-09). "עומדים על נייר". Haaretz. Retrieved 2006-08-12.
  11. ^ Michael Fitzgerald (2007). "Winning the Numbers Game – Best for... Collaborating". Inc. magazine. Retrieved 2007-04-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  12. ^ Mark Gibbs (2006-07-17). "EditGrid, an excellent Web 2.0 spreadsheet". Network World. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
  13. ^ Stefan Geens (2006-08-23). "EditGrid => XML + XSLT => KML". Ogle Earth. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
  14. ^ Template:Pt icon David de Oliveira Lemes (2006-06-29). "Alternativas ao Excel". PC World. Retrieved 2006-08-12.
  15. ^ Dennis Howlett (2007-09-05). "Spreadsheet for your iPhone". ZDNet. Retrieved 2007-09-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  16. ^ Rafe Needleman (2007-01-11). "EditGrid: A nice competitor to Google Spreadsheets". CNET Webware. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
  17. ^ "EditGrid Spreadsheets Application Overview". Salesforce.com AppExchange. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  18. ^ "App of the Week". The AppExchange Blog, Salesforce.com. 2007-01-19. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  19. ^ Marc Orchant (2007-02-20). "Central Desktop adds spreadsheets to their mix". ZDNet. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
  20. ^ Richard MacManus (2007-05-08). "ShareOffice Launches - Open Standards Based Web Office Suite". ReadWriteWeb. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
  21. ^ Marc Orchant (2007-06-04). "ThinkFree and EditGrid announce online spreadsheet partnership". ZDNet. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
  22. ^ J. Murali (2006-10-30). "Location-enabled webfeed holds promise". The Hindu. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
  23. ^ "EditGrid Localisation Project". Retrieved 2006-11-11.
  24. ^ "It's a grid - get it?". Under the Radar Blog. 2007-01-19. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  25. ^ Andy Chun (2006-12-11). "Web 2.0 Online Spreadsheets". ZDNet Asia. Retrieved 2006-12-12.

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