Kappy wrote:
Isn't it supposed to be a clone of Excel within limits? I don't use iWork.
Who said/wrote that ?
Numbers is not a clone of Excel. I doesn't share the Microsoft philosophy which include every asked feature.
Apple engineers carefully select what may be added and what must remain as dreams/wishes.
Basically, they apply the good old rule :
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Apple Human Interface Guidelines:
Apply the 80 Percent Solution
During the design process, if you discover problems with your product design, you might consider applying the 80 percent solution‚ that is, designing your software to meet the needs of at least 80 percent of your users. This type of design typically favors simpler, more elegant approaches to problems.
If you try to design for the 20 percent of your target audience who are power users, your design may not be usable by the other 80 percent of users. Even though that smaller group of power users is likely to have good ideas for features, the majority of your user base may not think in the same way. Involving a broad range of users in your design process can help you find the 80 percent solution.
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At this time they offer around 250 functions when Excel have about 500.
Tables are limited to 256 * 65635 cells
Numbers is slooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww 😟
Excel offer some database features, Numbers doesn't
In Excel, macros are back, they never arrived in Numbers.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 30 avril 2011 22:58:32
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