Comments on: InstaCalc - Shared Calculations http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/instacalc_share/ Running commentary about agile development, user experience design and Ajax. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kalid http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2007/05/instacalc_share/#comment-449 Kalid Mon, 14 May 2007 22:49:29 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=339#comment-449 <p>Hi Dietrich, thanks for the writeup! A few responses:<br /> <br /> 1) Don't worry, it takes more than few online curmudgeons to discourage me :). Many people have found it extremely useful, but of course, you can't please everyone.</p> <p>The interface looks simple (by design), but it does quite a bit under the hood: unit conversions (15 feet in cm), currency (10 usd in eur), arbitrary units (10 bugs/day in minutes/bug), unicode variable names and more things that are a real pain in a spreadsheet.</p> <p>However, I think I can do a better job explaining the benefits so they are not overlooked, and I appreciate the feedback.</p> <p>2) You can embed any calculation as a widget for your blog, wiki or website. See <a href="http://instacalc.com/blog/tour" rel="nofollow">http://instacalc.com/blog/tour</a> for more info.</p> <p>Thanks again for the post!</p> Hi Dietrich, thanks for the writeup! A few responses:

1) Don’t worry, it takes more than few online curmudgeons to discourage me :). Many people have found it extremely useful, but of course, you can’t please everyone.

The interface looks simple (by design), but it does quite a bit under the hood: unit conversions (15 feet in cm), currency (10 usd in eur), arbitrary units (10 bugs/day in minutes/bug), unicode variable names and more things that are a real pain in a spreadsheet.

However, I think I can do a better job explaining the benefits so they are not overlooked, and I appreciate the feedback.

2) You can embed any calculation as a widget for your blog, wiki or website. See http://instacalc.com/blog/tour for more info.

Thanks again for the post!

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