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That's a brilliant & simple idea. I love it. Makes me wonder if anyone's made a small screen spreadsheet? Seems like that would be the obvious next step.

Something like a default of 3x4 or 4x4 cells. Would have most of the basic spreadsheet functionality, and maybe simple graphs to show comparisons. Interface designed for touch on a six inch screen.

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https://tinysheet.com/

Unfortunately limited to 2x10 only

I found a few other options:

http://xem.github.io/sheet/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quick-spreadsheet/...

I've always wanted a browser extension (or similar) that opens a small 10x10 spreadsheet so I can quickly do some calculations. For example, if you are shopping online and have various options that all have different shipping costs etc. It would be nice to do a quick breakdown of costs without having to open Excel.

That would be a great idea! That's the perfect use for the "spreadsheet implemented in Browser" submissions we have seen over the years!

It's a little surprising Google hasn't done this already. A small (maybe inline, maybe floating) popup that gives you a little grid. Would autosave to Sheets. That would be perfect.

Anyways, that's a great idea you have. I never knew I wanted this, but now I want it very badly.

If you paste an expression into the search box… Try it with (66/6)^2/2

It’s pretty fast to pop open a new tab and visit sheets.new, I do this a lot but not everybody knows about it (and the rest of the .new TLD) The in-line floating thing is not too attractive to me. But yeah, new window, sheets.new, split screen, you’re spreadsheeting before you know it.

Same goes for

- docs.new

- slides.new

Super cool!

I think floating would be best. I just had a use case for this today. Was shopping for furnace filters online. They come in a variety of packs (some single, some 4, 12x). They don't always list the per unit cost, so it would be nice to quickly open a floating 10x10 table, list out a few options and get a per unit breakdown to find the best deal.

Numbers runs on iOS—not terribly easy to use, per se, but absolutely gets the job done. There was a light version of Excel even on the BlackBerry-styled Windows Mobile phones that similarly was great for, oh, comparison pricing or converting multiple values other tiny math jobs.

One specifically designed for phones with a very limited feature set, though? That could be very handy.

I occasionally fire up Numbers on my i-devices. It's ok on iPads. But on my iPhone it's a bit painful. Haven't tried it on there in a few years. I should try it again to see if works better on the small screen now.

I'd like to use this for daily driver.

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