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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.

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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.

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