iRows

iRows was a web-based spreadsheet in beta with a GUI similar to the traditional desktop-based spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.org. It was shut down on December 31, 2006, after it was announced that its two founders had been hired by Google.[1]

iRows used Ajax and XML. It was described as an example of a Web 2.0 system.

iRows supported conventional spreadsheet features functions, value formatting and charts and added web oriented spreadsheet capabilities like collaboration (multiple people using a shared spreadsheet, sending a spreadsheet as a link instead of an attachment and ability to publish spreadsheets on other web pages (e.g. blogs).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Michael Arrington (November 15, 2006). "Google Absorbing iRows". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2007-04-03.

Further reading

  • Fay, Joe (November 17, 2006). "Google draws in iRows". The Register. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  • O'Reilly, Dennis (August 23, 2006). Web Spreadsheets Nearly Ready for Prime Time, PC World Magazine.


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