Apple Developing Numbers?

It's about time...I won't even consider iWork until they have a spreadsheet application.

AppleInsider reports that Apple has requested a standard character mark for "Numbers" and is currently working on a spreadsheet application to possibly supplement the iWork application suite.

Sales of the iWork suite dropped significantly after release, with analysts believeing that the problem (among others) was the lack of a spreadsheet element.

I always thought the problem was that people thought Pages was targetted at Word... and then were a little dissapointed. It's really great when used for it's intended purpose, but a Word killer, it is not (and is not intended to be).

It would be nice to see an alternative to Excel, but I have my doubts to how well it can be... hate Microsoft all you want, but Excel is pretty good at what it does...



what would be nice, now that I think about it, is if apple did to Numbers what they did with pages - not targetting excel, but rather targetting the home user, and setting up an easy to use system, with templates that do what the average home user might want from a spreadsheet. I'm comfy using spreadsheets all day long, but if you sit my wife in front of one, she's dumbfounded as to what to do... but if Apple did it up right... it could be a very usefull tool, even for peeps like my wife...

Good... a spreadsheet app would do iWork good.

Throw in a database, too, and we have ourselves an Office killer... ;)

with analysts believeing that the problem (among others) was the lack of a spreadsheet element.

That and the fact that Pages is **** :eek: :rolleyes:

Bring on the Office killer - just as long as it's all interoperable with MS products.

Good news if it is true--and my sense is that it is, since a spreadsheet is required for many things.

Best,

Bob

not targetting excel, but rather targetting the home user, and setting up an easy to use system, with templates that do what the average home user might want from a spreadsheet.

and rename it iWork@Home :D

With the current name it needs to be an Office killer.

Apple Numbers? What's that, like a mob thing?

I'm all for a re-invented and Office-killing AppleWorks (iWork), but please don't call the spreadsheet Numbers. :rolleyes:

I know it goes with the whole "naming the function" convention that iWork has, but it sounds too much like a calculator to me. :p

what would be nice, now that I think about it, is if apple did to Numbers what they did with pages - not targetting excel, but rather targetting the home user, and setting up an easy to use system, with templates that do what the average home user might want from a spreadsheet. I'm comfy using spreadsheets all day long, but if you sit my wife in front of one, she's dumbfounded as to what to do... but if Apple did it up right... it could be a very usefull tool, even for peeps like my wife...

I totally agree w/ u...my parents are the same way. Excel can be an extremely powerful tool...i believe one of my CS teachers told us that the excel language is the most popular programming language...a normal user doesnt need all this functionality, some very simple spreadsheet program w/ built-in templates would do wonders.

I totally agree w/ u...my parents are the same way. Excel can be an extremely powerful tool...i believe one of my CS teachers told us that the excel language is the most popular programming language...a normal user doesnt need all this functionality, some very simple spreadsheet program w/ built-in templates would do wonders.

That's what is great about Excel, 90% of the people who use it don't know or even understand how powerful a program it is, yet easily use it everyday for their tasks.