Useful Thing: irows

April 30th, 2006

irows is an online spreadsheets app. Think of it this way: web-based excel.

I have had problems maintaining a budget simply for the reason of not having the discipline to update it at the end of every day from home. I would always remember to update the file when I was not home. With irows, I can log into my account anywhere and update my budget without having to worry about the location of the file.

irows let me upload my current excel file into their system, which it then did a good job at converting it into their spreadsheet tool. Along with accepting uploaded excel files, irows also exports your web-based spreadsheet into multple formats, so you do not have to be afraid of your file being stuck on a website.

The app worked decently in Opera 9beta but better in FireFox. My main problem in Opera was with the scroll bars. It did not auto resize to the width of the window, where as in FireFox it did. Aside from the aesthetics, it worked great in both.

I have had much success with the site thus far and recommend it to people who need this type of access to spreadsheet files.

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