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by m_kos 1119 days ago
I have just tested it for a few minutes.

What I really like is that it opens much faster than Excel and, as advertised, can handle large files. I will certainly consider buying it after the trial.

A couple of improvements that you could consider are: 1) implement row/col freezing like in Excel and not via split view because the split view is not as space-efficient (you see fewer rows on the screen), 2) add an option to add GS-Calc to "Open with" context menu, 3) a more modern UI.

Congratulations on shipping a very promising product!

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Thanks. Actually, it's easy to overlook this at first but splitting views also maximizes the working area, e.g.: (1) click the table toolbar and chose to hide it, (2) right click a given split view and hide row and/or column headings, (3) right click that view and hide the vertical and/or horizontal scrollbars. In the "View" menu you can also minimize the width of the splitter line. What's left in the view are only cells. You can have up to 99 individually resized and individually synch. views of various regions of the same worksheet or any other worksheet in the same workbook (View > Choose Worksheet) per window.

Re: the "Open with" menu for other file types, it should be done automatically once you set the file association (Windows might require the installation folder not to be account-restricted).