[Design] Javelin

[Ray Ryan]

On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 05:54  PM, David Neeley wrote:

> For the spreadsheet-heads like Mitch, do you folks remember a DOS 
> spreadsheet program called Javelin? In that one, the first thing a 
> user did was to define the relationships of data. Then, individual 
> values were plugged in and the relationship formulas invoked.
>
> I am not describing it well--but I have a copy in storage somewhere, 
> and I think I'll retrieve it and play with it again to become familiar 
> once more.
>
> My point is that this program had a simple-to-use methodology for 
> entering algorhythms that were used throughout a project. Perhaps we 
> can learn something from that approach, and wind up with a truly 
> elegant method of building macros and scripts that could be used 
> throughout Chandler?
>
> It also meant that filter or macro logic was exposed in that view, so 
> that errors became much easier to spot. In all, a truly elegant 
> approach.
>
> Once I find it and look through it again, I'll try to adequately 
> describe what it will do in those areas that might be useful for 
> Chandler.
>
> And oh, yes...I was also a big fan of Improv. It seems the tools I 
> find that seem clearly superior to the others are rapidly withdrawn 
> from the market. Perhaps I should quit this project before I jinx it!  
> 8;)

Improv was the greatest! That's why we at Lighthouse cloned it as 
Quantrix when Lotus lost interest.

I see that there is a very beta clone of the clone going on here: 
<http://www.materialarts.com/FlexiSheet>.

Ray