SpreadZilla

a.k.a. DOM/CSS/ECMAscript Insanity

We have implemented some of the initial steps toward a DOM2/CSS2/ECMAscript spreadsheet implementation. It is currently called SpreadZilla, for lack of a better idea. It works in Mozilla, Netscape 6, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows. If you wish to use Netscape 6 or Mozilla, we recommend you download the newest build possible, as important layout and form bugs are being fixed every day (in fact, an important one landed on 12 January 2001). Currently, only a very basic spreadsheet user interface is implemented, and not much more.

Try it out!

Features currently in version 1.0:

Basic spreadsheet user interface
Keyboard and mouse navigation
basic toolbars
very simple expressions/formulas
font selection
display formatters and validators
- integers
- real numbers
- dates
- percentages
- currency

The To-Do list for the 1.0 version:

Choose a spiffy name. Here are some ideas:
- SpreadZilla, sounds slightly obscene.
- CalcZilla, sounds slightly odd.
- NetCalc, boring...
- NetSheet, also boring...
- NetExcel, would get us in trouble with Microsoft.
- oPALculator, kind of awkward.
- OPALedger, slightly misleading.
- OPALcell, sounds like either an ALife program or a correctional facility.
- Surpass, would probably also get us in trouble with Microsoft (and sounds like an authentication system anyway).
Write some documentation
- Intro
- Keybindings
- Known limitations/bugs
Update source documentation
Implement proper toolbar class
Enable more cell-specific states (font, justification)
Add input normalization for cell formatters
Add apology message for old browsers
Tweak style sheets
Figure out a licensing scheme
Work around IE5+ table reflow bugs

Planned Feature list for version 2.0:

range selection
advanced formulas/expressions
multiple worksheets
better localization support

We'd like feedback. Lots of it. And maybe even some help with UI design, documentation, architecture, and implementation. Please forward this URL to browser developers, W3C members, hard-core web developers and anyone else you think could contribute. Please DO NOT distribute this URL to the general public yet (that means no posts to Slashdot and FreshMeat as well).