I’m not saying it wasn’t foolish, but it was the early 2000s, where a lot of folks couldn’t afford or did not interact with smartphones, so this could’ve looked legitimate to a lot of people.
Still, from a production point of view, why choose to use Excel here? Is the font on the message drafting screen on this phone much smaller or something??
Damn, Microsoft really heard people had a new screen that didn't have a spreadsheet and ported Excel to phones. How much actual business oriented data entry is done on a phone, Microsoft? Really. Was there a rush for a productivity suite for the worst form factor possible? Absolute waste of those developers' time and energy.
This is not Microsoft Excel. This app is just called Sheets and predates this phone. It was already on Psion Series 5 which run EPOC32, an OS which was later renamed to Symbian. This phone runs an early version of Symbian
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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 93 pts · 271d
Isn't this how some people at like, a very high level, were communicating??
Like it wasn't in excel, but they had an e-mail account which they both had access to, and would just edit drafts back and forth instead of sending.
How do you know Kelly Rowland isn't just texting back and forth with a high level CIA operative and is engaging in quality opsec?
svc@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 75 pts · 271d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldering
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 22 pts · 271d
Very interesting, thank you
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 271d
But the data is still sent via unencrypted line, just not in the logs?
lividweasel@lemmy.world · 88 pts · 271d
Turns out that he enthusiastically replied that he was at hashtag Value bar, but she mistook “#VALUE!” as an error.
nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl · 33 pts · 271d
Wanna go on a DATE? How about ##### #######?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 271d
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 12 pts · 271d
EXCELlent observation
dajoho@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 271d
bryndos@fedia.io · 9 pts · 271d
powerful point
Nooodel@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 271d
Quality access
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 1 pts · 268d
Great Outlook!
buycurious@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 271d
I’m not saying it wasn’t foolish, but it was the early 2000s, where a lot of folks couldn’t afford or did not interact with smartphones, so this could’ve looked legitimate to a lot of people.
SatyrSack@quokk.au · 32 pts · 271d
Still, from a production point of view, why choose to use Excel here? Is the font on the message drafting screen on this phone much smaller or something??
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 271d
"it's what we use for our database, why not?"
marcos@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 271d
-- I can't use this app!!!
-- Ok, what app can you use?
Delphia@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 271d
The answer is simpler than that. Musicians have been using excel for songwriting for ages.
You use the cells as timing marks and you have different lines for instrument notes, overlapping lyrics, etc.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 270d
Smartphones didn't even exist in 2002!
Aganim@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 268d
My Nokia 7650 begs to differ.
aarch0x40@piefed.social · 23 pts · 271d
TFW Clippy ain't @ you back
404@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 271d
Tbf editing a colleague's Excel sheet is the one sure way of getting their attention
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 271d
Damn, Microsoft really heard people had a new screen that didn't have a spreadsheet and ported Excel to phones. How much actual business oriented data entry is done on a phone, Microsoft? Really. Was there a rush for a productivity suite for the worst form factor possible? Absolute waste of those developers' time and energy.
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 271d
How else are you gonna always practice for the excel world championships?
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 269d
This is not Microsoft Excel. This app is just called Sheets and predates this phone. It was already on Psion Series 5 which run EPOC32, an OS which was later renamed to Symbian. This phone runs an early version of Symbian
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 271d
Probably product placement. Must be part of the contract that they show Excel on that Nokia
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 271d
What movie?
not_that_guy05@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 271d
Not a movie, music video of Nelly forgot the name though.
Atriedes326@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 271d
Nelly Dilema
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 269d
Obviously they’re cloud-sharing the document.
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 269d
Not every spreadsheet app is Microsoft Excel