Comments on: Scattering data and need for universal search http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2006/10/04/scattering-data-and-need-for-universal-search/ Niko Nyman's blog on shifting topics. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:11:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Niko http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2006/10/04/scattering-data-and-need-for-universal-search/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 Niko Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:53:57 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2006/10/04/scattering-data-and-need-for-universal-search/#comment-4043 <p>Hi David. It looks like you have definitely thought of this problem and the solutions you mention make the link title above even more appropriate: EditGrid is a <em>true</em> Excel replacement. I don't know how you did it but it's just awesome...</p> <p>EditGrid Sync seems to work on Mac as well with some tinkering. No idea how the technology works, but maybe it could be possible to make a dedicated Spotlight plugin for a web app...?</p> Hi David. It looks like you have definitely thought of this problem and the solutions you mention make the link title above even more appropriate: EditGrid is a true Excel replacement. I don’t know how you did it but it’s just awesome…

EditGrid Sync seems to work on Mac as well with some tinkering. No idea how the technology works, but maybe it could be possible to make a dedicated Spotlight plugin for a web app…?

]]> By: David Lee http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2006/10/04/scattering-data-and-need-for-universal-search/comment-page-1/#comment-4008 David Lee Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:45:02 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2006/10/04/scattering-data-and-need-for-universal-search/#comment-4008 <p>Hi, this is David from EditGrid.</p> <p>For this universal search to exist, individual services need to implement an effective searching API according to some agreed standard. May be Google/Yahoo should take the responsibility to come up with such standard.</p> <p>We at EditGrid have tried to make searching your data as efficient as possible.</p> <p>Firstly, we have EditGrid Finder (http://www.editgrid.com/finder) which allow you to search your data contextually without opening your spreadsheet.</p> <p>Secondly, we have EditGrid Sync, which download all your spreadsheet to your desktop periodically, so your desktop search will be able to reach it.</p> <p>In the future, when the standard is emerged, we would be happy to implement our searching interface according to the standard such that your vision would be achieved!</p> Hi, this is David from EditGrid.

For this universal search to exist, individual services need to implement an effective searching API according to some agreed standard. May be Google/Yahoo should take the responsibility to come up with such standard.

We at EditGrid have tried to make searching your data as efficient as possible.

Firstly, we have EditGrid Finder (http://www.editgrid.com/finder) which allow you to search your data contextually without opening your spreadsheet.

Secondly, we have EditGrid Sync, which download all your spreadsheet to your desktop periodically, so your desktop search will be able to reach it.

In the future, when the standard is emerged, we would be happy to implement our searching interface according to the standard such that your vision would be achieved!

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