EditGrid

EditGrid was developed, provided and maintained by Team and Concepts, a Hong Kong–based company. The first public beta release of EditGrid was launched on 7 April 2006. It registered its 10,000th personal user in November 2006.{{cite web

|url = http://www.folknology.com/Exclusive_EditGrid_conversation_with_founder_-_David_Lee.html

|title = Exclusive EditGrid conversation with founder - David Lee

|publisher = Folknology

|date = November 2006

|access-date = 2007-01-15

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070208033424/http://www.folknology.com/Exclusive_EditGrid_conversation_with_founder_-_David_Lee.html

|archive-date = 2007-02-08

}} In January 2007 EditGrid started to offer organization accounts for free trial and also became available on Salesforce.com's App Exchange platform.{{cite web

|url=http://blog.editgrid.com/archives/178

|title=Check out EditGrid at Salesforce AppExchange!

|author=David Lee

|publisher=EditGrid Developers Blog

|date=2007-01-12

|access-date=2007-01-13

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119235944/http://blog.editgrid.com/archives/178

|archive-date=2007-01-19

|author-link=David K. F. Lee

|url-status=dead

}} On 14 February 2007,{{cite web

|url=http://blog.editgrid.com/archives/200

|title=EditGrid Out of Beta, Launched Subscription Service

|author=David Lee

|publisher=EditGrid Blog

|date=2007-02-14

|access-date=2007-02-15

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216062002/http://blog.editgrid.com/archives/200

|archive-date=2007-02-16

|author-link=David K. F. Lee

|url-status=dead

}}{{cite web

|url = http://www.accmanpro.com/2007/02/14/editgrid-out-of-beta/

|title = EditGrid out of beta

|author = Dennis Howlett

|publisher = AccMan

|date = 2007-02-14

|access-date = 2007-02-15

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070216043020/http://www.accmanpro.com/2007/02/14/editgrid-out-of-beta/

|archive-date = 2007-02-16

}} EditGrid officially declared out-of-beta and launched its subscription service.

In June 2007, EditGrid announced a $1.25 million series A investment from the WI Harper Group.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/06/10/team-and-concepts-raises-125million-series-a/

|title=Team and Concepts Raises $1.25million Series A

|author=Duncan Riley

|publisher=TechCrunch

|date=2007-06-10

|access-date=2007-06-14

}}

EditGrid announced a series of changes to its business in September 2009.{{cite web|url=http://blog.editgrid.com/2009/09/24/editgrid-changes-announcement

|title=EditGrid Changes Announcement

|author=David Lee

|publisher=EditGrid Blog

|date=2009-09-24

|access-date=2009-11-12

|author-link=David K. F. Lee

}}

According to the change, they were no longer supporting users through future enhancements or subscription based accounts. The user forum and the wiki have been closed.

In October 2009 Apple had bought EditGrid.[http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3548218 Apple (AAPL) Acquired EditGrid?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419105338/http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3548218 |date=2013-04-19 }}. iStockAnalyst.com. Retrieved on 2013-12-09.{{cite web | url=https://angel.co/editgrid | title=EditGrid Careers }}

Touted as the most advanced and well-polished Ajax-enabled spreadsheet,{{cite web

|url = http://itredux.com/blog/2007/03/26/spreadsheet-roundup/

|title = Spreadsheet Roundup

|author = Ismael Ghalimi

|publisher = ITRedux

|date = 2007-03-26

|access-date = 2007-04-18

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070406221448/http://itredux.com/blog/2007/03/26/spreadsheet-roundup/

|archive-date = 2007-04-06

}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-02-22-n26.html

|title=EditGrid, Google Spreadsheets Competitor

|author=Philipp Lenssen

|author-link=Philipp Lenssen

|publisher=Google Blogoscoped

|date=2007-02-22

|access-date=2007-02-23

}} EditGrid included features for shared access and online collaboration{{cite web

|url = http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/pages/ShArtCaptain.jhtml?contrassID=11&subContrassID=0&itemNo=725095

|script-title = he:עומדים על נייר

|author = ליאור הנר

|publisher = Haaretz

|date = 2006-06-09

|access-date = 2006-08-12

|language = he

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060613213406/http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/pages/ShArtCaptain.jhtml?contrassID=11&subContrassID=0&itemNo=725095

|archive-date = 2006-06-13

}} on top of conventional spreadsheet functionalities. Its Real-Time Update (RTU) feature allowed multiple users to see changes on a spreadsheet immediately, and it was considered a winning feature among similar products.{{cite web

|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070301/technology-tools_pagen_2.html

|title=Winning the Numbers Game – Best for... Collaborating

|author=Michael Fitzgerald

|publisher=Inc. magazine

|date=March 2007

|access-date=2007-04-18

}} Its Remote Data feature was able to retrieve live data on the web,{{cite web

|url=http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2006/0717web1.html

|title=EditGrid, an excellent Web 2.0 spreadsheet

|author=Mark Gibbs

|publisher=Network World

|date=2006-07-17

|access-date=2006-08-11

}} while its My Data Format (MDF) feature allowed users to customise the output format using XSLT, such as live KML for Google Earth.{{cite web

|url=http://www.ogleearth.com/2006/08/editgrid_xml_xs.html

|title=EditGrid => XML + XSLT => KML

|author=Stefan Geens

|publisher=Ogle Earth

|date=2006-08-23

|access-date=2006-10-31

}} Other features included multiple access control levels, revision history,{{cite web

|url = http://pcworld.uol.com.br/reportagens/2006/06/29/idgnoticia.2006-06-29.1758689673/IDGNoticia_view

|title = Alternativas ao Excel

|author = David de Oliveira Lemes

|publisher = PC World

|date = 2006-06-29

|access-date = 2006-08-12

|language = pt

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060719063300/http://pcworld.uol.com.br/reportagens/2006/06/29/idgnoticia.2006-06-29.1758689673/IDGNoticia_view

|archive-date = 2006-07-19

}} charting, live chat, permalinks and more than 500 spreadsheet functions.

Apart from access from its main site, spreadsheets hosted on EditGrid could be accessed on third-party websites by means of its post-to-blog feature.

In September 2007, the EditGrid iPhone Edition was launched at the Office 2.0 Conference.{{cite web

|url = http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=145

|title = Spreadsheet for your iPhone

|author = Dennis Howlett

|publisher = ZDNet

|date = 2007-09-05

|access-date = 2007-09-12

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070908090130/http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=145

|archive-date = 2007-09-08

}}

In September 2008, EditGrid had launched its JavaScript Macro support, enabling user-programmed macros to manipulate EditGrid spreadsheets using JavaScript.{{cite web

|url=https://wiki.editgrid.com/display/dev/Macro+Guide

|title=Macro Guide - EditGrid Help Centre

|publisher=EditGrid

|access-date=2009-05-17

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127055031/https://wiki.editgrid.com/display/dev/Macro+Guide

|archive-date=2008-11-27

}}

EditGrid was available as a module on Netvibes, Pageflakes and Google Personalized Homepage.{{cite web

|url=http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9677267-2.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Webware

|title=EditGrid: A nice competitor to Google Spreadsheets

|author=Rafe Needleman

|author-link=Rafe Needleman

|publisher=CNET Webware

|date=2007-01-11

|access-date=2007-01-13

}} EditGrid was also available on Salesforce.com's AppExchange platform.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

EditGrid also formed part of the offering of Central Desktop,{{cite web

|url = http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=357

|title = Central Desktop adds spreadsheets to their mix

|author = Marc Orchant

|publisher = ZDNet

|date = 2007-02-20

|access-date = 2007-02-21

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070222055604/http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=357

|archive-date = 2007-02-22

}} ShareOffice{{cite web

|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/shareoffice_launches.php

|title=ShareOffice Launches - Open Standards Based Web Office Suite

|author=Richard MacManus

|publisher=ReadWriteWeb

|date=2007-05-08

|access-date=2007-06-14

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609192004/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/shareoffice_launches.php

|archive-date=2007-06-09

|url-status=dead

}} and ThinkFree Office.{{cite web

|url = http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=465

|title = ThinkFree and EditGrid announce online spreadsheet partnership

|author = Marc Orchant

|publisher = ZDNet

|date = 2007-06-04

|access-date = 2007-06-14

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070608015444/http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=465

|archive-date = 2007-06-08

}}

In addition, developers could make use of the EditGrid API to build custom applications. There were a number of EditGrid add-ons that mashed up other services. One of these, Grid2Map, turned longitude-latitude pairs into placemarks on Google Maps.{{cite web

|url=http://www.hindu.com/biz/2006/10/30/stories/2006103000651500.htm

|title=Location-enabled webfeed holds promise

|author=J. Murali

|work=The Hindu

|date=2006-10-30

|access-date=2006-10-31

}}

In addition to the default English version, EditGrid was available in eight languages: German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, largely thanks to a community localisation project.{{cite web

|url=http://www.editgrid.com/article/elp

|title=EditGrid Localisation Project

|access-date=2006-11-11

}}

EditGrid was available to organisation users on a software-as-a-service basis. Organisation users were supported by SSL-encrypted traffic, user account administration and management reports on top of the features available to personal users.{{cite web

|url=http://undertheradarblog.com/2007/01/19/its-a-grid-get-it/

|title=It's a grid - get it?

|publisher=Under the Radar Blog

|date=2007-01-19

|access-date=2007-01-22

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126200024/http://undertheradarblog.com/2007/01/19/its-a-grid-get-it/

|archive-date=2007-01-26

|url-status=usurped

}} EditGrid organization accounts had become completely free-of-charge for all users since September 2009.

EditGrid had been developed on an open-source software architecture. It ran on Catalyst as the web application framework and used Gnumeric as its back-end support. It adopted Ajax technology at the front-end.{{Cite web |url=http://blog.editgrid.com/?p=21#comment-47 |title=Archived Copy |access-date=2 December 2009}}{{dead link |date=February 2025}}

EditGrid was acqui-hired by Apple, Inc in 1 June 2008, for the iWork.com web applications development.{{cite web|url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/editgrid/__Co4AH6kbC6q3jHYzmenPc5XKy2a2Pxibe9eRTXXDyNg|title=EditGrid company profile}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130801150819/http://www.editgrid.com/ EditGrid]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160624123427/http://wiki.editgrid.com/ EditGrid Help Centre]

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