iRows
{{lowercase|title=iRows}}iRows was a web-based spreadsheet in beta with a GUI similar to the traditional desktop-based spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.org. It was shut down on December 31, 2006, after it was announced that its two founders had been hired by Google.{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/google-absorbing-irows/ |title=Google Absorbing iRows |author=Michael Arrington |author-link=Michael Arrington |work=TechCrunch |date=November 15, 2006 |accessdate=2007-04-03}}
iRows used Ajax and XML. It was described as an example of a Web 2.0 system.
iRows supported conventional spreadsheet features functions, value formatting and charts and added web oriented spreadsheet capabilities like collaboration (multiple people using a shared spreadsheet, sending a spreadsheet as a link instead of an attachment and ability to publish spreadsheets on other web pages (e.g. blogs).
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- {{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/17/google_irows/ | title=Google draws in iRows | website=The Register | date=November 17, 2006 | accessdate=June 4, 2012 | author=Fay, Joe}}
- O'Reilly, Dennis (August 23, 2006). [https://www.pcworld.com/article/126809/web_spreadsheets_nearly_ready_for_prime_time.html Web Spreadsheets Nearly Ready for Prime Time], PC World Magazine.
Category:Products and services discontinued in 2006
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