@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agoMicrosoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-28 months agoChanging the default will break the workflows of tens of thousands in the business industry Scientists should be using something like MATLAB, not Excel.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months agoMatlab is used, if at all, by physicists. We’re talking about molecular biologists.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoThey’re not doing their analysis in Excel. MATLAB solves no problems here?
minus-squareRheingoldRiverlinkfedilink3•8 months agoYou could make a new filetype, default new versions to it, & not break compatibility. Wouldn’t do anything for existing workbooks, and keep xlsx an option, but “it would break compatibility” is not a be-all end-all argument against this.
Changing the default will break the workflows of tens of thousands in the business industry
Scientists should be using something like MATLAB, not Excel.
Matlab is used, if at all, by physicists.
We’re talking about molecular biologists.
They’re not doing their analysis in Excel. MATLAB solves no problems here?
You could make a new filetype, default new versions to it, & not break compatibility. Wouldn’t do anything for existing workbooks, and keep xlsx an option, but “it would break compatibility” is not a be-all end-all argument against this.