Author here, I felt like JS libs for spreadsheet UIs were always overkill for my usage of letting users import their data into my app. I spent more time disabling the default features than required, and the bundle would still get bloated by tons of features i didn't need.
So I made this tiny lib, that's supposed to give you the look and feel of excel, some copy pasting ability, without trying to mimic the power of excel.
I didn't see it when i was looking around, but i basically ignored all libs priced at 50€ or more.
- You are not gzipping the lib on your marketing website so it only shows up as a 200kb chunk (40kb after gzipping locally), better than most implementations but still too heaving IMO.
- Your keyboard handling is top notch, but i can't focus the grid on the page using tabbing, so it's not accessible to keyboard only users (so is mine though).
- You price would have driven me out. My idea is to use this lib in an indie app that's around 100€ MRR, and on multiple small projects that aren't even monetized. I understand making a great lib like that takes time and effort (because i tried and mine is still not ideal) but i also understand many devs don't want to put 800€ in a js file. Most won't even pay for a sublime license that costs less than 100€ a year. So IMO the only ones that will pay for a lib like this are enterprise.
- your copy paste implementation doesn't play nice with libre office (when i paste from office to your table, the empty rows are ignored, when i paste from your app to office i get an import popup)
Hi! Didn’t know about the Libre Office copy/paste issue. Will give it a look. You can use the lib for free btw, as long as you don’t mind displaying the branding link.
