The most notable new features in this release are:

• Revamped Workspace
  The new workspace allow users to access their spreadsheets more quickly and efficiently than before. We’ve used more AJAX to handle the actions which means we have eliminated a number of page loads necessary in previous workspace, saving you time. There is a new tags-list and owners-list that allows for much easier locate your book by tags or owner. And the addition of a filter function will let you find your books quickly by spreadsheet names
• Optimized Grid - Improved response time when performing the following:
  - Opening smaller sized sheets
  - Resizing columns/rows
  - Navigating between sheets
  - Resizing browser window
  - Scrolling (most significant in IE6 and noticeable in FF2, IE7)
  - Cursor movements
• Additional Data Packs
  Search by product keywords and look up product details from Amazon and eBay
  AMAZON_LOOKUP(): =amazon_lookup(code [,field])
  AMAZON_SEARCH(): =amazon_search(keywords, searchindex[ ,field])
  EBAY_LOOKUP(): =ebay_lookup(ID [,field])
  EBAY_SEARCH(): =ebay_search(keywords [ ,field])

Enhancements:

• Show pixel value when resizing columns/rows (#3916)

And some major bug fixes:

• Enter edit mode on sheet with freeze pane malfunction(#6762)
• Fixed cursor focus when calling Replace dialog (#8351)
• Fixed email address recognition in grid (#7977)
• Cell resize toolbar/menu button (#4140)
• Fixed column header misalignment (#6434)
• Fixed grid from scrolling to the far right end when extending a row selection by keyboard (#7451)
• Fixed SE pane offset to restore appropriately when unfreezing an offsetted pane (#8203)
• Fixed =hyperlink() function to not show up as HTML on linked sheet (#7969)
• Fixed grid image to not select the cell behind it when clicked (#7853)

The most notable enhancement in this release is:

On Demand Remote Data - 41 new data functions in 7 categories

Economy
cia_factbook() - world economic data
strikeiron_census() - US census data

And some major bug fixes:

• Fixed auto characters encoding for second parameter to HYPERLINK function (#8141)
• Fixed cell anchor hyperlink cell to hyperlink correctly in cell properties (#7614)
• Fixed linked sheet with sheet names in Japanese to correctly store and display in IE (#7457)
• Fixed hyperlink() function to not display HTML in linked sheets (#7969 )
• Fixed Share to Email feature to work with email addresses with underscores (#6933)

The most notable enhancement in this release are:

• Remote Data - Fetch data from within a cell by using our new remote data functions. Learn more.
  
  - YSTOCK(): =YSTOCK(symbol[,field])
  ex. =YSTOCK(”YHOO”,”price”)
  - YCURRENCY(): =YCURRENCY(to,from)
  ex. e=YCURRENCY(”USD”,”JPY”)
  - WEB(): =web(website,regex), =web(”editgrid_cell_permalink”)
  ex. =web(”http://www.editgrid.com/user/username/bookname/Sheet1!B5″)
  - ALEXA(): =ALEXA(website[,field])
  ex. =ALEXA(”editgrid.com”,”rank”)
  - COMPETE(): =COMPETE(website[,field])
  ex. =COMPETE(”editgrid.com”,”rank”)

And some major bug fixes:

• Fixed Replace All function (#8041)
• Fixed cursor focus when using Share to Email function (#8043)
• Fixed text selection in Internet Explorer (#8042)
• Fixed auto fill right and down and to not overwrite existing data ((#7609)
• Fixed =hyperlink() function to not show up as HTML in linked sheet (#7969)
• Fixed Javascript Error On Cell Comment RTU (#8080)
• Fixed Grid UI malfunction in 800×600 screen resolution (#7893)
• Added auto line break in edit mode for when entering long text that runs beyond the screen (#7680)
• Fixed double-click action in Internet Explorer to not erroneously hightlight textarea (#7899)
• Fixed widget to work with Internet Explorer 6 without causing it to hang (#8039)
• Fixed widget auto filter to allow first column to filter when row header is enabled (#8908)

The most notable new features in this release are:

• Featured Spreadsheet - Check out what users are doing with EditGrid and submit yours to have it featured. We will be linking to your spreadsheet and/or your website from EditGrid’s homepage.
• Grid API - Our API are revamped and extended. The new Grid API (javascript) allow you to do much more interesting thing.
• EditGrid Widgets (via menu > Publish > Widgets)
  
  - Calculator: allow editing your spreadsheets in your blog/website without saving changes to the original.
  - Mini-EditGrid: a dynamic grid also receiving real-time updates from EditGrid
  - HTML Table: a static view which is faster to load and update on reload

Enhancements:

• Usability improvements for EditGrid’s sharing, publishing and collaboration features and menu - the must-haves for online spreadsheets.
• Quick sort view
• Quick auto-filter view

And some major bug fixes:

• Fixed toolbox from opening two instances of toolbox windows (#8036)
• Fixed arrow key behavior in edit mode in Safari 3.1 (#8033)
• Fixed cannot open grid On IE6 When the sheetview does not intersect any east sheet pane (#8032)
• Fixed copy-and-paste into a read-only book produce a “Fail to save the latest change” error (#8010)
• Fixed internal linked sheets to recognize sheet names with spaces (#7965)
• Fixed bug that caused text selection when dragging sheet tabs in IE7 (#7953)
• Fixed script error when inserting buttons into small cell (#7940)
• Fixed internal hyperlink to work with Chinese sheet name (#7933)
• Fixed RTU to not affect edit mode (#7444)
• Fixed cell formatting of previously edited cell to not tamper with current edit mode (#7926)
• FF 2.0 spellchecker works in cell editor(#5647)

The most notable new features in this release are:

• Spreadsheet Analytics - Spreadsheet analytics is to make the traffic information available for monetizing opportunity evaluation. Live example.
• Mashup functions
  - Google Charts, googlechart()
  - Yahoo! Finance, yfinancechart()
  - Reuters, reuterschart()
  - Alexa, alexachart()
  - Compete, competechart()
• Template Library - We are introducing a template library. Now you can create new spreadsheets based on our standard templates or submit your own and share with others.
• ExcelPlus plugin - Public beta released
  - Offline access of EditGrid spreadsheets
  - Subscribe to real-time updates from EditGrid.
  - Publish data to EditGrid
  - Synchroize data two-way for a pre-defined region of cells
• Cell Widget: Checkbox

Enhancements:

• Grid Tips
• Webclip bookmark for iPhone (#7425)

And some major bug fixes:

• New cell comments overwrites cell content fixed (#7785)
• Fixed ntext function returns correct value (#7793)
• Fixed hyperlinks to work within a locked cell (#6544)
• Fixed remote data window from going blank when referencing a cell with URL(#7786)
• Fixed F9 hotkey to perform recalculation(#7452)
• Fixed editing actions while using keyboard navigation in long merged cell(#7836)
• Fixed red alert message bar to display properly on Internet Explorer(#7858)
• Unlock button will be displayed in the Mini-Grid (#7727)
• Fixed grid user interface in 800×600 display (#7893)
• Right click in edit mode will display native browser menu(#7894)

This release is to celebrate EditGrid being nominated as one of the finalists of the inaugural 2007 Crunchies Awards - Best Enterprise Startup Award.

The most notable new features in this release are:

• Mashup Function: IMAGE(), The “Image()” function fetches live images/charts from other web services into a spreadsheet cell. See this spreadsheet to explore its possibilities:
  http://www.editgrid.com/tnc/david/Magical_Image_Functions.new
• Merge Cells, finally. Our merge cell function supports both horizontal and vertical merge cells, better than other similar services.

There are 2 new integrations coming live with this release:

• EditGrid Plugin for Confluence - EditGrid partners with Atlassian (another Crunchies finalist) to offer EditGrid as the default plugin for Confluence hosted customers.
  http://blogs.atlassian.com/news/2008/01/hosted_customer.html
• EditGrid App for Facebook - EditGrid app is available on Facebook, see our elegant integration here:
  http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2407333014

Enhancements:

• Invite your friends to try EditGrid
• New EditGrid menu item “Interesting!”

And some major bug fixes:

• Fixed keyboard shortcut keys, < Ctrl + A > and < Ctrl + Z > to function correctly in edit mode(#7417)
• Fixed editing box to remain in grid view when editing large amount of text in IE (#7681)
• Fixed Formula Dialog to successfully load help (#7720)
• Fixed remote data web fetch (#7576, #5950)
• Fixed rollback function error (#7567)
• Chart location will now render correctly (#7686)
• Fixed javascript errors for drop down menus in French UI (#7624)
• Viewport is able to scroll up or left for multiple selection by keyboard (#7591)
• Viewport is able to scroll leftwards or upwards following the leftward or upward bound of the multiple selection. (#7744)
• Fixed cell permalink in third party websites to reference back to EditGrid domain (#7769)

The most notable new features in this release are:

• JSONP support
• Justified text alignment in cells
• Hyperlink enhancements - Along with adding external links in cells, now there is a dialog where you can specify to add a web link, email link and an internal link. You can use the internal link to link to another cell/sheet in the same book.
• Advertise on your spreadsheet with Image URL - if your spreadsheet is highly popular, such as this one, you can now place banner ad on your spreadsheet to monetize your content.

Enhancements:

• Ability to specify column width/row height

And some major bug fixes:

• Eliminated formula bar from flashing with multiple cell selection (#5157)
• Ability to copy-and-paste formula to a range of cells (#6433)
• Inputting Chinese/Japanese character will not disconnect link in a linked cell (#7093)
• Cursor is visible while editing cell comment in Firefox (#7373)
• Ctrl+` (Toggle formula mode) works with JP IME (#7426)
• Value will not be applied to another sheet when switching sheets in Edit Mode (#7430)
• Word wrap button on toolbar toggles (#7438)
• Arrow key correctly triggers cursor movement on Mac Safari (#7455)
• Spreadsheet and cell last modified record not updated for changes published from Excel to EditGrid (#7533)
• Remote data updates cell number in dialog box automatically based on grid location (#7542)
• Word wrapping a cell and extending row height will not lead to permanently dangling edit mode (#7543)
• Exit from multiple selection using keyboard arrow keys is compliant with Excel (#7566)
• Share-to-Email now supports many forms of multiple addresses input, including comma, space, semicolon separated, and also “NAME ” form of addresses too (#7287)

Our monthly release is out and we have included October’s changes into this release.

The most notable new features in this release are:

• Format Painter (#6458) - We’ve continue to improve EditGrid to match the experience you get from the desktop spreadsheet programs. With our new Format Painter, you can now save time by using this feature to copy all of the cell(s) format attributes.
• Paste special options (#7507) - Just like the Format Painter, we’ve also added the Paste Special menu item in the Grid menu and expanded paste options to allow you to paste Content, Comment or Format.
• Improved Cursor - When you select a range, you can now use [ < shift > + ] < enter > or [ < shift > + ] < tab > command to navigate within the selected range.

Enhancements:

• Improved layout in organization tab
• Extended workspace layout
• Support Apple shortcut keys (#7255)
• Clear all formatting (< Ctrl >+< Shift >+< Delete >) (#5389)
• Autofill shortcut keys < Ctrl > + d & < Ctrl > + r (#7032)
• Improved interactivity with grid menu
• Improved hotkey support of copy-and-paste in different browser and platform
• Insert hot-keys: - Current Date ( Ctrl+;), Current Time ( Ctrl+:), Current Date and Time ( Ctrl+.)

And some major bug fixes:

• Enabled Brazil stock market from remote data UI (#4734)
• Cmd+key in FF for Mac OS X wrongly captured (#5040)
• Stop formula bar flashing during multiple selection (#5157)
• Read-only when users switched to a linked sheet (#5764)
• in formula bar not working when find box is active (#5840)
• Hotkey for navigating across menus in menu bar (#6016)
• Copy and paste encoding issue for certain unicode characters (#6199)
• Repeated code captured when key in chinese in Safari (#6309)
• Can’t hide row header in post-to-blog mini-grid in WebKit (#6317)
• Escape from find toolbox partially steal focus from grid (#6557)
• Find dialogue text displayed on top left corner of screen (#6662)
• Fail to trigger context menu by hotkey in Webkit (#6723)
• F2 in Opera occasionally captured by browser (#6927)
• Grid steal focus from toolbox on ctrl+/ (#6948)
• Abnormal advanced border non-overlapping behavior (#7001)
• on formula bar chops input (#7122)
• Opera arrow key malfunction (#7401)
• Content cleared on Cmd+X and Ctrl+X on Formula Bar (#7383)
• Typing spreadsheet name for new book will enter edit mode (#7372)
• Check box cannot be check by clicking label in “Post to Blog” page (#7295)

As with any updates or releases, we’d love to hear what you think. If you have encountered any issues or bugs with this month’s release or with our service in general, please send an email to us at cs@editgrid.com along with the issues you are having or report your bug at our support forums.

The most notable new features in this release are:

• HTML Export - With HTML export, you can now publish a multi-page spreadsheet online with ease - You can export a multi-page spreadsheet ,switch between sheets using tabs and perform sorting and auto-filtering for your published tables or lists.

• iPhone Edition Beta - Being compatible with Safari, iPhone’s default browser, EditGrid iPhone Edition beta offers you an extended scrolling capability by scrolling your spreadsheet and the option menu with two fingers. You can open your spreadsheet in Edit mode, View Mode and Hybrid Mode according to the size of the spreadsheet. Visit (http://www.editgrid.com/site/news/iphone_launch) with iPhone to feel the unique collaboration experience on the go!

Enhancements:

• Increase upload size to 2MB (Personal account) and 8MB (Organisational account) respectively
• Multiple column resize can be restored by a single undo command (#6301)
• Allow user to choose which workspace to save a new spreadsheet or import a spreadsheet (#6847 & #7106)
• Improved workspace loading speed

And some major bug fixes:

• Recover formula bar at IE6 and IE7 (#7144)
• Html export distorts symbols [&], ['], ["], [<] and [>] on renamed sheet name tab (#7263)
• Fixed Auto-fill malfunction on IE6 (#7264)
• Add share-to-Email warning for empty user/workspace name instead (#7170)
• Fixed frozen grid upon exporting on IE6 (#7268)

The most notable new features in this release are:

• Share-to-Email - Having enjoyed sharing your spreadsheet with other users seamlessly in EditGrid? From now on, you can also share your spreadsheet to those who does NOT have an EditGrid account in just a few clicks! Let’s invite your friends to edit together by going to “Share > Share with others > Add Emails” now!
• Spreadsheet Redirection - You can share your spreadsheet with others in EditGrid without the hassle of e-mailing the document again-and-again, but do you need to notify your friends of the spreadsheet’s link being changed when you rename your spreadsheet? Inspired by MediaWiki, we’ve avoided the hassle by supporting spreadsheet redirection after renaming/changing of ownership! Simply select “Create a new redirection” when you rename the spreadsheet/change the ownership, the old permalink will be redirected to the new permalink!
• Find-and-replace - We never forget to make EditGrid closer to your Excel experience. You can now replace the phrase in your spreadsheet in EditGrid as you usually do in Excel. Go to “Edit > Replace” or simply click the short-cut “Ctrl+h” to open the find-and-replace dialog and start replacing!

Enhancements:

• Skip request for page/static/tt/grid/widget/sort at grid loading (#6426)
• More user configurable workspace listing (#6421)
• Clones remote data when copying a book (#6891)
• Initialise mark revision text box with old description (#5284)
• Allow user to choose which workspace to save for new spreadsheet (#6847)
• Improved cloning performance
• Allow user to choose which workspace to store the newly imported spreadsheet. (#7106)
• More efficient workspace loading

And some major bug fixes:

• Allow add and remove remote data on a writeable spreadsheet opened in read-only mode (#6963)
• Better escaping for web fetch (#6964)
• Import of lotus 1-2-3 file types (#6960)
• Select area where input is unchanged during undo/redo operation (#7003)
• Auto-expand after double-clicking a cell (#7096)

Congratulations to the developers for fixing a total of 120 bugs throughout the EditGrid Big Bugs Hunt for this release. However, this release is much more than bug fixing!

The most notable new features in this release are:

• Dynamic Images, you can now play mash-up with the image URLs. See the demo spreadsheets Weatherholic and Stockaholic to see how it works. - feature sponsored by .
• Direct support of IME input of multibyte characters on IE/FF, without needing to press F2 first (#5313) - feature sponsored by .
• Official Safari 3 support - Safari is the fastest browser for running EditGrid! (note: EditGrid on iPhone not far away!)

Enhancements:

• New preference to set the default workspace filtering between “all”, “active” and “last filtering”
• New preference for organisation user to enable/disable SSL permanently
• Support formula building through keyboard’s arrow keys (#4595)
• Allow copy, cut, paste directly from system clipboard with CTRL+C/CTRL+X/CTRL+V in IE/FF/Opera
• Menu item to auto fill cells (Main menu > Edit > Autofill) (#6986)
• Highlight affected cell upon undo/redo (#6025)
• Added context menu item to spreadsheet images to trigger a force reload (#6796)
• Added “Get Cell Permalink” to cell’s context menu (#6852)
• Detect client locale automatically on the first visit (#5959)
• Allow login using the orgname/username format in organisation login page (#6760)
• Allow unmarking/deleting multiple revisions at history
• New “rename spreadsheet” link on sheet property summary page (#4313)
• Improved chat performance for spreadsheet with a lot of chat users (#6179)
• Added “select all” button on spreadsheet sharing page (#6773)
• Added captcha to prevent spamming on spreadsheet properties and email spamming (#6790, #6792)

And some major bug fixes:

• Fixed scrolling problem on chat box user list
• Allow paste from system clipboard directly under edit mode (#4900)
• Fixed workspace sort order preference malfunctioning for “sort by owner” (#6786)
• Switch to default workspace if the current workspace is unavailable (#6841)
• Fixed organisation master failed to unlock locked cells in admin mode (#6453)
• Fixed security warning when bringing up context menu by right-clicking on IE7 (#6156)
• Fixed language preference not applied with auto-login (through “remember me”) (#6840)
• Fixed invalid sheet object ordering after a spreadsheet is reopened (#6811)
• Prevent access to an inactivated user’s spreadsheet and public spreadsheet list (#6812)
• Fixed “Newly shared” workspace message nuisance (#6775)
• More meaningful error message for oooc failure (#6246, #6247)
• Fixed wrong revision marked “rolled back” upon roll back (#5939)
• Fixed initial version not included in revision history (#5277)
• Password should not be stored in password field after login failed (#6917)
• Show a dummy “failed to load” image if sheet image can’t be imported (#6928)