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<blockquote data-quote="SaiZai" data-source="post: 400370" data-attributes="member: 2538"><p>Okay.</p><p></p><p>*Exactly* what do you mean by "the character sheet"? Listing of skills; feats; spells; etc., fine. HP tracking is easy, as is tracking any other similar thing. Tracking extensive mods - like spell effects, magic item effects, etc. - is hard. Having an area where you can enter whatever text you want is very easy, but not tremendously useful aside from notes and description.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It would actually make it harder, because it'd mean</p><p>a) making a permanent deal with whoever made the excel sheet (something I'm rather unlikely to do, for various reasons)</p><p>b) making an import-filter from the excel (actually, a rather pain-in-the-ass thing to do)</p><p>c) etc.</p><p></p><p>Palm OS excels at quick calculations, display, etc. It's somewhat cumbersome for data entry in large quantities.</p><p></p><p>The main thing to remember is that ease-of-use is paramount. Who would want to have to modify some XLS every time they want to change their character, when a few taps will do it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SaiZai, post: 400370, member: 2538"] Okay. *Exactly* what do you mean by "the character sheet"? Listing of skills; feats; spells; etc., fine. HP tracking is easy, as is tracking any other similar thing. Tracking extensive mods - like spell effects, magic item effects, etc. - is hard. Having an area where you can enter whatever text you want is very easy, but not tremendously useful aside from notes and description. It would actually make it harder, because it'd mean a) making a permanent deal with whoever made the excel sheet (something I'm rather unlikely to do, for various reasons) b) making an import-filter from the excel (actually, a rather pain-in-the-ass thing to do) c) etc. Palm OS excels at quick calculations, display, etc. It's somewhat cumbersome for data entry in large quantities. The main thing to remember is that ease-of-use is paramount. Who would want to have to modify some XLS every time they want to change their character, when a few taps will do it? [/QUOTE]
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