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Everyone's Tables Suck
Overview
Why is it so hard to add a cell? A tour of terrible tables in Notion, Google<br>Docs, Linear, Obsidian, and Slack -- and how at Macro we're bringing tables<br>back.
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Everyone's Tables Suck
GitHub<br>Everyone’s tables suck. Like seriously, why is it so hard to add a cell. Why<br>is it so hard to move cells. Man I just want to swap my cell. It’s all so bad.<br>Let’s take a tour.
Notion
There’s like actually no way to add a column in between columns. And<br>inserting a new column makes the width of the new column like, random?<br>Fixed? And why are the grabbers all like 2 pixels wide?
Google Docs
Seriously, how can deleting a column be this awful? Mobile Google Docs tables<br>suck.
Linear
Okay. I cannot figure out how to add another column. What the heck?
Obsidian
Try to follow my cursor challenge! Seriously wtf.
Slack
Yes Slack supports tables. You have to paste from a spreadsheet. So<br>basically they don’t have tables.
Summary
I tend not to use tables. I use nested lists.
At Macro, I’m bringing tables backk.
Enter: the Macro table.
Bring your nested lists to Macro tables.
Macro tables are good. They have all the batteries 🔋:
Create one inline, mid-sentence, with /.
Can easily add rows or columns anywhere without spending 5 minutes<br>fumbling through menus.
Easy to move around cells. Easy to find and use the handle to move around<br>cells. Handle is not 4 pixels tall.
Easy to copy and delete and cut and paste. Pasting when there isn’t enough<br>space in the table crops what you are pasting. I feel like poofing in new<br>cells is not intuitive, it’s jarring.
Can delete a column. Can delete a row. Do not need to use nav menus to do<br>so.
Support for lists, headings, and other nodes inside table cells.
Can delete the table without having to select the whole thing via obvious<br>button.
Tables work in messages. In emails. In documents. Are consistent. (soon!)
Works on mobile. Can easily scroll and see the whole thing on mobile.
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