One of the things we’re always working hard to do is to make Resolver One snappier and more responsive. And one of our most frequently-requested enhancements is to produce versions for Apple and Linux computers. These goals are actually closely related; both depend very much on the grid component we use.

Right now, the raw grid display and editing portions of Resolver One use a third party grid component. It’s a great tool, and we would recommend it highly. However, its general-purpose nature means that it can never be as snappy for us as something we have written ourselves. And, perhaps more importantly, it is very much a Windows grid component, not a .NET one — so without replacing it, we can never run on other operating systems.

So we’re writing our own replacement grid. This will make Resolver One 1.10 much faster and more usable. It will not make it cross-platform straight away — we have a few other Windows dependencies that we need to sort out for that — but it’s the first, and we think largest, step in that direction.

Naturally, there’s a lot to be done to get everything moved over, and we don’t expect to be able to release a beta until at least early May, but if you’re interested in beta-testing Resolver One 1.10 when it’s ready, and seeing how the new grid makes it a better spreadsheet, drop us a line at beta@resolversystems.com.

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