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How video games inspire great UX (2019)

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  1. iamagurgle · · focus · HN ↗
    I didn't read the entire article but the headline reminds me of a programme I use: Treesheets. It's a spreadsheet/note taking app made by a person in the games industry, and I find it really fun to use.

    link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;strlen.com&#x2F;treesheets&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;strlen.com&#x2F;treesheets&#x2F;

    1. leephillips · · focus · HN ↗
      That looks like an interesting program. I can hardly believe I’d never heard of it before—and it’s in the Debian repository, too.
      1. iamagurgle · · focus · HN ↗
        Yeah it doesn&#x27;t really replace a standard text based programme (like zimwiki) but I keep it around because it&#x27;s so fun!
    2. rchase · · focus · HN ↗
      wow. thank-you. i&#x27;d never heard of it, and it is a thing of beauty.
    3. dang · · focus · HN ↗
      A few past discussions:

      TreeSheets: Free Form Data Organizer (Hierarchical Spreadsheet) - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47654219">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47654219 - April 2026 (1 comment)

      TreeSheets: Open Source Free Form Data Organizer - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=34184993">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=34184993 - Dec 2022 (55 comments)

      Treesheets: cross-platform, free-form data organizer app - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27614912">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=27614912 - June 2021 (90 comments)

      TreeSheets: Free Form Data Organizer - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15057392">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15057392 - Aug 2017 (58 comments)

      TreeSheets: Free-Form Data Organizer - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11247372">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11247372 - March 2016 (28 comments)

    4. Forgeties79 · · focus · HN ↗
      I swear I’m having déjà vu. Didn’t this exact post go up on HN like 2 days ago and somebody mentioned tree links as one of the top comments?

      this is not me being all “OH MY GOD REPOST” I’m just scratching my head because I swear I saw this exact thread the other day ha

      1. frankmatranga · · focus · HN ↗
        I believe HN revives posts and rewrites the timestamps of comments sometimes to give them another chance of visibility
        1. Forgeties79 · · focus · HN ↗
          That would explain it!
    5. kragen · · focus · HN ↗
      I could be wrong, but I think he wrote Treesheets before he was &quot;in the games industry&quot; (but after he wrote Cube!).
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