Promising but problematic – Quip - Docs, Chat, Sheets Review

Looks promising, but appears buggy (e.g. help screen opens in the same narrow pop-up as the link, so you have to scroll back and forth to read text because it's wider than the window) and has an awkward interface (e.g. difficult to select a column heading in a spreadsheet without activating the title field - and I'm on an ipad pro so there should be plenty of room, I'd think). The instructions - in the form of a checklist with 5 or 6 items - are brief and confusing. For instance, it tells you to add a photo to the document, but does not instruct one how. Because you're in the checklist format, the photo button - on a toolbar above the keboard) doesn't appear unless you unclick the checklist button. Secondly, another item says something like 'see your change history on the left', but there is nothing to the left that I could find; if you swipe left or hit the back arrow at the top of the page, you go back to the inbox. I could not work out how to adjust column width in the spreadsheet mode, and although 'adjust column width' shows up in as-you-type search suggestions, there is no such topic. I clicked the top link - 'how to sort' - but it didn't say anything about column width. One more thing - when I tried signing up with my gmail address, it opened one of those 'sign in with Google' type things where you have to allow it access to your contacts and ...something else, I forget... But it wouldn't let me just register with email until I tried with a .me address. Also annoying. In short, I was pleased with the appearance of the interface and the features that appeared to be available, until I tried interacting with it at which point I became frustrated. After encountering so many flaws in under an hour, all of these glowing, 5-star reviews appear suspect.
Review by JGinNYC on Quip - Docs, Chat, Sheets.