Troy Rollins wrote: ...
To me, data grids are a pretty critical functionality....
For me too, but I think you're talking about a very specific implementation of a data grid, perhaps the type one sees in spreadsheets or the type supported by HTML.
The built-in multi-column field has been doing me just fine for years. You can put up to 4GB of tab-delimited data into it and get instant results by setting the tabStops property. It supports most of the behaviors commonly associated with database display, including properties for selecting either single or multiple lines, and even discontiguous selection.
... > It creates interface bottlenecks
where entire multi-field cards are used instead of a single multi-column line in a grid. This is not a workable solution in many cases, since it doesn't support relational sorting, etc.
What is "relational sorting"?
The built-in sort command will do well with the built-in multi-column list object, with the only caeat being that no single line of text can be longer than 64k (which is probably wider than would be practical for most common uses anyway).
It isn't an actual OS native grid
Where did you get the impression any OS provides a data grid control?
If there's a native data grid control in OS X or XP it's very new; for the previous 20 years everyone rolled their own.
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