On Fri, 2010-01-01 at 09:28 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > 在 2009-12-30三的 14:00 -0500，Phil Longstaff写道： > > 2.4 will support SQL to an sqlite3 db file, or a local or remote mysql > > or postgresql db. > > As far as target date goes... I hope to resolve webkit/windows within > > the next 2 weeks > > Besides these technical improvements (sorry I cannot tell if they are > "improvments" or just "change", but from the reaction they seems like > improvements), are there any improvements that novince user like me can > see? > > What I mean is, I used gnucash for a few years for my small business. I > never have any complaint about how fast it deals with a transaction, or > does it display HTML in a way nice enough. What I want to see as > improvement are, small issues here and there. Name a few examples: > > I. Incomplete documents. Although this list is the most nice to > novinces like me, but statistic shows the chance people read > document is much higher than the chance they write to ask in a > mailing list. In fact I even know many accountant who are > incapable of writing a decent description of the software > problem they are facing, even though they are proved capable of > the tasks at their hands. Such user would not do anything (even > not to google) beyond reading manual. Things might be different > outside of China though. > II. Small user interface improvements. e.g. copying multi-line to > invoice item creates interesting and strange behavior. and like > I just asked yesterday, rename account pages is not in the right > click menu of account page names etc etc. I can think of a dozen > or two such small user interface issues. Just to name another > more, when I search by using Business -> Customer -> Find > invoices, I really want to find invoices, and am a bit worried > when I found bills too, can this be changed to user expectation? > Now I am used to this but worry other humble people like me > still gets confused. > III. To make it smarter to deal with humble user like me. e.g. limit > the type of accounts I can set Tax Table Account to, so that I > do not make stupid mistakes that can be easily prevented. > IV. Integration with more online or web based accounting system that > makes it easier to reconcile. > V. Can I want more? Then I would love a duplicated invoice finder > and an invoice reminder for coming invoices for the next thing > expect to come, e.g. I charge my customer on web service once a > year and want to be reminded to issue next year's invoice. > > I am not sure if any of these things I want to have can become reality > if we switch backend or engine etc, but think be bold and throw in some > suggestions might help. >
I don't use gnucash for business, but do see the db and webkit as useful for the changes I want to make. Webkit supports javascript, so we can make the reports much more interactive (e.g. budget report with horizontal/vertical scrolling with account names/column labels fixed), ability to expand/contract areas, ... We would need a developer who wants to take on some of these other changes for them to get into gnucash. Phil _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
