Too much to deal with in one reply. I'll split it up in smaller chunks. Op vrijdag 24 mei 2019 02:49:10 CEST schreef Frank H. Ellenberger: > Am Do., 23. Mai 2019 um 22:26 Uhr schrieb Geert Janssens > > <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be>: > > For clarity: I recommend the --extra switch *only* to experiment with > > these > > example reports (and possibly a few other experimental features). If you > > want to continue to use one for production reports, it should be > > installed as a custom report [1] > > I am still against removing or hiding them, special behind the same > flag as the bit rotten register2.
I could argue the reports we're talking about are equally bit rotten. Both still compile and run, but other than that don't get any developer attention at all. I believe we'll simply have to agree to disagree here. And find a compromise that can work. > That is where menus are for: you can choose, there is no need to eat > the complete card. Again, I have different opinion. Going with your analogy: if there's too much on the menu it would take me too much time to find what I want to eat. Large projects like LibreOffice or their commercial counterpart Ms Office are aware of this and they do large usability studies in hopes of improving this. In the past I read several pointing out that too many options on a menu is actually a bad thing. Unfortunately we don't have access to such surveys for the GnuCash interface, so we have to work from limited data. At worst if no one reacts now the amount of user complaints afterwards could serve as our poor man's survey. If many complain then we can equally revert (part of) the decision. > The next time somebody may complain the business menu entries are > cluttering the whole appearance. > :-) I actually agree with that statement. In the past I have pondered a lot on how to shift to a different concept to group gnucash functionality in a way that's is more accessible than it is now. That is however a completely different topic and merits a thorough discussion on its own. The important difference though is we know the business features are actively used. So far no one indicated to be using the reports that were proposed to be removed from the menus. (With the notorious exception that you wrote they were useful to you in some way early on. I'll get back to that part in another mail.) > > So far noone who's actually using these reports has stepped up. A few have > > expressed concerns we may be dropping potentially valuable reports. > > You asked only english speaking users. You did not ask on the other > lanhuage lists. > Fair enough. I have now sent a similar mail on gnucash-nl. Feel free to solicit the other lists as well as I'm not subscribed there. Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.