On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Acanthus wrote: > Just upgraded and I apoligise for struggling to like the new graphics. > Sorry to hear that but I do understand that colors and visuals are very personal and as much as you might be struggling with the new look, the old look was a struggle for others. Overall, change is hard but usually worth it.
> I find the icons along the top weak, and the saturated red and green > of the windows for the bucket balances just too much like bad > christmas graphics, a lighter touch on the opacity slider please. The > bucket symbols seem to have watered down as well. > > As for pale green background in the Reconcile window, I am lost for a > description. > The old toolbar icons were my own graphic work and I wanted a more professional touch. These will continue to evolve as I give my designer more time to work on this project. The bucket amounts in 1.3 were barely visible and the double line was gobbling up precious space. These colors may be a bit bold but the focus of MoneyWell is knowing at a glance what money you have to spend and what you don't. > I am sorry but the programme seems to be losing it's cool, something > for which I admired it greatly. It was so wonderfully minimal, now > each new feature gets a new button, window or whatever and one begins > to get lost in the detail. > Actually, many views and panels have been simplified from 1.3. There is more complexity in adding accounts but that has to do with communicating with banks. > I have noticed in the forums the people who write in to complaining > the programme does not do this or that and compare Moneywell with some > other over featured programme. I thought great it doesn't do that, or > any one of half dozen irrelevant things it could and I loved it for > that. I remember one where someone complained they could not break > down an expenditure bucket into 48 sub-headings, I thought they have > just missed the point about budgeting. The programme was not for the > financially obsessive, there are plently of programmes for such > people, but for the rest of us who want it kept simple and easy so we > do not put off doing our accounts for another week, month or whatever. > I will continue to keep MoneyWell's interface as minimalist as possible. I do know who our target audience is. > I have enjoyed using the programme immensely for over a year now, but > it started to go wrong for me when I gave in and set up a cash account > now I can never quiet remember what that little box you can tick > marked 'Cash only' is for. Now I have to think about things, before I > just seemed to chuck figures and dates in and it handed me back > financial control like magic. Whereas last month I spent hours trying > to work through all my repeat transactions and adjusting those little > windows until I had the right frequencies. > If you can track and control your pocket cash without the cash account, more power to you but I can't. I'm horrible and letting ATM withdrawals become a huge leak in my spending plan. > I am doing my best not to be negative, but it all starting to look a > bit like a windows programme - sorry that is of course an > exaggeration. A Windows program?!?! Aw, now you're just being cruel. ;-) Peace, Kevin Hoctor [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
