On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Christopher Larson wrote:

> I'd like to request a little feature for the spending plan.  The
> ability to add a Note on each bucket, either globally (seen on mouse
> over of the buckets in the main screen, as well as in the spending
> plan), or just in the spending plan.  It would be useful to take note
> of the breakdown of certain buckets.  For example, I use my Debt
> Repayment bucket for a few things, including extra principal payments
> on my mortgage (debt snowball) and repayment of personal debts.  Being
> able to see, at a glance, -why- I'm allocating $X to a bucket every
> month would be a useful thing.
>
Chris,

You can already add notes to a bucket using the Memo field on the  
bucket detail. I just need to show that information in more places. A  
tooltip on the spending plan is a great idea.

> Of course, right now I still keep track of such things, using a
> spreadsheet, but I think a note field would be useful.  The You Need A
> Budget windows application (not unlike MoneyWell in scope, enveloope
> style budgeting there also) gained the note feature after it was
> requested by numerous users, so they could keep track of how much in
> each bucket was going to future expenses vs current.
>
> Of course, one could create a new bucket for each item, but that would
> make it very hard to see all one's buckets at a glance, and I dislike,
> conceptually, the idea of creating buckets for something that might be
> temporary.


Let me know if the memo works for you and I'll make sure it has a way  
to be seen in more places. Thanks.

Peace,

Kevin Hoctor
[email protected]
No Thirst Software LLC
http://nothirst.com
http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com






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