That isn't what I was saying Kevin. When I look at the icon in the toolbar, of a bucket with a dashed line, and then look at the buckets on the left of the app window, the thought is...
When I get money, I fill a bucket until it is up to that line. This is not how the application works. Instead, I define measuring cups that pour an amount of water into large vats. Since most of the verbage in the application is water based (buckets, flow) let's take this to a concrete example: Here is how the application works: My employer gives me a liter of water for payment. I've set up large containers than never get full. My groceries container has a label on the front that says, every month, pour 100 ml into this container. I take my 100 ml measuring cup, scoop it into the liter of water, and dump the 100 ml cup into my groceries vat. Here is how the language and icons communicate to me how the application works: My employeer gives me a liter of water for payment. I have a groceries container that only holds 100 ml of water. I take my liter of water, and pour it into the groceries container until it is holding the 100 ml of water. If there was already 50 ml of water in the container, then I only pour 50 ml of water into the container. Both of these are valid ways to fill the bucket. I was hoping that Money Well did both. One is more suited to a saving type of bucket. And the other to a bucket that I don't want to spend any more than a certain amount a month. If I spend less, then I have some left over for other buckets. On Jan 1, 6:33 pm, Kevin Hoctor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 1, 2009, at 2:44 PM, SpiralOcean wrote: > > > > >> Personally, I find that a reference to a fill-to-line is misleading > >> and may lead to confusion. When I think of buckets, and a line on > >> the > >> inside that bucket, and I want to fill to that line, it implies that > >> the bucket will have the same amount in it regardless of how many > >> times or when I fill it. A fill-to-line is a good description for > >> the > >> Dining bucket described above, the behavior not-yet available in > >> MoneyWell, but probably not the best for MoneyWell's current bucket > >> behavior--we're not filling buckets to a specified line, we're > >> filling > >> them with a predetermined amount, and the bucket grows to > >> accommodate. > > >> Grace to you, > >> Blair > > > This describes my post perfectly. Thank you Blair. > > I understand what both of you are saying but the "fill to line" visual > is a nice easy way for people to understand the difference between > creating a spending plan, which doesn't fill the buckets, and > allocating income, which does. This is usually the first confusion. > > Peace, > > Kevin Hoctor > [email protected] > No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.comhttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
