> You might consider putting something like this under the File menu since you > expect it to be used so rarely. (File> New Budget) > ...but depending on the user tasks it might make more sense to have a > welcome or portal page where the user launches all the main tasks.
I have such a page planned, but it's in the future. It'll be a QWebKit widget with what will hopefully be a nice little xhtml thing. (If it's not already obvious, this is a Qt4 app) > Looks like you've got several options based on the screen shot, but it's > difficult to advise without a little more context (task flow, other screens, > any existing standards within your app). Chicken and egg, without the button, there's no context. :) I'm truly stumped on working budgeting into the interface. For showing progress on budgets, no problem, that's on the Dashboard tab that you kind of see in the screenshot, but for working with your budget, I'm generally stumped. > If you like, I'd be happy to discuss it over a cup of coffee sometime and > advise. Sure, sounds fun. If drinking coffee and talking about accounting programs can be considered "fun". Give me a call, I'm about to have a lot of free time with the semester ending (besides trying to find a job, of course). 512-539-7858 Dave > Cheers, > Annette > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Dave Fancella <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> All, >> >> It hadn't occurred to me to ask this group questions like this, and >> irc only gets you so far. :) >> >> I have an accounting program I'm working on, and I'm working on a >> budget editor. I have in mind a simple table that shows the account >> tree and the amounts budgeted for a given interval. A single budget >> is associated with a particular time period and interval, and the >> standard use case is for the user to make a new budget for every year, >> and that budget will likely be a monthly budget (normal home users, >> here, it's not a big corporate app). >> >> The question, then, is where and how do I make it possible for a user >> to create a new budget? I want to create a budget editor that's >> loosely modeled on the account editor (screenshot attached). But for >> a task that only happens once a year, I don't want to spend any room >> in the budget editor making a "Create new budget" button. Nor do I >> want to create a special menu for it, etc. >> >> So, you UI experts out there, what do you think? What's the best way >> to make it so a user can create a new budget? (There is a dialog >> associated with it, so it's basically a "where would you put the >> button?" question) >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
