Option to hide account's icon
I wish there were an option to hide the icons showing up to the left of each account name. In my opinion, they serve no purpose at all and add to the clutter considerably, especially if someone has lots of accounts, such as in my case. Perhaps having a single Icon for each account group, such as Bank, Credit Cards, Investments, etc, would be a good compromise or simply the option to hide them all?
Sometimes, less is more. :)
Thank you.
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1 Posted by dwg on 12 Nov, 2021 10:31 PM
I'm a fellow user.
FWIW if you just want the icons made invisible you can change their colour in the theme to match the background colour of the sidebar. The item is accountIconTint, but you can not recover the space if that is your aim.
2 Posted by Jay on 12 Nov, 2021 11:26 PM
Hello,
Yes, my aim is to recover space and therefore reduce the scrolling as the
icons stretch my account list much longer than necessary. If you have just
a few accounts it may not be an issue, but for some of us with a very long
list, it adds considerable clutter and scrolling. I know I can expand and
collapse the list of accounts, such as "Bank", "Credit Cards", etc, but
that is not ideal either, as you need to move from an account to another.
So in my view, the option to hide the icons would be best, as it would give
the end-user a choice to show or hide them.
Thank you.
3 Posted by RJron on 13 Nov, 2021 07:57 AM
+1
and also :
* -- the option to have accounts in collapsible/expandable groups*
https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/discussions/suggestions/9970-account-grouping
https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/discussions/suggestions/13434-changing-font-size-should-change-space-between-lines
https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/discussions/suggestions/12582-left-pane-account-grouping
* -- a field to quickly search and drill down to an account*
https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/discussions/suggestions/13366-search-bar-for-side-bar
* -- Option to add an additional 'favourite' group will be a bonus (
provided that an account can exist in the favourite group and also its
original group ).*
https://infinitekind.tenderapp.com/discussions/suggestions/12578-favourite-group-in-summary-page
lots more suggestions were given..
4 Posted by tonyt on 13 Nov, 2021 08:51 PM
I have also posted about this, as well as organisable / nested memorised reports, etc..
I know syncing, downloading and md+ consumes enormous amounts of developers time, but user experience, ease of use, enhancements as well as fixing of tags and use in reports would be just as good. In fact, many moons ago I daringly suggested a new version, free from new features, concentrating on fixing the myriad of little things that seem to have got lost in development. Got a very terse response from readers,
Maybe?
5 Posted by dwg on 13 Nov, 2021 09:23 PM
@tonyt
Alas from a sales and marketing point of view a version totally devoted to fixing things doesn't bring in the revenue and at the end of the day that is needed to keep things going.
You see some companies with a new release do little more than give the product a new look to give the impression of something new in the consumers mind, I'm not a fan mind of of changing the look, where menu items are etc to give this perception.
I do however agree that time need to be spent on fixing the little bits and pieces, no matter that many programmers find maintenance tasks somewhat tedious, it is just a fact of being in the business.
To that end of would suggest something of a compromise in that each new stable release must include some fixes for these little things. It may be one or two in some releases half a dozen in others. That way over time you have a better product, but also with feature enhancement. Many of the problems have been languishing for a very long time. Yes there will be some slowdown in new features and it will take longer to sort out those niggly little things but it would demonstrate progess in both spaces.
Quite frankly I have also seen some suggestions that will never get incorporated - some are at odds with the Moneydance design. Rather than just putting them into the suggestions data base I would propose they be declined - with a reason, then closed off.
6 Posted by RJron on 14 Nov, 2021 07:36 AM
One point I feel is perhaps overlooked - is that I find most readers who have posted - has had a crappy/sour experience with other software and have migrated to Moneydance because MONEYDANCE IS A GOOD SOFTWARE that satisfies many basic requirements that others tend to overlook. I might add that there may have also found some niggling problems that they chose to ignore - in the hope that someone is listening and they will be fixed when reported.
But, I suspect that 'NEW FEATURES' are not on TOP of the list of reasons users are migrating to Moneydance - and that is main route you are getting new customers. They found Moneydance better in comparison to other more known software and have paid and taken the time to painstakingly migrate - hopeful that of some of those 'minor issues' related to UI and others will be fixed soon. That is what they paid for. That is my story - and that is why users continue to provide suggestions on improvements.
When newer versions are added, yes, by all means.. throw in some new features - they are surely welcome. But I feel there will be more appreciation for fixing any existing issues, correcting/updating/IMPROVING UI and organisation and reports, etc. From that perspective, I can perhaps understand Tonyt's suggestion of a new version without new features - but with major improvements on existing features as suggested.
7 Posted by dwg on 14 Nov, 2021 08:58 AM
I migrated to Moneydance because of the attitude and actions of the company that develops/sells the software I used to use, I was fed up.
Moneydance was about the best of the programs I found and evaluated but in some keys areas it does not do what my old software did, however Moneydance did and still shows promise. I have found a couple of things where its flexibility does allow for some things I could not do before.
The pricing of the old software has also become hard to justify.
The workarounds that you can do for some missing features are too onerous to do so I have put together some spreadsheets to do what is needed and I house them in some folders I have created within the Moneydance data set, in order to keep everything together,
So my financial records spread across multiple file types. and I have to use different programs to manage the data,
Yes it has involved some work over a number of years.
The question is would I migrate again.
If I evaluated a program and it was anywhere near meeting my requirements then it is probable that I would migrate again - I have done it once after all why not again to something better?
People migrate to Moneydance for many reasons. those same reasons could see people migrate away from Moneydance. Niggling problems could persuade some people, missing features others. I'm sure other reasons could be added..
Pretty much all the things I need involve Investments.
8 Posted by Jay on 14 Nov, 2021 05:21 PM
I have been using Quicken since 1994 and the reason I'm changing to
Moneydance is because of the "compulsory" new Quicken annual update policy
and the need to register for a very intrusive Quicken ID, which pops up
almost every time I open my data file.
I also believe Moneydance is good software, but it can get even better if
improvement suggestions from the users are taken into consideration.
Moneydance has a tremendous opportunity to take more business from Quicken
and I dare say that I wouldn't mind at all paying a little bit more for it,
as long as it doesn't make it mandatory to upgrade and to create a
"Moneydance id" forcing me to log in to open my personal file on my own
computer.
I heartily wish Moneydance a lot of success and I would be delighted to see
it become the most used financial software, ahead of Quicken.
Jay
9 Posted by RJron on 14 Nov, 2021 06:19 PM
Likewise,
I started off with Microsoft Money - which later went down to its sunset
version and shutoff. Awesome software MSMoney. Would not move from it if
they would not have shut it down.
Then tried Quicken, YNAB, and a few others with painful migration ( and
losing some data in the process as well ). Went to the extent of trying a
corporate software by name Tally ( which is a very good company software
from India and used by millions of users - but at that time did not have
the windows UI etc - and was a bit too old corporate style accounting and
reports).
Been using Moneydance for a good 11+ years now.. and want to stay with
Moneydance and thus pouring out whatever ideas I can to help improvise.
10 Posted by tonyt on 14 Nov, 2021 08:44 PM
I wonder if Support should change the title of this thread and ask Sean for a direct response. I am glad I am not the only one here who feels the same. Great software but in need of many sorts and fixes rather than new features.
I have recently converted fro 1Password Manager to Bitwarden, and there there is a clear road map for development. It would be really nice to learn what is in the pipeline, rather than being told a ticket had been added for the suggestion, only to disappear into the ether!
System closed this discussion on 13 Feb, 2022 08:50 PM.