[moneydance] No "Cancel" etc. buttons on input screen

[Keith Bates]

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:43:21 -0500
AM Thomas <am at virtueofthesmall.com> wrote:

> Well, there are trade offs that stand in the way of "GUI should
> present the options you need in an obvious way".  You can't
> realistically fit every single option on the screen, and too much
> "clutter" can confuse a user as much or more than not enough
> buttons.  Also, in a system where the same tasks will be done over
> and over by the user, it's probably reasonable to make more routine
> functions take less information space: the user will learn them one
> way or another.  That's why the "VIM" editor is so popular (for those
> of you who know it); it does require a lot of memorizing of functions
> to use -- new users find it almost opaque -- but once you know them,
> it's extremely fast to get things done in it, so fast that editing
> any other way feels like walking through quicksand.
> 
> I'm not arguing that the current Moneydance UI is ideal -- it's
> evolving (and I don't know the specifics of whatever choices have
> been made); I'm just pointing out that it's a hard problem.
> 
> Don't mean to be contrary, but it makes me uncomfortable to have 
> someone's hard work minimized.
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Casteel wrote:
> > On Mar 1, 2008, at 13:31, Keith Bates wrote:
> > 
> >> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:17:42 +0200
> >> "Steve Crane" <steve.crane at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> How do I cancel a transaction when entering transactions?
> >>> Press escape to cancel.
> >> Why didn't I think of that?
> > 
> > 
> > You shouldn't have to. A GUI should present the options you need in
> > an obvious way, you shouldn't have to memorize how to accomplish a  
> > function. That's the ideal anyway; if more software met this
> > ideal, many people would have a lot less trouble dealing with
> > computers. --
> > Michael Casteel                                  Seattle, WA
> > mac at casteel.org
> > 

My problem was that a couple of buttons that I had grown used to using
had suddenly been taken away with no obvious way of doing the same
actions.

I think that there needs to be an obvious way in front of the user to
do these basic tasks. 


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