Comments Regarding New 2.5.1 Register

[David Carlson]

On 5/29/2013 3:26 PM, Christian Stimming wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 28. Mai 2013, 14:53:06 schrieb David T.:
>> Having loaded the new register, I see what folks have been saying about the
>> screen flag for future transactions. Personally I think it does not work.
>> Users looking at the register see it naturally as a flow of time from the
>> top of the screen to the bottom, and having the blue horizontal line is
>> highly effective at indicating a transition from past to future. Having a
>> vertical bar might work, but is nowhere near as obvious. 
> I agree here as well. Please try to get back to a horizontal line. The 
> vertical line just doesn't fit in any metaphor for past / future.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian
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As a user who regularly has many more future transactions in the
register than will fit in one screen, I ask what other visual gimmick
could be used  instead of the vertical line?

The horizontal line is usually off the screen in my file.  Further, if
the register is not sorted by date, there could be a seemingly random
mix of future and past transactions visible.  Old fogeys like me need
bifocals to see those little 'c' or 'n' letters on the screen.  I
believe the vertical line was probably easy to implement and this old
dog did learn that trick, to continue mixing metaphors.  The pink
background color that Robert used when there is an imbalance in a
transaction is another visual gimmick that I strongly support as a user. 

If you believe that there are better visual gimmicks to indicate these
conditions, please present them now, but there should be some visual
evidence for these conditions.

David C
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