Usability questions

[Manfred Usselmann]

On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:52:00 -0800
John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> 
> On Dec 11, 2010, at 3:21 AM, Talengix wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I'd like to suggest a couple things that would make GnuCash more
> > user-friendly and intuitive. Maybe they already exist, maybe they
> > don't... if so please enlighten me. If not, perhaps they will be
> > considered as additions to the development road map?
> > 
> > 1. On the ledger screen, once it fills up with entries there is no
> > way to move the blank transaction row at the bottom of the page up
> > for easier working. The blank transaction line is pinned to the
> > bottom of the screen. Therefore, the user is forced to work in a
> > very tight space the whole time. Not only is the space tight, but
> > it is confusing since the info in the bottom pane of the
> > application as well as the windows task bar are all crammed
> > together. It should function like excel in the way that when you
> > get to the bottom of the page you can still use the scroll bar to
> > create some space below the last transaction for some breathing
> > room.
> 
> So make the window smaller and move it away from the windows taskbar. 
> 
> In addition to the "double line" mode that Colin points out, there
> are also three display modes: "Basic Ledger" is the default, which
> shows all transactions as a single line (and which enables the quick
> entry of simple transactions that Derek told you about); "Auto-Split
> Ledger" opens the splits on the active transaction as if you had
> pressed the "Split" button; and "Transaction Journal" shows all of
> the splits on all transactions. You can set this as a default in the
> "Register Defaults" preferences tab as well.

Just for completeness, there is also a separate Window for entering a
simple transaction / transfer posting (Ctrl-T).

Regards,
Manfred