Budgets - how does the community want to use them?

[Matt Graham]

G'day GNUCash users,

I would like to improve the way Gnucash implements budgets, to make
them more useful in a personal context. However, I want to get feedback
on how people want to use a budget so that this effort can make the
software better for everyone.

Please let me know (by posting to gnucash-user at gnucash.org) how you
think budgets can be improved. For example:
- what information do you want to see on the budget display?
- Should Gnucash pull in your actual expenditure after the period has
passed, Allowing you to see actual vs budgeted?
- what (if anything) should Gnucash do if you don't spend your budgeted
amount - increase the budget for the next period automatically? Or just
drop it off?

Thoughts appreciated - I only use Gnucash for personal finances, so
especially keen to hear what businesses think and would find useful.

Cheers,

Matt G