It's true, my note to Santa

[John Ralls]

> On Dec 27, 2015, at 4:25 PM, AC <gnucash at acarver.net> wrote:
> 
> On 2015-12-27 15:52, Steve wrote:
>> Santa hasn't gotten back to me, hoping that he and his elves are working on
>> it.
>> 
>> As we approach 2016, I wish someone out there, publicly or secretly, is
>> working toward a functional mobile app running GnuCash.  The current
>> unofficial GnuCash app just doesn't deliver the true functional experience
>> to allow GnuCash to be incorporated as part of the daily moment to moment
>> routine.
>> 
>> I understand the difficulty, the challenge, the nature of open source, but
>> boy, I sure would like to use my phone and post charges, see credits, and
>> see balances real time, without waiting till I get home and doing the
>> download, upload dance...and the transition to mobile is noticeable, as my
>> desktop GnuCash application languishes but continues to beckon me...
>> 
>> Just wishin', Santa... I'll be back next year (and the year after!)...
> 
> You're asking for what amounts to a cloud-centered version of GnuCash
> which means a cloud-based server somewhere has to store the financial
> data of you and every other user in a (ideally, hopefully) secure
> fashion (open source has nothing to do with it).  What group of
> volunteers do you think would step up to that type of liability never
> mind the costs involved in running it?

Really? I thought he was just asking for a full version of GnuCash that runs on his phone/tablet.

Of course if you consider Microsoft's Surface a mobile device, you're already there: GnuCash should run fine on it since it runs Win10. The UI will be pretty uncomfortable without a mouse and keyboard, but it should run.

Regards,
John Ralls