[GNC] Suggesting simple interface changes

[Jeff Abrahamson]

Thanks for the very good suggestions, Chris.  I wholeheartedly agree
with you on all points.

The best way to get the developers not to lose sight of these
suggestions is to file bugs (tagged as enhancements) here:

    https://bugs.gnucash.org/

Suggestion: file three bugs, one per suggestion below.  You can mostly
copy/paste, you've described them pretty well.

Of course, as a mostly volunteer project, one's influence over other
volunteers is minimal.  But having the bug / feature enhancement to
point to improves chances.

Jeff Abrahamson
http://p27.eu/jeff/
http://transport-nantes.com/


On 11/04/2019 05:57, ChrisInAccounting wrote:
> I work in accounting and think it may help newbies if a few changes were
> made.
>
> 1.  In the chart of accounts, call the page "chart of accounts" rather than
> accounts (as default).  This will help them communicate with other business
> owner's who use other accounting platforms.  "Chart of Accounts" is
> universal in accounting and will only hinder the GnuCash user if they are
> learning different uncommon lingo.
>
> 2.  The page displaying Chart of Accounts has three columns that I would
> suggest be modified.  As it stands in version 3.5, the columns are "Account
> Name", "Description", and "Total".  This default setup is redundant, as the
> description is the same as the account name.  Again, for the benefit of new
> users, I highly suggest replacing the 'Description' column with "account
> type".  This way the user's eye can scan left to right to see the account
> name along with the type of account it is.  
>
>      I can see that the chart of accounts are listed as a hierarchy by
> account type, which is helpful, but the redundancy of having 'description'
> next to is, to me, is wasteful. Also consider that once the account list
> gets so long (under the parent of 'expenses', per se), the new user will
> have to scroll up to verify which account type they are working under rather
> than being able to quickly just eyeball to the right.  So please consider
> this modification.
>
> 3.  Last, it would be helpful if the user could right click any account name
> and be able to run a report on it.  The "reports' tool as I currently see it
> is clunkly.  Being in the chart of accounts allows the user to go straight
> to the source to run a report on it.  Having to go to reports and scan
> through all the report options seems a little bit too long of a route, and
> less intuitive.  If this can be added, awesome.
>
> Thank you to the developers and contributors for bringing an opensource
> accounting platform this far.  Greatly greatly appreciated.  
>
> Any questions on the accounting side of things just drop me a line. 
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>
>
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