[GNC] Reconcile also opens Interest Payment box?

[Michael Hendry]

> On 12 Jul 2020, at 17:38, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> Frank and I have both opined on https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 that the whole interest payment as part of reconciling is stupid. I want to add to that opinion that so is the payment transfer that optionally pops up when one finishes reconciling a credit card account. It's a lot of program complexity that relieves the user of very little work indeed: Those interest and payment transactions can just as easily--maybe more easily--be created in the register before and after reconciling, and in the case of interest they're an obvious candidate for a scheduled transaction.
> 
> But that's a UI change and UI changes tend to generate heated disagreement. I want to get that out of the way up front: Who here objects to removing the interest and payment transfer automatic popups and the interest payment button on the reconcile info dialog, and what compelling reason do you have for objecting?
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls

I don’t use the interest feature, as I have the credit card paid off every month by direct debit, and have never paid interest.

I do use the automatic payment feature (from bank to credit card), and find it helpful, but not essential. If it were withdrawn I expect it would take a while to get out of old habits (ten years since I first started using GC!), but I’d cope.

Regards,

Michael