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Posted by Bernie on September 1, 2007, 1:11 pm
Please log in for more thread options I wasn't aware of the Notes or Flags either. I've used Quicken for a
LONG time, currently Q2007. The Memo filed has always been sufficient
for me rather than Notes, and the Memo field can be searched. Now that
I know about them the Flag may be useful.
In all these years I've never needed Classes and simply found them to
add a layer of complexity to the way we use Quicken. For categories
where it matters I have something like Clothes:Mine and Clothes:Wife
which is very easy to understand, enter and report on. For business
perhaps I'm fortunate but I've always used separate checking and/or
credit cards and even if there was any intermingling, categories were
completely sufficient.
Bernie
On 8/31/2007 10:16 AM, David A. Lessnau wrote:
> I don't really know what was wrong with the old Classes method that they
> had to change it to Tags. I used Classes only very lightly. But, even
> though Intuit's Help file says "tags are an improved and expanded
> version of classes," I don't see any difference except the UI. Maybe
> someone who used Classes more than I did can see the difference.
>
> Regarding Notes, I didn't even know there was such a facility. Of
> course, I came from Quicken 2005, so maybe (if I'm not to be
> embarrassed), Notes weren't implemented there. Anyway, Notes and Flags
> are still in Quicken 2008.
>
> As for "meaningful updates," I only upgraded because 1) Quicken 2005 was
> sunsetting, and 2) I was having continual "stopped responding" problems
> with Quicken 2005 under Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I actually had to
> uninstall '05 from Vista and run it under an XP Virtual Machine.
> Workable, but slow and cumbersome. With 2008, I had one "stopped
> responding" problem shortly after I installed it (when I first hit the
> My Savings Plan button for the first time). Since then, everything's
> run fine. However, my biggest gripe with Intuit's upgrade dance is that
> they always seem to JUST change the UI and leave all the long-standing
> bugs and deficiencies in place. From what I can see with this release,
> the UI isn't TOO different from previous versions (which is good). I
> haven't used it long enough to see if the actual "ledger" side of the
> program works any better or worse. The official Quicken Community board
> does have some threads running saying that some high visibility bugs
> haven't been fixed (screen flicker and net worth values come to mind).
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>> David A. Lessnau wrote:
>>> In Quicken 2008, they've replaced Classes with Tags. ... Dave
>>
>> David - and any others : What was the 'problem' they were trying to
>> solve? Maybe I am missing the point (I do know from one of another
>> posts one can have multiple 'tags' per transaction), but I'm
>> confused. Does the tags "enhancement" provide meaningful improvement
>> in organizing or tracking ?
>>
>> Another question - Intuit is advertising an enhancement of "You can
>> also add extra details to any expense to help jog your memory -- i.e.,
>> the specific restaurant for a dining expense or the trip destination
>> for an airline ticket." - didn't the NOTES facility already allow you
>> to do that? I use a GREEN Flag to indicate that there is a note
>> associated with that transaction, and now I fear that I will have to
>> change all those to this 'new' facility, or not use it to avoid mix
>> and matching. What's the difference? (I really don't want to hear
>> it's just a different way of doing the same thing without additional
>> benefits).
>>
>> I'm somewhat concerned that they did not provide any real meaningful
>> updates to this release - and this is the first time since using one
>> of the original DOS versions of Quicken since the mid 1980s that I
>> don't see any enhancements worth going to, and in fact, it's
>> regressing features that I've used in the past without any
>> improvements in what is being offered as a replacement as far as I can
>> see from afar.
>>
>> This is typical of software that have matured to a point that new
>> features being added provide additional 'bloatware' without redeeming
>> benefits. Happens quite often with software that has releases over time.
>>
>> Please someone tell me I'm wrong (with details) and that 2008 is worth
>> moving up to from 2007 versions!
>> --
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>> Regards -
>>
>> - Andrew
>>
>
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