Quicken 2010 impressions and bugs

Posted by B on October 25, 2009, 3:31 pm

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Using Quicken 2010 Premier, migrated from 2007.

In general, with a few days of use behind me, I think I like it. There
may be some features I'm seeing that originated in 2008 or 2009
versions, so I can't be sure that all of the changes that I've noticed
are from 2010.

I like the new register look, with checkmarks next to items that haven't
been reconciled, and the indicators that show things that will impact
income tax.

I like the pop-up registers, but there are bugs with using them. You
cannot shrink the register windows. You can stretch them, but not
shrink them. I have reported this bug to Intuit. If you are not using
the new feature you can shrink the window with the register just as before.

With pop-registers Ctrl-M does not work to memorize a payee. With
pop-up registers disabled Ctrl-M does work as before. I have reported
this bug to Intuit.

If you go to Help > Product and Customer Support and do a Search, it
always says "This program cannot display the webpage". If you go to
Help > Quicken Support it does work (and brings up a tab in my browser
which is nice). I have reported this problem to Intuit.

I was surprised that my customized initial View from Q2007 did not come
up after starting Q2010. Going to the "Planning Tab" and selecting
"Cash Flow" does recreate my old main screen except it does not show the
calendar. I have created a new initial view with four sections: Stay
on Top of Monthly Bills; See Where Your Money Goes; Budget; and
Calendar. Still seeing if I like this better, but disappointed that the
calendar doesn't show any indication of what happens on each day the way
the old small calendar did. The new small calendar only shows which
days have activity. You can still mouse over days with activity to see
what the activity is.

The "Stay on Top of Monthly Bills" section does not let me click on an
item does not let me click on an item to indicate that it is paid like I
expected. Clicking on an item in that window just lets me change the
amount of the bill. I have to click on the Bills tab to indicate that a
bill is paid. But there are forward and back arrows at the upper left
of the Quicken window that make it easy to go back and forth.

News for investment items opens in a new browser tab (Firefox in my
case). That is MUCH better than the old way.

I think Quicken 2010 starts up faster than the older version, and I
think the backup may be faster too.

The first online transaction download took a little longer to get
started, but subsequent ones seem fast.

I like the "Tags" that can be entered with each transaction or on each
line if a transaction is split. I think that is going to be useful and
is certainly much easier and more intuitive than "Classes" were in the
older versions. (And I've used a LOT of older versions.)

I'm sure I'll learn more and get used to the new look, and I don't mind
the new look at all.

Bernie