For the next few months (2?), I'm committed to seeing 2.3.X/2.4.0 to release, with a database backend and webkit for html. Once 2.4.0 is complete, the next area I'm interested in is reports and potentially tools such as this.
Where you (Daniel) as a user can add value, even if you aren't a programmer, is to define and specify the feature. If there are any dialog boxes, you can figure out their layout. You can think through the workflow to use the feature. There have been requests to include future scheduled transactions in a budget projection. Is that all that would be needed? The text below says "This feature lets you enter one-time anticipated expenses, or create more complex structures such as bi-weekly or bi-monthly schedules." How would this be done? What flexibility would be allowed? Do you want to have a list of these schedules with check-boxes beside them, and see the effect as you add or remove them, or shift them forward or backward in time? Webkit supports DHTML (dynamic html). Do we want to make use of that somehow? One feature of Quicken I miss is the shapshot page where I can put a number of small charts or bits of information. I think that would be easier with webkit, but someone needs to specify how the user interacts with them. Phil ________________________________ From: Daniel Trezub <daniel...@gmail.com> To: Users Gnucash <gnucash-u...@gnucash.org> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 2:55:04 PM Subject: About cash flow forecast Interesting article that deals with cash flow forecast, along other things. http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/09/08/green-sherpa-an-online-cash-flow-management-tool/ From the article: With Green Sherpa, budgets are a thing of the past, literally. Budgets only represent an AVERAGE, or IDEAL, month. In reality, cash flow is more fluid than that. *Green Sherpa’s Cash Flow Projection feature allows you to create a forecast of future cash flow based not only on your historical spending but, more importantly, on your future PROJECTED expenses and income.* This feature lets you enter one-time anticipated expenses, or create more complex structures such as bi-weekly or bi-monthly schedules. That was what I was talking about: estimate the future cash flow. I really hope to see Gnucash having something like this in the future. No, I am not a programmer and no, I cannot code it. :) Just a topic for discussion between the gnucash users: how badly would you like to see something like this in gnucash? ===== Daniel http://dantrez.deviantart.com http://www.bandofgamers.com.br http://www.continue.com.br _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-u...@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
