Financier Mobile (Unofficial)

[asromzek]

Question: When pinning a category to the top of the budget in a special section (for easier access), should the category also be shown under its normal master category as well? In other words should pinned categories be displayed twice in the budget, once in the pinned area at the top, and also under its master category?

[Joel]

Question: When pinning a category to the top of the budget in a special section (for easier access), should the category also be shown under its normal master category as well? In other words should pinned categories be displayed twice in the budget, once in the pinned area at the top, and also under its master category?

That’s how 4 did it. I never used the pinned categories though. To be honest, I don’t even look at the category balances in my phone.

[asromzek]

@Joel! You’re doing it wrong!

Actually, I remember only having 3 categories pinned: Fuel, Groceries, and (shamefully) Fast Food. Although, pinning “Christmas Fund” temporarily was very useful for monitoring the category balance during a shopping spree, and made entering transactions really quick.

[Billy_McSkintos]

I don't mind either way, whatever is easiest but I could understand the need to see the sub categories grouped with their category heading. So, duplicated if you force me to pick.

[ottyacat]

Not a heavy user of that feature, occasionally i used to pin one or two. I think in both places would be good. 

[asromzek]

What-day-is-it? update: The budget view is getting an under-the-hood overhaul, which is a pain but necessary for adding editing capabilities. This mostly includes breaking a very large single component into many smaller components to make the code simpler, and more re-usable/scalable. The goal is to rip, tear, and refactor without breaking anything, essentially taking two steps back so we can go a mile forward.

This is the short list of items that I intend to implement after the budget view has been refactored. I can't guarantee that all features will make the cut, but I'm sure going to try...

• Budget value editor w/calculator.
• Outflow transaction summary.
• Red arrow toggle.
• "Add Transaction" shortcut button.
• "Pin to Top" for frequently used categories.
• Category reordering.
• Quick budget options.
• Move money tool. (this will be fun...)
• Category and budget cell notes.

Did I miss anything?

[Joel]

• Move money tool. (this will be fun...)

Don't waste your time! Let that be their thing.

[keyboard]

I kinda like the "Move Money Tool" or something similar 

[asromzek]

• Move money tool. (this will be fun...)

Don't waste your time! Let that be their thing.

That's one of the (few) features that I really liked in nYNAB, although I have a few ideas to make it work in a slightly different way. It's been a while, so some memory cells may need to be jump started. I consider this to be a luxury item, so some of the other features will likely be worked first.

Edit: @Joel, there is one thing that can unequivocally be left as their thing: AoM.

[Joel]

• Move money tool. (this will be fun...)

Don't waste your time! Let that be their thing.

That's one of the (few) features that I really liked in nYNAB, although I have a few ideas to make it work in a slightly different way. It's been a while, so some memory cells may need to be jump started. I consider this to be a luxury item, so some of the other features will likely be worked first.

Edit: @Joel, there is one thing that can unequivocally be left as their thing: AoM.

Fair enough. I haven’t used it enough to make much of an opinion on it, but I’m a CPA so I like adjusting amounts by using my ten key not mouse clicks.

[Billy_McSkintos]

Did I miss anything?

Is it possible to add a transaction from the (pinned) categories that automatically populates the category (perhaps more)?

I really only add transactions via mobile for groceries and restaurants.

[asromzek]

Yup, that’s the exact purpose for having the Add Transaction button in the budget view.

Edit: Actually, that's how it will work for all categories in the budget view, not just the pinned ones. Pinning a category just makes it easy to locate the frequently used ones. It doesn't add any special functionality.

[keyboard]

"Category and budget cell notes."

I tend to use alot .   

[keyboard]

"Category reordering."

Another keeper for me !!!

[asromzek]

Well, it’s 9:15pm on a Friday evening, and I just got out of work.

yay.

Even though we have a fair amount of stuff to do this weekend, I’m going to do my best to get some development done. For real. Seriously, I mean it.