This seems great, but growing up among Yiddish speakers, this word has a very different connotation. Just worth being aware of.
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#12- a default set of categories would be useful
- I don't always add expenses immediately, so being able to change the date would useful.
- the ... in the overview window prompts you to delete a budget! seems dangerous
- ditto on another comment, there's no way to edit an expense.
- It might be interesting to setup Income and then allocate budgets based on % of income to automatically calculate budget targets.
Nice work.
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#13About your website: I would have liked to get info without registering. The explanation is short, and the only links are to sign up or sign in.
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helloexpen...
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#14This seems great, but growing up among Yiddish speakers, this word has a very different connotation. Just worth being aware of.
For all the emphasis we put on design principles and naming conventions, we collectively suck at naming our products.
Then again, maybe that name is genius.
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#15Website: "You want new clothes, an iced coffee, but does it fit your budget?"
Oh the irony if the user were to get ads for new clothes and iced coffee...
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#16This seems great, but growing up among Yiddish speakers, this word has a very different connotation. Just worth being aware of.
Not just yiddish, it's also common slang in many parts of the US to mean a very stupid or incompetent person. So yeah, terrible branding IMHO
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#171. cloud based/harvesting as much data as possible and/or 2. subscriptions
I prefer apps like for example Omnifocus [1], that give you:
1. the ability to client-side encrypt your data so your data won't be sold/misused, and 2. instead of making profit of selling your data, simply let you pay a larger amount upfront for it instead. Thus, you also know exactly what features you're paying for - as opposed to subscriptions...
[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/omnifocus-3/id1346190318?mt=...
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#18This seems great, but growing up among Yiddish speakers, this word has a very different connotation. Just worth being aware of.
I'm not even Jewish and "putz!" is usually what I shout when I'm driving in heavy traffic. For all the emphasis we put on design principles and naming conventions, we collectively suck at naming our products. Then again, maybe that name is genius.
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#19A little off-topic, but really wondering; am i the only one annoyed by the fact that 9 out of 10 apps these days are: 1. cloud based/harvesting as much data as possible and/or 2. subscriptions I prefer apps like for example Omnifocus [1], that give you: 1. the ability to client-side encrypt your data so your data won't be sold/misused, and 2. instead of making profit of selling your data, simply let you pay a larger…
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not even Jewish and "putz!" is usually what I shout when I'm driving in heavy traffic. For all the emphasis we put on design principles and naming conventions, we collectively suck at naming our products. Then again, maybe that name is genius.
Wait till you learn what this means in Greek :D Hint: definitely NSFW