I actually use the interest payment box to add a monthly interest transaction when I reconcile my accounts. I never use the credit card payment box that comes up when you finish reconciling a credit card account..
Will On 2020 Jul 12, at 07-12 13:32:08, jean laroche <rip...@gmail.com> wrote: Personally, I don't find this feature useful and indeed, it would simplify the code to just remove it... Jean On 7/12/2020 11:07 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> On 12 Jul 2020, at 17:38, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >> Frank and I have both opined on >> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 that the whole interest >> payment as part of reconciling is stupid. I want to add to that opinion that >> so is the payment transfer that optionally pops up when one finishes >> reconciling a credit card account. It's a lot of program complexity that >> relieves the user of very little work indeed: Those interest and payment >> transactions can just as easily--maybe more easily--be created in the >> register before and after reconciling, and in the case of interest they're >> an obvious candidate for a scheduled transaction. >> >> But that's a UI change and UI changes tend to generate heated disagreement. >> I want to get that out of the way up front: Who here objects to removing the >> interest and payment transfer automatic popups and the interest payment >> button on the reconcile info dialog, and what compelling reason do you have >> for objecting? >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls > I don’t use the interest feature, as I have the credit card paid off every > month by direct debit, and have never paid interest. > > I do use the automatic payment feature (from bank to credit card), and find > it helpful, but not essential. If it were withdrawn I expect it would take a > while to get out of old habits (ten years since I first started using GC!), > but I’d cope. > > Regards, > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
