There is a story in a very reliable book about David being a giant killer. On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 7:23 PM David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> David = Problem child :-) > > On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 09:59, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> David H., >> >> You are one of many Davids that are subscribed to GnuCash maillists. I >> have trouble remembering which of us wrote what. I think it is David T >> that likes the menu tabs on the left side. We all have our unique >> preferences! >> >> I do think that this particular feature can be adapted to by retraining >> the operator by about the same level of training as switching from one >> desktop to another in Linux, so I, for one, am only flabbergasted by it >> being sprung on us seemingly without warning. >> >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 6:32 PM David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> No No No :-) My tabs are across the top, left to right, COA followed by >>> 6 >>> account tabs - called them pinned if you want - that are the accounts I'm >>> generally always working in. I would like all new tabs including search >>> results, regular txn lists on opening gnucash, reports, what have you >>> always opening on the right i.e. AFTER the last tab I have open. I know >>> that the ANZ Visa tab is always last so I can safely close all tabs to >>> the >>> right of it. This all seems to have come about because someone liked to >>> have 50 tabs open !!!! Not a common use case I would have thought. >>> >>> I did actually load up the test versions, 3.90... and I may have >>> mentioned >>> this at the time, I can't remember but it's still a bit foreign to me to >>> go >>> looking for tabs that I want to close in amongst all the other ones I >>> want >>> to keep open permanently. >>> >>> Cheers David H. >>> >>> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 22:49, D. via gnucash-user < >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Thanks for pointing this bug out. >>> > >>> > It's too bad that the suggestion in the bug to discuss this change on >>> the >>> > lists was not apparently taken up. The devs would then have at least >>> heard >>> > from some other users about their use cases and preferences, and users >>> > would have had a heads up about the change. Instead, a change gets >>> pushed >>> > out based on one person's request, mainly because it involves "three >>> lines >>> > of code." I'll set aside the wisdom of making changes to software based >>> > primarily on the complexity of the fix, or on a single user and the >>> > opinions of three devs... >>> > >>> > While it might seem overkill to discuss something as seemingly minor as >>> > this change, I think *any* change in the user interface should be >>> discussed >>> > more, rather than less. >>> > >>> > Now, we get to have that discussion. >>> > >>> > At the risk of repeating myself, let me re-present. In my usage of >>> > Gnucash, I keep a core set of tabs always open. These tabs represent my >>> > primary active accounts: my checking account, savings account, credit >>> card >>> > account, and a cash account. >>> > >>> > I leave them open because they are involved in the vast majority of my >>> > transactions, and it is easier to click on one of the tabs than to go >>> to >>> > the CoA, locate the account, and open it. I like to have them at the >>> top of >>> > the list at all times because I can quickly locate them there. I know >>> where >>> > they are. >>> > >>> > With the latest change, I no longer can rely on this. My core tabs move >>> > down. If I open one of my more obscure accounts to look at things, it >>> > pushes its way in at the top. If I've opened several of them, they are >>> all >>> > at the top, and when I am done with those tabs, I have to carefully >>> close >>> > tabs, rather than close all tabs below a certain point on the screen. >>> > >>> > None of this is particularly catastrophic, but it does affect me and my >>> > workflow every time I open or close an account, so I would prefer to >>> have >>> > the option of restoring the old tab behavior. >>> > >>> > The idea of pinned tabs is interesting, although it doesn't remove the >>> > need for the preference. If I jump to a new account tab from a pinned >>> one, >>> > will the new tab go at the end of the list, or bury itself in the >>> middle of >>> > my pinned tabs? I think the user would still want the option of where >>> the >>> > new tabs open. >>> > >>> > I'll give a clear and unambiguous preference: I want to be able to >>> choose >>> > this behavior with a preference setting. Put this setting on the same >>> page >>> > as the tab location setting, and have it read: >>> > >>> > Open new tabs: □ At the bottom of the tab list □ After the current tab >>> > >>> > David T. >>> > >>> > >>> > -------- Original Message -------- >>> > From: Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> >>> > Sent: Wed Sep 16 03:35:35 EDT 2020 >>> > To: "D." <sunfis...@yahoo.com>, gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> > Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>, Stan Brown < >>> > the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm>, David Carlson < >>> david.carlson....@gmail.com> >>> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Tabs Behaviors in GNC4.1 >>> > >>> > Op woensdag 16 september 2020 01:21:19 CEST schreef >>> > David Carlson: >>> > > It doesn't make sense to me either, and since it is a change >>> > from previous >>> > > behavior, I think it deserves a bug report. >>> > >>> > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797787[1] >>> > >>> > -------- >>> > [1] https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797787 >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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. >>> >> >> >> -- >> David Carlson >> > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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. 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