Save me a click - put the cursor somewhere!

Steve Woodward

"Do things right and Do the right thing" caught my eye in today's "update from the CEO" email. A very basic "right thing to do" is to put the bleeding cursor or the “focus” (what happens if you press enter) where it belongs or will most likely be used on a given screen. This is such a basic "user friendly" thing that it's irritating to bring up. This is not a fault just of Quicken - finding any site on the web that puts the cursor anyplace is a rarity. In Quicken the cursor does end up in the right place (I've pointed out specific places before - and Quicken has responded, so thank you.) Plus, it’s a couple of lines of code! Not at all a heavy lift.

Make your whole development team read The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman

Candidates:

Tools/Account list – put the cursor in the search field

Tools/Categories list – in the search field

Tools/Tags – in the search field

Tools/memorized payee list - in the search field

Tools/Choose Reconcile account – how cool would it be if the drop down was already selected?

Tools/Online Center – focus should be on the FI – and show the drop down

Edit/Preferences – in the search field

Reconcile an account – in the “Ending Statement Date” field

Account Details – in the Account Name field

[Edit - Moved Post to a more appropriate category]

Jim_Harman

After installing an update and opening Quicken with a password protected file, put the cursor in the Password box!