I've also replied to Elton's mail but forgot to include the list in the reply so 3 of us done the same work this time :).
Forwarding my reply bellow. Regards, Cristian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cristian Oneț <onet.crist...@gmail.com> Date: 2013/1/9 Subject: Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Feedback To: Elton Johnson <el...@livingelementshomes.com> Hi, 2013/1/9 Elton Johnson <el...@livingelementshomes.com> > > I have been looking at the KMYMoney and it looks like a great software. I > used Quicken until 1997 and got tired of their requirements and quirks. > > > > I have several questions > > 1. I had a hard time finding who to contact with a question Well you seem to have found the right place. > > 2. It was mentioned about KDE ready desktop or something to that effect. > Is that something I am supposed to download before the KMyMoney. KMyMoney is a KDE application (www.kde.org) which means that to develop KMyMoney we use the KDE platform and recommend using KMyMoney with KDE for best user experience. This does not mean though that KMyMoney can't be used with different desktop environments/platforms (Gnome/Xfce as DEs and Mac/Windows as platforms). In these cases it will not be as straight forward as by using KDE to customize things like visual appearance, locale settings, etc. > > 3. I saw the mention of a keycode for developers (which I’m not). Is the > user’s software encrypted or there is no cloud based interaction for users so > it is not needed? All your data is stored in a compressed xml file (on in an SQL DB) on *your* disk. If you choose to encrypt that file you have the option to encrypt it with a key belonging to Thomas (the project manager) in case you loose your own key. But this is only an option see the manual [1] for more details. > > 4. I have Windows 7: I am uncertain which of 2 versions I should download > > a. 4.6.3 for KDE Platform 4 (stable) or > > b. 4.6.2 for your Windows PC It's *b* '4.6.2 for your Windows PC'. You need to know that on Windows the packages (a new version of the application) will not be available as fast as on Linux and Mac. This is because we rely on the KDE on Windows project to build KMyMoney for Windows and that project (like ours) is currently in a, let's say, "slower pace of development". But I would recommend trying the Windows version while keeping in mind that it's not as polished as it should, maybe with more users we can improve that. > > 5. Are the plug-ins for users also? I’m particularly interested in the > print checks and calendar. > Yes they are available. > a. I saw the one for KBanking to apparently allow for account downloads > from the banks. This was something always quirky with Quicken and produced > more screwups to correct than help. I have accounts at 4 different banks. All > but one provide comma delimited CSV downloads. Is that what the KBanking > does? Or is it through Quicken files. > KMyMoney has the following online banking plugins: - KBanking for the HBCI protocol (mostly used in Germany) - OfxDirrectConnect for OFX interfaces KMyMoney can also import CSV files but, again, the Windows version contains a pretty old version of the importer (which has been lately under active development). > b. By the way as Feedback I think allowing CSV updates would be a great > idea. Even if not directly into the KMyMoney program there could be a simple > form to cut and paste the data into the correct columns and then import into > KMyMoney. Probably too complex for many users but I would like it. > > > > Thanks, > > Elton Johnson > Regards, Cristian > > > LIVING ELEMENTS HOMES LLC > > Phone: (512) 922-8598 > > Email: el...@livingelementshomes.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KMyMoney-devel mailing list > KMyMoney-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel > [1] http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/kde4/online-manual/details.formats.encrypted.html#details.formats.encrypted.recoverkey _______________________________________________ KMyMoney-devel mailing list KMyMoney-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel
