Re: Forgetting to post printed/mailed invoices: add Print+Post button?

[ario <..hidden..>]

I am sure that what you propose would make me very nervous :)

How about only raising a flag when you press a button that would make
you leave the transaction window?

Like in MS Windows (W) bugging the user (U) with:
W: Are sure? (press 'NO' or 'Cancel')
U: 'Yes?'
W: You are about to leave this window, go to 'Properties|Settings|
Confirm' to leave if you're absolutely sure! 'Go There'? or 'Cancel'.
Or press 'Help'.


On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 09:20 +1000, david wrote:
> I also forget to post sometimes because of a different human error.
> Regardless of check boxes or different buttons it would still be
> possible to forget to post, or forget to check the boxes for that matter.
> 
> Perhaps the original screen could have a strong "NOT POSTED" flag which
> only disappears after posting. Probably that's more complicated to do
> but would be more definite. The sort of flag I'm talking about might be
> a translucent background image in red saying "NOT POSTED", or a strong
> line of text if you don't want to use images.
> 
> ** Not Posted Not Posted Not Posted Not Posted Not Posted Not Posted **
> 
> OTOH, no matter what you do you can't entirely fix the problem on the
> other side of the keyboard ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Travers wrote:
> > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Erik Huelsmann <..hidden..> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> A friend of mine and I are working toward taking LedgerSMB as our
> >> accounting system. We like the direction of development and its
> >> improvements over SQL-Ledger.
> >>
> >> However, one item my friend has bad memories about is the fact that
> >> it's easy to print invoices (or e-mail them) without posting them (or
> >> vice-versa). It's a workflow inherited from SQL-Ledger that has caused
> >> problems for him in a previous company.
> >>
> >> I'd like to propose addition of a Post+Print and a Post+E-mail button,
> >> which prints or mails the invoice after succesfully posting it. What
> >> do others say about this idea? I could create a patch to make it
> >> happen if it's generally considered an improvement.
> > 
> > I have been thinking about this and have a better idea.
> > 
> > This is something which has been a real headache regarding this
> > software since before we forked.  Part of the problem is user
> > confusion and the fact that the interface is not entirely clear as to
> > what it is doing.
> > 
> > What about moving "Print" and "Email" to checkboxes which could be
> > done along side post or update operations?  This wouldn't require new
> > strings or anything, and it might make the UI a lot clearer and more
> > intelligible.  Plus when I click "update" I might not be expecting it
> > to save.... If I click "Print" that's a different thing.
> > 
> > What do people think?
> > 
> > Best Wishes,
> > Chris Travers
> > 
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