Comments for Chris Harvan http://chrisharvan.com designer and maker of...stuff Wed, 19 May 2010 07:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Vacation Jihad by mike http://chrisharvan.com/2010/05/17/vacation-jihad/comment-page-1/#comment-230 mike Wed, 19 May 2010 07:26:10 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=284#comment-230 http://www.truthout.org/killing-our-world59608 http://www.truthout.org/killing-our-world59608

]]> Comment on Seals No Thing, Magic Tub & Wall by Dion Conolly http://chrisharvan.com/2009/03/14/seals-no-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Dion Conolly Tue, 04 May 2010 04:02:19 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=116#comment-228 G'day, It is nice to stumble upon a good site like this one. Do you care if I used some of the info here, and I'll put a link back to your blog? G’day, It is nice to stumble upon a good site like this one. Do you care if I used some of the info here, and I’ll put a link back to your blog?

]]> Comment on Intuit, You Suck by admin http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/12/intuit-you-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-169 admin Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:43:33 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/12/intuit-you-suck/#comment-169 Will, if your job is to find nerds like me on the internet and help them with Intuit products, then I am truly sorry. They are not paying you enough. :) Thank you for addressing my concern but your method doesn't seem to be working. So I am in the "Pay Bills" window but there is no way to navigate to previous bills to delete them (not that I am really trying to at this point, just seeing if it is possible). There is a "Next" button but no "Previous" button; the way it is in "Estimates" and "Invoices" (not that that is a great way to navigate through a list of document types). Speaking of this and while I have your attention for the moment, why isn't there a way to navigate by <strong>list</strong> of Estimates and Invoices? Yes, it is important to be able to see transactions by client, I don't want that to go away, but sometimes, you just need to browse a list of all Estimates and Invoices, independent of client/project, to reference things - instead of having to hit the previous and next butons. Additionally, why does Intuit see it fit to constrain the width you can resize a column dependent of widths of other columns (speaking specifically about the "Items" area and others like it. There are <strong><em>so many</em></strong> aggravating things about Quickbooks I could go on and on. It is as if you guys don't test on real people <strong>WITHOUT ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE</strong> while they use your products. I know that cannot be the case though, so I find it even more baffling. I could see Quickbooks being clunky and buggy a couple years ago, but there is just no excuse for it compared to the quality of other cheaper software that is out there today. You guys are a huge company with boundless resources for field testing and R&D. I would be willing to help point out these weaknesses for free if it meant a less frustrating product to use. Will, if your job is to find nerds like me on the internet and help them with Intuit products, then I am truly sorry. They are not paying you enough. :) Thank you for addressing my concern but your method doesn’t seem to be working.

So I am in the “Pay Bills” window but there is no way to navigate to previous bills to delete them (not that I am really trying to at this point, just seeing if it is possible). There is a “Next” button but no “Previous” button; the way it is in “Estimates” and “Invoices” (not that that is a great way to navigate through a list of document types).

Speaking of this and while I have your attention for the moment, why isn’t there a way to navigate by list of Estimates and Invoices? Yes, it is important to be able to see transactions by client, I don’t want that to go away, but sometimes, you just need to browse a list of all Estimates and Invoices, independent of client/project, to reference things – instead of having to hit the previous and next butons. Additionally, why does Intuit see it fit to constrain the width you can resize a column dependent of widths of other columns (speaking specifically about the “Items” area and others like it.

There are so many aggravating things about Quickbooks I could go on and on. It is as if you guys don’t test on real people WITHOUT ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE while they use your products. I know that cannot be the case though, so I find it even more baffling. I could see Quickbooks being clunky and buggy a couple years ago, but there is just no excuse for it compared to the quality of other cheaper software that is out there today. You guys are a huge company with boundless resources for field testing and R&D.

I would be willing to help point out these weaknesses for free if it meant a less frustrating product to use.

]]> Comment on Intuit, You Suck by Will http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/12/intuit-you-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Will Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:03:17 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/12/intuit-you-suck/#comment-168 Hi Chris, You can also delete a bill from the bill itself. To get to a bill, double-click it in the Pay Bills window. Then type command-D (or go to Edit>Delete) to delete the bill. Best, Will Lynes Product Manager QuickBooks for Mac @quickbooksmac Hi Chris,
You can also delete a bill from the bill itself. To get to a bill, double-click it in the Pay Bills window. Then type command-D (or go to Edit>Delete) to delete the bill.

Best,
Will Lynes
Product Manager
QuickBooks for Mac
@quickbooksmac

]]> Comment on Intuit, You Suck by admin http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/12/intuit-you-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-166 admin Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:51:36 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/12/intuit-you-suck/#comment-166 Update: Apparently you have to go to the Accounts Payable register. Why not just be able to delete it where you enter bills? Update: Apparently you have to go to the Accounts Payable register. Why not just be able to delete it where you enter bills?

]]> Comment on Repsycholing by mike http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/03/repsycholing/comment-page-1/#comment-161 mike Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:45:34 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=278#comment-161 ahh, yes, but we shop at a coop and have thin cotton or canvas bags for most of our produce. we rarely buy produce that is packaged. we sometimes forget the permabags... but i've tried to keep a few in the car so if we are out and impulse shop we have something to use... nothing is perfect - but way better than always getting the plastic. we also have the option of getting paper - which to me seems like a better choice. they are reusable as well... for various things. ahh, yes, but we shop at a coop and have thin cotton or canvas bags for most of our produce. we rarely buy produce that is packaged.

we sometimes forget the permabags… but i’ve tried to keep a few in the car so if we are out and impulse shop we have something to use…

nothing is perfect – but way better than always getting the plastic. we also have the option of getting paper – which to me seems like a better choice. they are reusable as well… for various things.

]]> Comment on Repsycholing by admin http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/03/repsycholing/comment-page-1/#comment-160 admin Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:57:04 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=278#comment-160 Indeed. The composting helps. I see it has extracting every penny of what you spend on produce. Still doesn't solve the issue of more plastic for plastic for more plastic. Plus half the produce comes in some sort of plastic as well or is brought home in plastic if you forgot your permabags. Indeed. The composting helps. I see it has extracting every penny of what you spend on produce. Still doesn’t solve the issue of more plastic for plastic for more plastic. Plus half the produce comes in some sort of plastic as well or is brought home in plastic if you forgot your permabags.

]]> Comment on Repsycholing by mike http://chrisharvan.com/2010/03/03/repsycholing/comment-page-1/#comment-159 mike Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:47:52 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=278#comment-159 compost! that is all. yes, it has nothing to do with plastic. but it has greatly lessened our 'waste'. we went from 2-3 bags or so a week down to 1 small kitchen bag for all the stuff that doesn't fit for recycling or composting. of course, here in btv we take our compost down to the intervale where a nice little company turns it (for profit) into soil. compost!

that is all.
yes, it has nothing to do with plastic.
but it has greatly lessened our ‘waste’.

we went from 2-3 bags or so a week down to 1 small kitchen bag for all the stuff that doesn’t fit for recycling or composting.

of course, here in btv we take our compost down to the intervale where a nice little company turns it (for profit) into soil.

]]> Comment on Your Suffering Might Be Next by Jason http://chrisharvan.com/2010/02/13/your-suffering-might-be-next/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Jason Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:36:29 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/?p=274#comment-152 That I why I do not watch the news. And I could not agree more about the sad state that is the nature of newsertianment. It makes me sad about our culture. That I why I do not watch the news. And I
could not agree more about the sad state that is the nature of newsertianment. It makes me sad about our culture.

]]> Comment on It Begins by Dennis http://chrisharvan.com/2009/12/22/it-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Dennis Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:36:54 +0000 http://chrisharvan.com/2009/12/22/it-begins/#comment-148 To mantel yet, eh? To mantel yet, eh?

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