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An Overdue Entry…

August 18, 2008 – 7:56 pm
This entry is way overdue (no pun intended).  I've been receiving numerous questions and concerns about what is going on with Prospects, when the 1.2 release is coming out and the future of the application in general. As in the past, I am not quite ready to commit to a release date for Prospects 1.2.  I am nearing a point where I will feel comfortable posting a time frame, but I am not quite there yet.  Once the underlying file format for the 1.2 version is complete, I will be setting up a private beta program.  The format must be stable to allow the beta testers to work with the software without constantly losing their data.  While a private beta may not get beaten up as much as a public beta, I feel it will be allow me to better control the feedback and quickly resolve problems.  The private beta period ...

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Reconcile Screenshot…

June 30, 2008 – 9:46 pm
As promised, here is a reconcile screenshot with some test data... this shot is not final and I am still making tweaks, but it should help indicate the type of functionality available.

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It’s all about the workflow …

June 17, 2008 – 8:58 pm
I've been spending the past few weeks focusing on the workflow for Prospects 1.2.  For example, the rules are obviously a very useful feature in Prospects, but the maintenance of the rules can be quite daunting.  Probably the most useful aspect of the rules is the ability to set them up to automatically rename payees and assign categories to imported transactions.  It's a lot nicer to read "Starbucks" than it is to read "STARBUCKS #1918273 AA1100 STORE 1029" - especially when it appears multiple times per week in your transactions list... Prospects 1.2 will introduce a great new feature called "Learned Rules", where Prospects will learn this type of information real-time as you update your transactions.  Depending on your preferences, it will even update existing transactions for you as you work.  The learned transactions can be tweaked (slighty) at any time and applied just like the other rules (now known as ...

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Prospects 1.2 Update

May 4, 2008 – 2:02 pm
Hello everyone... I hope you all like the new blog format!  Although things are quite busy, I would like to take a minute and provide an update on Prospects 1.2.  In general, the update is taking longer than expected (this is, after all, software!), but it is coming along. Many people have been asking about a release date, but at this time I will simply say that it is TBD.  I do not want to promise a date and then miss it horribly due to some unforeseen circumstances! I have received a lot of feedback on the product and thank everyone for providing their thoughts and insight - it will help make version 1.2 a fantastic release. Some things you can expect to see include: More keyboard shortcuts in the transactions table, as well as the ability to tab into columns with a popup list (such as the category column). Reconciling ...

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Prospects is alive and well!

April 1, 2008 – 7:08 pm
Things have been quite busy - but rest assured, work on Prospects 1.2 is underway.  I will be posting an update on Prospects in the next few days.  Also, I will do my best to blog regularly regarding progress being made on Prospects in the future - stay tuned!

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Two releases too many

February 26, 2008 – 10:28 am
Prospects 1.0.2 is about to go out the door and while we knew all along our first release would expose some bugs, we weren't expecting quite so many with the import feature!  We'd like to apologize to all the people who were having import issues for the first two releases.  Having said that, we believe we've resolved a lot of these problems in 1.0.2.  We've run through an extremely large number of tests and feel confident this resolves a lot of problems people have been experiencing.  We'd like to thank our users for their understanding and willingness to help us track down some of the more difficult bugs.  This is what makes the Mac community GREAT!  Stay tuned - 1.0.2 is around the corner... ** Update: 1.0.2 has been released! ** 

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Prospects now available!

February 22, 2008 – 8:39 pm
We've done it! We have released Prospects to the public! This is something I've been extremely excited to do for some time. A lot of effort has been put into making this software different and exciting - and we hope you agree that this is a good start! We have been using Macs for years and know how passionate the community can be. We encourage everyone to let us know what you think of our product ... what you like, what you don't like, what we can improve, what is missing -- we are listening and want to hear from you!

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