[Macworld]

Post your comments for Expo: Intuit prepping native app for Quicken.com users here

[reallycrazy]

Yes. This next version of Quicken will be the one with all the features the Windows version has. Really. This time, it's no kidding. We promise. Yup. This is the one. All those other times, when we promised this, but didn't deliver, that was just the marketing department getting all confused. THIS time, all those features you want, that are in the Windows version, they will be in the Mac version. And they'll work! Maybe just 1 or 2 updates after the release for bug fixes.
But we still need to charge banks 100% extra, to send the exact same data to our application running on a different operating system, because, well, IT'S A WHOLE FRICKIN DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM. Of course we have to charge extra for it. Duh.

[pcharles]

With Quicken I tend to upgrade every other edition, so I am looking forward to this one.

[dbutenhof]

I have no interest in putting all my finances on Quicken.com. I have Quicken on my Mac. I want an iPhone app that syncs with the desktop Quicken database. I want to be able to enter transactions "on the go", and do a few simple queries. Pocket Quicken on my old Treo was very useful. I want that on my iPhone. That's all. Is that so complicated, Intuit?
I can see some advantages to the pervasive sharing and availability of a Quicken.com -- but I also want offline access. I'd also much prefer to keep my financial information on my local network rather than Intuit's web site. (Although I can see some advantages in something like a .mac-enabled "cloud" financial database to sync Mac and iPhone data, and once we had that the distinctions would get blurrier.)

[leicaman]

reallycrazy said:

Yes. This next version of Quicken will be the one with all the features the Windows version has. Really. This time, it's no kidding. We promise. Yup. This is the one. All those other times, when we promised this, but didn't deliver, that was just the marketing department getting all confused. THIS time, all those features you want, that are in the Windows version, they will be in the Mac version. And they'll work! Maybe just 1 or 2 updates after the release for bug fixes.

But we still need to charge banks 100% extra, to send the exact same data to our application running on a different operating system, because, well, IT'S A WHOLE FRICKIN DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM. Of course we have to charge extra for it. Duh.

With all those straw men, aren't you afraid they may gang up on you?

[Planobt]

This is all well and good, but when are mac users going to get access for the business community? When are they going to extend Quickbooks Online Edition to users with browsers other that IE? It's ridiculous to have an online edition of anything that is not cross platform! My only solution is to install Windows via Bootcamp or parallels. The other option is IE 6.0 running through Darwine, but that option doesn't allow for access to print anything from the service like checks.

[scottmp]

Sometimes, a company with a really good idea and a really good product gets so out of touch with its customers that the end result is:
-- rage and ire and anger over the lack of communications from Quicken,
-- the abysmal customer service,
--the promise of a "beta" test of the new Quicken product which turns out to be a "bogus test" that simply doesn't work -- right from the get go
And after a while (say from late 2006 to 2009) their loyal Mac supporters finally go back to their checkbooks or any one of the "almost there" equivalents.
Intuit's time will come. I cannot wait.

[Philip Michaels]

Planobt said:

This is all well and good, but when are mac users going to get access for the business community? When are they going to extend Quickbooks Online Edition to users with browsers other that IE?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

The wind in this case being another blog entry.