From 5a1a4d34cbfb9c8173918f81fd868802387a04b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 18:16:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 01/17] Init --- docs/vision.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/vision.md diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..989cdf7c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +--- +title: Actual Budget Vision +--- \ No newline at end of file From 9a00079ff84b142151b4caa44b9941f17a60dafa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 18:18:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 02/17] Added Vision --- sidebars.js | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/sidebars.js b/sidebars.js index 3ae02ee9a..2b317a145 100644 --- a/sidebars.js +++ b/sidebars.js @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const unavailable = title => ({ const sidebars = { docs: [ 'index', + 'vision', 'Release-Notes', { type: 'category', From f15c53fa0af0ad4b2d35ad5e7594f05857840f31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 19:03:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 03/17] Vision first draft --- docs/vision.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 989cdf7c3..608148110 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -1,3 +1,39 @@ --- title: Actual Budget Vision ---- \ No newline at end of file +--- + +This document provides an outline of the vision of the open source version of Actual Budget, where the project would like to be, what the goals are and some of the history around Actual Budget. + +### History + +Actual Budget was designed, developed and maintained as a closed source paid product by James Longster for 4 years before he [decided](https://actualbudget.com/open-source) to release the code base to the community. + +Initially there were a number of bumps in the road, the code wasn't 100% ready for the world to see it, some of the features that were integral to Actual Budget functioning just didn't work, over the first 4-5 months the community worked with James to get these issues ironed out but initially James just didn't have the time to take on the maintaining of an open source project all on his own, early 2023 a team of core maintainers took over the main bulk of the maintaining from James and have since been progressing with a number of features, some of which have been merged, some still in progress, fixes to the the existing code and plenty of improvements. + +### What Makes Actual Budget Great + +Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; + +* Local-first +* Open (you own your data; you can do whatever you want with it) +* Sleek, clutter-free UI +* Simple to use for beginners; with progressive discoverability for advanced users (rules, schedules, possibly running local queries against the transaction table, custom reports, etc.) +stable, reliable, secure +* Privacy in mind (no tracking, no 3rd parties unless explicitly enabled) +* Community driven + +### Mobile + +One of the biggest questions we get asked is do you have a plan for Mobile, the answer to that is yes however it is slightly more complicated than that, when the community took over the project the apps were signed by James he had the Apple developer accounts there was plenty of tooling that we didn't have the skills, knowledge of funding to keep up and running so quite early on a decision was made to retire the native Actual Budget apps for the closed source version of Actual Budget and replace them with a responsive version of the web application. + +The strategy for mobile is currently being tracked, [here](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/804) at the moment you can only use this to read your budget, there is no write but that is something we as working on but no time frame is attached to that. + +### The Future + +Some of the things we would like to include into Actual Budget in the future include, but are not limited to + +* Goal templates moved to the UI. +* Mobile transaction entry. +* Nordigen no longer experimental. +* Darkmode. +* custom reports. \ No newline at end of file From 0c17dfcbdf92c406a8fa0332224443716afde64e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jed Fox Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 17:10:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 04/17] Update vision.md --- docs/vision.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 608148110..aec787d3b 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -17,23 +17,24 @@ Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; * Local-first * Open (you own your data; you can do whatever you want with it) * Sleek, clutter-free UI -* Simple to use for beginners; with progressive discoverability for advanced users (rules, schedules, possibly running local queries against the transaction table, custom reports, etc.) -stable, reliable, secure +* Simple to use for beginners; with progressive discoverability for advanced users (rules, schedules, and more to come) +* stable, reliable, secure * Privacy in mind (no tracking, no 3rd parties unless explicitly enabled) * Community driven ### Mobile -One of the biggest questions we get asked is do you have a plan for Mobile, the answer to that is yes however it is slightly more complicated than that, when the community took over the project the apps were signed by James he had the Apple developer accounts there was plenty of tooling that we didn't have the skills, knowledge of funding to keep up and running so quite early on a decision was made to retire the native Actual Budget apps for the closed source version of Actual Budget and replace them with a responsive version of the web application. +The closed-source app provided mobile apps for Android and iOS using some tools that are no longer being maintained. Additionally, publishing apps to mobile app stores is expensive, slow, and can require lots of effort to meet platform owners’ guidelines. -The strategy for mobile is currently being tracked, [here](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/804) at the moment you can only use this to read your budget, there is no write but that is something we as working on but no time frame is attached to that. +Instead, Actual Budget will focus on developing an excellent web experience by combining the underlying technology and some UI components from the desktop version with some components maintained separately for mobile and desktop where there need to be significant differences in presentation. For more details, [see our dedicated mobile strategy issue](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/804). ### The Future -Some of the things we would like to include into Actual Budget in the future include, but are not limited to +Some of the high-level features we would like to add to Actual Budget in the future include: * Goal templates moved to the UI. * Mobile transaction entry. -* Nordigen no longer experimental. +* Implementing and testing syncing providers other than Nordigen +* Enabling support for Nordigen and other syncing providers by default * Darkmode. * custom reports. \ No newline at end of file From 40fb6ec758f0e5bd6a612decd969b02b89a61ca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell <22135084+rich-howell@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 22:23:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 05/17] Update docs/vision.md Co-authored-by: Matiss Janis Aboltins --- docs/vision.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index aec787d3b..1a9358863 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; * Open (you own your data; you can do whatever you want with it) * Sleek, clutter-free UI * Simple to use for beginners; with progressive discoverability for advanced users (rules, schedules, and more to come) -* stable, reliable, secure +* Stable, reliable, secure * Privacy in mind (no tracking, no 3rd parties unless explicitly enabled) * Community driven From ceefbace2a2d195ac283cdbbb84f7f9cc26bc6dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell <22135084+rich-howell@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 22:23:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 06/17] Update docs/vision.md Co-authored-by: Matiss Janis Aboltins --- docs/vision.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 1a9358863..e6ca70d9b 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ Some of the high-level features we would like to add to Actual Budget in the fut * Implementing and testing syncing providers other than Nordigen * Enabling support for Nordigen and other syncing providers by default * Darkmode. -* custom reports. \ No newline at end of file +* custom reports. +* and more \ No newline at end of file From 4495d3a42418fbe3d74161ce6d9b4af86dcd093b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell <22135084+rich-howell@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 22:24:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 07/17] Update docs/vision.md Co-authored-by: Matiss Janis Aboltins --- docs/vision.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index e6ca70d9b..ee50d8a34 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; ### Mobile -The closed-source app provided mobile apps for Android and iOS using some tools that are no longer being maintained. Additionally, publishing apps to mobile app stores is expensive, slow, and can require lots of effort to meet platform owners’ guidelines. +The current strategy for Actual is to provide a mobile-friendly, responsive website. We do not intend to publish a native app as it is expensive to build and maintain feature parity between the various versions and operating systems. Thus we are fully focusing on a single product. Instead, Actual Budget will focus on developing an excellent web experience by combining the underlying technology and some UI components from the desktop version with some components maintained separately for mobile and desktop where there need to be significant differences in presentation. For more details, [see our dedicated mobile strategy issue](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/804). From 7e6567558c53ade12f7e581458b495c5fb9a7277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 07:39:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 08/17] Update vision.md Added in the following headings from biohzrddd Developer experience External connectivity User experience User interface Primary Objectives --- docs/vision.md | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index ee50d8a34..75c2213ac 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -22,6 +22,60 @@ Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; * Privacy in mind (no tracking, no 3rd parties unless explicitly enabled) * Community driven +### Primary Objectives + +1. Full visibility into one's budget + * The user owns and controls their data now and in the future + * See the current status and trends in a budget + * See trends in where money is coming in and going out + +2. Clean and fast user experience + * Fully usable across all devices, offline and online + * Multiple budgets, each one accessible by multiple users + * Accessible application + +### Future Features +With the above objectives in mind, below is a set of features where contributors, including developers, testers, and idea-generators, can focus efforts. + +#### User interface + +* Mobile and desktop interfaces that can access all functions of the app +* Themes + * Light and dark themes that comply with [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/) + * Give users capability to add their own themes + * Consistent look and feel across the application +* Goals + * A fully-fleshed out goal system + * Add a user interface for goals +* Reporting + * Insight into income and expenses including user-defined (custom) reporting + * Insight into monthly budget trends + +#### User experience + +* Clean and fast experience +* International language support + * Separate language definitions + * Language selection page +* Keyboard shortcuts + * Commonality with well-known applications + * Common across the app, with context-based exceptions + * Fully documented with a help reference page + * Customization page +* Truly offline use + * Use as a [progressive web application](https://blog.logrocket.com/building-pwa-react/) so the app can be opened offline and on any device + +#### External connectivity + +* Pull from external bank/investment/etc accounts + * Implementing and testing syncing providers other than Nordigen + * Enabling support for Nordigen and other syncing providers by default + +#### Developer experience + +* Move towards component [driven design](https://www.componentdriven.org/) so that a UI testing framework such as [Storybook](https://storybook.js.org/) can be used +* Move towards a component framework scalable across device sizes and aspect ratios, such as [bootstrap](https://getbootstrap.com/) + ### Mobile The current strategy for Actual is to provide a mobile-friendly, responsive website. We do not intend to publish a native app as it is expensive to build and maintain feature parity between the various versions and operating systems. Thus we are fully focusing on a single product. From 3b118fd4204dae7d65262b47a090f705a9844e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jed Fox Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 12:30:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 09/17] Add periods --- docs/vision.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 75c2213ac..25dbc6582 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ Some of the high-level features we would like to add to Actual Budget in the fut * Goal templates moved to the UI. * Mobile transaction entry. -* Implementing and testing syncing providers other than Nordigen -* Enabling support for Nordigen and other syncing providers by default +* Implementing and testing syncing providers other than Nordigen. +* Enabling support for Nordigen and other syncing providers by default. * Darkmode. * custom reports. * and more \ No newline at end of file From cc86780b06544f67729eed0016447eea21f004cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 20:56:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 10/17] Update vision.md Removed history --- docs/vision.md | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 25dbc6582..684de01be 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ title: Actual Budget Vision This document provides an outline of the vision of the open source version of Actual Budget, where the project would like to be, what the goals are and some of the history around Actual Budget. -### History - -Actual Budget was designed, developed and maintained as a closed source paid product by James Longster for 4 years before he [decided](https://actualbudget.com/open-source) to release the code base to the community. - -Initially there were a number of bumps in the road, the code wasn't 100% ready for the world to see it, some of the features that were integral to Actual Budget functioning just didn't work, over the first 4-5 months the community worked with James to get these issues ironed out but initially James just didn't have the time to take on the maintaining of an open source project all on his own, early 2023 a team of core maintainers took over the main bulk of the maintaining from James and have since been progressing with a number of features, some of which have been merged, some still in progress, fixes to the the existing code and plenty of improvements. - ### What Makes Actual Budget Great Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; From b847c81596df816c44a4e085595dfc701afc63ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Howell Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 21:05:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 11/17] What Makes Actual Budget Great Added in some paragraphs to What Makes Actual Budget Great --- docs/vision.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 684de01be..08eb43cc9 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -9,13 +9,29 @@ This document provides an outline of the vision of the open source version of Ac Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; * Local-first -* Open (you own your data; you can do whatever you want with it) + +Actual is local first meaning that the database that powers Actual Budget and ultimatley your budget live on your device, we don't store it on a server, now your wondering what actual server is for, well that allows us to sync changes between budgets, to do this we only send the changes to the server, it stores them and the client pulls down the change(s) + +* Open + +Actual is Open Source, the code is open for anyone to see, view and contribute to. You own your data, you can do whatever you want with it. + * Sleek, clutter-free UI -* Simple to use for beginners; with progressive discoverability for advanced users (rules, schedules, and more to come) -* Stable, reliable, secure -* Privacy in mind (no tracking, no 3rd parties unless explicitly enabled) + +* Simple to use for beginners; with progressive discoverability for advanced users. + + Rules, schedules, and more to come + +* Stable, reliable, secure. + +* Privacy in mind + + Actual has no tracking, we don't use any 3rd party trackers and unless explicitly enabled we don't allow any third party access. + * Community driven +Actual being community driven means that development is driven by the community, the maintainers + ### Primary Objectives 1. Full visibility into one's budget From 7dfe7d0390bcfe113f5b46ca4897f1101a6ee5f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shall0pass <20625555+shall0pass@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:31:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 12/17] updates --- docs/vision.md | 111 +++++++++++++------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 08eb43cc9..f43511c8d 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -2,104 +2,53 @@ title: Actual Budget Vision --- -This document provides an outline of the vision of the open source version of Actual Budget, where the project would like to be, what the goals are and some of the history around Actual Budget. +Our vision is to be the leading OSS personal finance software used by college students to grandmothers. -### What Makes Actual Budget Great +Actual Budget is +* **Local-first** +* **Open** +* **Sleek and clutter-free** +* **Stable** +* **Reliable** +* **Secure** +* **Privacy focused** +* **Community-driven** -Some of the things that make Actual Budget stand out from the rest include; +### Local-first -* Local-first +Actual is local first, meaning that the database that powers Actual Budget, and ultimately your budget, lives on your device. We don't store it on a server. Now you're wondering, what 'actual server' is for? Well, that allows you to sync changes to your budget on different devices. To do this, only the changes to the budget are sent to the server. The server stores the messages, and the client pulls down the change(s). -Actual is local first meaning that the database that powers Actual Budget and ultimatley your budget live on your device, we don't store it on a server, now your wondering what actual server is for, well that allows us to sync changes between budgets, to do this we only send the changes to the server, it stores them and the client pulls down the change(s) +### Open -* Open +Actual is Open Source utilizing the MIT license. The code is open for anyone to see, view, and contribute. You own your data; you can do whatever you want with it. -Actual is Open Source, the code is open for anyone to see, view and contribute to. You own your data, you can do whatever you want with it. +### User Interface -* Sleek, clutter-free UI +The sleek and clutter-free user interface is simple to use for beginners and comes packed with progressive discoverability for advanced users. The responsive interface adapts to the screen size you are using to give you the best experience for that device. A desktop computer will have the full desktop experience designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse, while a tablet and phone will have an experience ideal for using touchscreens. A separate mobile app, often found in app stores and marketplaces, is not planned. -* Simple to use for beginners; with progressive discoverability for advanced users. - - Rules, schedules, and more to come +### Stable, Reliable, Secure. -* Stable, reliable, secure. +The contributors to Actual Budget don't just write the program; they USE the program.  We all have a vested interest in maintaining reliability, security, and stability. If issues are found, bug reports are welcomed so that issues can be remedied immediately. -* Privacy in mind - - Actual has no tracking, we don't use any 3rd party trackers and unless explicitly enabled we don't allow any third party access. +### Privacy Focused -* Community driven +Actual has no trackers, and unless explicitly enabled, no third-party access is allowed. -Actual being community driven means that development is driven by the community, the maintainers +### Community-driven + +Actual Budget, being community-driven means that development is driven by the community and the maintainers. ### Primary Objectives -1. Full visibility into one's budget - * The user owns and controls their data now and in the future - * See the current status and trends in a budget - * See trends in where money is coming in and going out +* Full visibility into one's budget + * The user owns and controls their data now, and in the future + * View the current status and trends in a budget + * Keep track of your priorities and goals, whether they are long term or short term. -2. Clean and fast user experience +* Clean and fast user experience * Fully usable across all devices, offline and online * Multiple budgets, each one accessible by multiple users * Accessible application -### Future Features -With the above objectives in mind, below is a set of features where contributors, including developers, testers, and idea-generators, can focus efforts. - -#### User interface - -* Mobile and desktop interfaces that can access all functions of the app -* Themes - * Light and dark themes that comply with [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/) - * Give users capability to add their own themes - * Consistent look and feel across the application -* Goals - * A fully-fleshed out goal system - * Add a user interface for goals -* Reporting - * Insight into income and expenses including user-defined (custom) reporting - * Insight into monthly budget trends - -#### User experience - -* Clean and fast experience -* International language support - * Separate language definitions - * Language selection page -* Keyboard shortcuts - * Commonality with well-known applications - * Common across the app, with context-based exceptions - * Fully documented with a help reference page - * Customization page -* Truly offline use - * Use as a [progressive web application](https://blog.logrocket.com/building-pwa-react/) so the app can be opened offline and on any device - -#### External connectivity - -* Pull from external bank/investment/etc accounts - * Implementing and testing syncing providers other than Nordigen - * Enabling support for Nordigen and other syncing providers by default - -#### Developer experience - -* Move towards component [driven design](https://www.componentdriven.org/) so that a UI testing framework such as [Storybook](https://storybook.js.org/) can be used -* Move towards a component framework scalable across device sizes and aspect ratios, such as [bootstrap](https://getbootstrap.com/) - -### Mobile - -The current strategy for Actual is to provide a mobile-friendly, responsive website. We do not intend to publish a native app as it is expensive to build and maintain feature parity between the various versions and operating systems. Thus we are fully focusing on a single product. - -Instead, Actual Budget will focus on developing an excellent web experience by combining the underlying technology and some UI components from the desktop version with some components maintained separately for mobile and desktop where there need to be significant differences in presentation. For more details, [see our dedicated mobile strategy issue](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/804). - -### The Future - -Some of the high-level features we would like to add to Actual Budget in the future include: - -* Goal templates moved to the UI. -* Mobile transaction entry. -* Implementing and testing syncing providers other than Nordigen. -* Enabling support for Nordigen and other syncing providers by default. -* Darkmode. -* custom reports. -* and more \ No newline at end of file +# Third party use +Actual is MIT licensed which allows for the use of the software without restriction. The Actual Budget project and community appreciate any submissions from third-party contributors to enhance and improve our amazing project. This appreciation extends to any single volunteer or company-sponsored participants alike. Let's continue to make Actual Budget the best personal finance tool together! \ No newline at end of file From c1be195d4e6ffe52e0c1bae9d87546e748cd20ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shall0pass <20625555+shall0pass@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:42:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 13/17] word choice --- docs/vision.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index f43511c8d..4405fbea3 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Actual is Open Source utilizing the MIT license. The code is open for anyone to ### User Interface -The sleek and clutter-free user interface is simple to use for beginners and comes packed with progressive discoverability for advanced users. The responsive interface adapts to the screen size you are using to give you the best experience for that device. A desktop computer will have the full desktop experience designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse, while a tablet and phone will have an experience ideal for using touchscreens. A separate mobile app, often found in app stores and marketplaces, is not planned. +The sleek and clutter-free user interface is simple to use for beginners and comes packed with progressive discoverability for advanced users. The responsive interface adapts to the screen size you are using to give you the best experience for that device. A desktop computer will have the full desktop experience designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse, while a tablet and phone will have an experience ideal for using touchscreens. A native mobile app, often found in app stores and marketplaces, is not planned. ### Stable, Reliable, Secure. From ddc68303a22c9c087e74a3b033743e02cc07e432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shall0pass <20625555+shall0pass@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:58:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 14/17] sidebar --- docs-sidebar.js | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs-sidebar.js b/docs-sidebar.js index ce67c14f8..e4231b389 100644 --- a/docs-sidebar.js +++ b/docs-sidebar.js @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const unavailable = title => ({ const sidebars = { docs: [ 'index', + 'vision', 'releases', { type: 'category', From 3f67eac44e87aac7a1b84949cbf8c5866bc2c200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shall0pass <20625555+shall0pass@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:05:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 15/17] updates --- docs/vision.md | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 4405fbea3..e36bc4b6c 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ title: Actual Budget Vision --- -Our vision is to be the leading OSS personal finance software used by college students to grandmothers. +**Vision statement**: Our vision is to be the leading OSS personal finance software used by everyone in any stage of their financial journey. -Actual Budget is +**Mission statment**: Our mission is to enable everyone the opportunity to: +* take charge of their finances +* find financial peace of mind +* actively engage in dreaming big and achieving your goals + +**Design principles**: Actual is designed using the following principles: * **Local-first** * **Open** * **Sleek and clutter-free** @@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ Actual is Open Source utilizing the MIT license. The code is open for anyone to ### User Interface -The sleek and clutter-free user interface is simple to use for beginners and comes packed with progressive discoverability for advanced users. The responsive interface adapts to the screen size you are using to give you the best experience for that device. A desktop computer will have the full desktop experience designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse, while a tablet and phone will have an experience ideal for using touchscreens. A native mobile app, often found in app stores and marketplaces, is not planned. +The sleek and clutter-free user interface is simple to use for beginners and comes packed with progressive discoverability for advanced users. The responsive interface adapts to the screen size you are using to give you the best experience for that device. A desktop computer will have the full desktop experience designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse, while a tablet and phone will have an experience ideal for using touch screens. A native mobile app, often found in app stores and marketplaces, is not planned. ### Stable, Reliable, Secure. @@ -50,5 +55,5 @@ Actual Budget, being community-driven means that development is driven by the co * Multiple budgets, each one accessible by multiple users * Accessible application -# Third party use -Actual is MIT licensed which allows for the use of the software without restriction. The Actual Budget project and community appreciate any submissions from third-party contributors to enhance and improve our amazing project. This appreciation extends to any single volunteer or company-sponsored participants alike. Let's continue to make Actual Budget the best personal finance tool together! \ No newline at end of file +### Third-party use +Actual is [MIT licensed](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/blob/master/LICENSE.txt) which allows for the use of the software without restriction. The Actual Budget project and community appreciate any submissions from third-party contributors to enhance and improve our amazing project. This appreciation extends to any single volunteer or company-sponsored participants alike. Let's continue to make Actual Budget the best personal finance tool together! \ No newline at end of file From 8ce1ac8f697b4ae9691a2e4a8f07efbde89a9650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shall0pass <20625555+shall0pass@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:05:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 16/17] spelling --- docs/vision.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index e36bc4b6c..14134d581 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Actual Budget Vision **Vision statement**: Our vision is to be the leading OSS personal finance software used by everyone in any stage of their financial journey. -**Mission statment**: Our mission is to enable everyone the opportunity to: +**Mission statement**: Our mission is to enable everyone the opportunity to: * take charge of their finances * find financial peace of mind * actively engage in dreaming big and achieving your goals From 95d6010cdc0940e1dd2536ae2f9cd11302363927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shall0pass <20625555+shall0pass@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:36:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 17/17] feedback --- docs/vision.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/vision.md b/docs/vision.md index 14134d581..18c98e7a4 100644 --- a/docs/vision.md +++ b/docs/vision.md @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ title: Actual Budget Vision --- -**Vision statement**: Our vision is to be the leading OSS personal finance software used by everyone in any stage of their financial journey. +**Vision statement**: To produce a delightful budgeting tool that meets you wherever you are in your financial journey. -**Mission statement**: Our mission is to enable everyone the opportunity to: +**Mission statement**: Our mission is to enable everyone to have the opportunity to: * take charge of their finances * find financial peace of mind * actively engage in dreaming big and achieving your goals @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Actual is Open Source utilizing the MIT license. The code is open for anyone to ### User Interface -The sleek and clutter-free user interface is simple to use for beginners and comes packed with progressive discoverability for advanced users. The responsive interface adapts to the screen size you are using to give you the best experience for that device. A desktop computer will have the full desktop experience designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse, while a tablet and phone will have an experience ideal for using touch screens. A native mobile app, often found in app stores and marketplaces, is not planned. +The sleek and clutter-free user interface is simple to use for beginners and comes packed with a robust 'undo' system and progressive discoverability for advanced users. The responsive interface adapts to the screen size you are using to give you the best experience for that device. A desktop computer will have the full desktop experience designed to be used with a keyboard and mouse, while a tablet and phone will have an experience ideal for using touch screens. A native mobile app, often found in app stores and marketplaces, is not planned. ### Stable, Reliable, Secure. @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Actual Budget, being community-driven means that development is driven by the co * Clean and fast user experience * Fully usable across all devices, offline and online - * Multiple budgets, each one accessible by multiple users + * Multiple budgets, each one reachable by multiple devices * Accessible application ### Third-party use