By Matt Abar on 5/28/2009 9:32 AM

I recently upgraded to a larger screen, a 30" 2560x1600 Samsung LCD panel. I'm not sure a screen this large is ever "necessary", but our GUI development environment takes up so much space, that my smaller screen was almost unusable. When we work on our WPF screens, we usually have five different panes open, with two main panes sitting side-by-side -- the GUI representation of the screen and the XAML code-behind where we write the screen code.

With my smaller 21" monitor, I could only see ten lines of code at once. With the new monitor, I can easily show the GUI and code-behind next to each other, at least 50 lines at once, making it much easier to debug and add features.

FinFolio follows the same paradigm, letting you put different panes beside each other. If you have a larger monitor, you'll have a richer user experience...

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By Tom Van Horn on 5/26/2009 1:25 PM

We've added a lot of functionality since our last Alpha release.  Currently, we are wrapping up exisiting bugs, finishing off the last bit of remaining functionality, and getting the software ready for beta.   We felt that it would be good for our Beta group to get their hands on another alpha release prior to running FinFolio  parallel to their existing systems in beta.

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By Matt Abar on 5/12/2009 11:40 AM

FinFolio graphs started off as a 2-day project to give our screenshots some sizzle. But the more we dug in and started playing with different graph layouts, the more we realized that graphs should be an integral part of the software.

FinFolio has a modular graphing system that offers visualization options for every major data type. Click the graphs button and a 2-graph tool window opens in the right side of the software; it dynamically changes depending on which household/account/etc. is displayed in the main window. Open up a client and the graph window shows you the client's accounts on the top pie graph, and his security positions on the bottom graph.

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