Comments on: Sign of the times http://www.kaischaller.com/blog/2008/07/sign-of-the-times/ My road to web development nirvana Wed, 12 May 2010 00:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kai Schaller http://www.kaischaller.com/blog/2008/07/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1578 Kai Schaller Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:15:23 +0000 http://www.kaischaller.com/blog/?p=66#comment-1578 @Alisa - I'd probably give it a 7/10 right now. There are a lot of cool features -- one of the most visually impressive is 'Trends' which breaks down your spending categorically in lots of fancy Flash charts -- but also a few areas that have room for improvement. The biggest complaint I have at the moment is that you're forced to turn over your login credentials for any account that you want to add to the service, which is a BIG security concern. You're also unable to re-categorize mislabeled transactions; for example, my monthly car payment shows up as a "fee", so Mint has been sending me alerts every month when the bill comes in acting like it's a bad thing. I submitted a bug report to them a couple of days ago, so hopefully they'll get things fixed. All-in-all I'd say it's worth a look as long as you're comfortable with giving out your online banking information. @Alisa – I’d probably give it a 7/10 right now. There are a lot of cool features — one of the most visually impressive is ‘Trends’ which breaks down your spending categorically in lots of fancy Flash charts — but also a few areas that have room for improvement. The biggest complaint I have at the moment is that you’re forced to turn over your login credentials for any account that you want to add to the service, which is a BIG security concern. You’re also unable to re-categorize mislabeled transactions; for example, my monthly car payment shows up as a “fee”, so Mint has been sending me alerts every month when the bill comes in acting like it’s a bad thing. I submitted a bug report to them a couple of days ago, so hopefully they’ll get things fixed.

All-in-all I’d say it’s worth a look as long as you’re comfortable with giving out your online banking information.

]]> By: Alisa http://www.kaischaller.com/blog/2008/07/sign-of-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Alisa Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:19:59 +0000 http://www.kaischaller.com/blog/?p=66#comment-1577 I've heard that Mint is amazing, but I've never taken the time to check it out. What do you rate it? I’ve heard that Mint is amazing, but I’ve never taken the time to check it out. What do you rate it?

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