The exceedingly grumpy editor's accounting system update [LWN.net]

The exceedingly grumpy editor's accounting system update

Posted Jan 14, 2009 0:28 UTC (Wed) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227)
In reply to: The exceedingly grumpy editor's accounting system update by awolfe
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The UI is clunky and slow. Way too much clicking and navigating, and its reliance and generating PDFs for output (instead of generating inline images or using <canvas>) make actually getting at reports and information waaaay too cumbersome.

The site advertises "minimal use of JavaScript for browser compatibility" which is total BS. Using a JavaScript framework (e.g. jQuery) would allow webERP to get a far more responsive UI (less full page reloads) and make it more visually appealing without sacrificing any browser compatibility. Welcome to 2009. ;)

The webERP feature set is certainly impressive though. Really impressive. It does still lack the tax form support the article author was lamenting over, however.

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The exceedingly grumpy editor's accounting system update

Posted Jan 14, 2009 6:48 UTC (Wed) by awolfe (guest, #7092) [Link]

Clunky? Yes. Slow? Not if set up properly.

They have some AJAX right now in CVS, and they are further extending it. "To javascript or not to javascript" was apparently a contentious issue for awhile. I think they settled on using the Prototype JS framework. I don't know when they are planning to release it.

WebERP has a nice feature set and a solid feel. There is an active development and user community. And they have real accountants on the core team. A comment on another thread suggested tackling the tax form issue by setting up report templates that output onto preprinted forms. There may already be some usable templates floating around for a starting point.