New in 8.2 - Complexity Chooser

Posted on May 6, 2008

When designing software there is always the trade off between creating feature rich software which is quite complex, and easy software which lacks features.  Some people only want basic features, so would prefer something simple.  Others prefer something with heaps of features which they might one day use.

In RentMaster version 8.2 there is now a complexity chooser.  So if you only want simple software, then it will remove some of the more complex and lesser used features. 

First it asks if you want to only see features for property managers, or landlords, or both.  If you choose to only show landlord features for example it will remove the disbursements menu option which landlords have no use for.  If you choose property manager only features it will remove mortgages.  After that you get a slider bar which allows you to decide how many other features you want to remove.  You can choose anywhere from the most basic 70 menu options which you cant do without, through to the full range of about 110 menu options.

When upgrading from version 8.1 you will automatically get to see all menu options which you are used to up until now.  You can choose the Complexity menu option to start cutting down menus.  Also if you use security operator roles, they always supersede the complexity chooser.