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Last post 08-22-2008 7:59 AM by dlangley@netactive.co.za. 5 replies.
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  • 05-06-2008 10:39 AM

    • Carlb
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    Some new feature ideas

    I have several things that would make Big Oven a better match for my needs. 

     Meal Planner/Calendar: I'd like to be able to display a week at a time vs. the current day at a time.  This allows for much easier planning since I can see the whole week at a glance.  Currently there's too much going back and forth to see what I planned on other days.  I'd also like to see a way to archive these weeks so that can be repeated/reused thus saving a lot of planning time.  Another great feature would be to include the nutrition summary for each meal and snack time and a total for the day in a separate column.

     

    Nutrition: I'd like to see an option that allows me to enter the nutrition for the whole recipe vs. asking the system to gather that information.  Big Oven always seem to have ingredients that are hard to match up with the correct nutrition information and entering recipes therefore take a lot of time.  A huge number of the recipes that I now use already have the nutrition totaled for the recipe.  In those cases, I'd like to be able to enter this data myself.  Otherwise, the current entry process just takes too long.

     

    Grocery list: I'd like to see more than one format for this list and/or at least the option to export a csv file format so I can reformat to a preferred list structure.  My wife prefers a list that has a separator for each section of the grocery store, vs. just a listing with the section displayed together.  This tends to bundle the whole list together and makes it harder to follow when in the store.

     

    In another business I've evaluated web-based/ASP software and would be happy to be a beta tester of your new web-based premium system if/when appropriate.  I've also spent some time combing the web for other products and haven't seen anything that I think is really worthy.  However during the process, I've come up with some pretty good ideas.

     

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  • 06-15-2008 11:42 AM In reply to

    • pwwroa
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    • Joined on 05-05-2008
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    Re: Some new feature ideas

    I too would like to see some changes in the calendar.

  • 06-17-2008 6:23 AM In reply to

    Re: Some new feature ideas

    "Grocery list: I'd like to see more than one format for this list and/or at least the option to export a csv file format so I can reformat to a preferred list structure.  My wife prefers a list that has a separator for each section of the grocery store, vs. just a listing with the section displayed together.  This tends to bundle the whole list together and makes it harder to follow when in the store." quote from Carlb

    I agree with this. Different listing and printing options would be great.

     

    "In another business I've evaluated web-based/ASP software and would be happy to be a beta tester of your new web-based premium system if/when appropriate.  I've also spent some time combing the web for other products and haven't seen anything that I think is really worthy.  However during the process, I've come up with some pretty good ideas." quote from Carlb

     

    I too am an ASP developer and would love to help with future online developments.

     

    Nadia

  • 06-26-2008 10:13 AM In reply to

    Re: Some new feature ideas

    I agree with this also.  I'd actually like to see a month at a time and be able to move things around if I choose.  I, too, would like to have the grocery list catagorized to make shopping easier.

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  • 06-26-2008 10:09 PM In reply to

    • cmorus
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    • Joined on 06-27-2008
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    Re: Some new feature ideas

    Good ideas! I've downloaded all the recipe boxes I could find and there are a few challenges with that many. Here are my suggestions for a future upgrade:

    I like to search through all the recipe boxes for a particular ingredient. However, if I delete a recipe, I can only see the recipes that match my criteria from one recipe box. I'd like it if it wouldn't do that.

    Again, about searching -- could it remember when I use the Options? Everytime I go back to it, I have to set all the individual options.

    I'd like to be able to see all the "Try Soon" recipes at once not have to go to the individual recipe boxes.

     

  • 08-22-2008 7:59 AM In reply to

    Re: Some new feature ideas

     

    The new video uploads are great it would also be convenient to be able to upload a video

    directly to a recipe within Big Oven as one does with an image.

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