First Screenshot of Compartments!
Here it is! The first screenshot of the near-finished interface for Compartments, our new home inventory app (click it to see a bigger version). We’re really excited about it. A few highlights:
Really Fast Data Entry
That Quick Add toolbar button lets you enter as many items as you want through one dialog, really fast. Quickly input everything just to keep track of where it is, and fill in the details later!
Smart Data Fields
It’s not easy to tell from this screenshot, but the data fields (date acquired, etc.), automatically hide or show depending on if you’ve entered info. There are several other fields (attachments, serial number, etc.) not visible here, because, well, the couch doesn’t have a serial number.
Smart Collections
This is really great—search for anything by name, tag, or type and then save the search as a collection. The collection is auto-updating. So if you enter a new item tagged “Book,” it will automatically appear in the smart collection when you click on it.
Lots of Little Touches
You can access virtually everything with the keyboard. We’ve went to great pains to make it really fast and easy to do just about everything. For example, when entering a new item, there is a dropdown field to select a location—but if you haven’t created the location where your item is located, you can just type a new one in. Compartments will create the location for you, and put all the items there.
Pretty Icons Everywhere
A bunch of icons to represent different types of locations (rooms, dressers, safes, etc.), plus larger icons for items to represent item types (furniture, electronics, and so on). Plus, you can sort by item-type as well.
Beta Testers Needed!
We’re looking for beta testers—the beta will be ready next week. If you’re interested, e-mail beta@littlefin.com. We’re hoping to have the app released by the end of the month.
Posted on March 25, 2010
