Are there any past users of Microsoft Money out there who were bugged enough by the advertising in Money to switch to Quicken?
I use Quicken personally, but I have to cover Money as well for my work writing reviews and tutorials for personal finance software. When I use Microsoft Money, the advertising really gets on my nerves. I recently clicked on the Taxes tab in Money 07 and an ad for Jessica Alba's new movie appeared in a box on the Taxes page. I click on items that I think will be planning tools and instead, a browser pops up with content from the MSN Money website.
I sincerely hope Intuit never decideds to go this route with Quicken, it is sooo irritating. I don't understand why Microsoft would need to generate income through advertising in Money, especially with the unrelated ads in personal finance software.
This bugs me so much that I decided to blog about it, and I don't usually use my blog to vent frustrations. I would love to hear opinions posted in my blog post comments at
------------------ Shelley Elmblad About Financial Software