If you thought we were excited about the last release, this one has even more to get excited about.

For starters, looking back through the feedback we have gotten there is another request I have seen come up over and over and that is a Notes field. We had planned this for an earlier release but I had wanted to keep the interface small and tight. With the amount of request we have gotten, I think we found a way to add notes without it getting in anyone's way and I hope our users like it.

One of the questions I had with notes was whether users want the note "remembered" the next time a transaction is entered, or if the note should only be a one-time thing. To support both ways we added options to either clear the notes field when a new transaction is created or use whatever was there for the last transaction. As part of the same "On New Transaction" interface in Settings, we made an option for the description and amount, based on user requests. Now you can have the new transaction screen be basically blank whenever you create a new transaction, and you can always copy an existing transaction from the Transactions page if it is something you have done before.

The third major change in this release takes advantage of the new features Mango supports for Live Tiles. Now there are 3 types of tiles, the “base” tile, Wallet tiles, and Transactions tiles.  All types of tiles can show the balance, as always, but can now also show your “next payday” if you have planned your next replenishment on the back of the tile.

The base tile is created the standard way, by holding down the icon in the application list and clicking “pin to start”. You can only have one base tile for each application. If you are choose to show your balance, it will show the balance of the last wallet you used in Spending Money and clicking it will take you to the main screen in the last wallet you accessed.

Wallet tiles are created through the pin icon on the Wallets page. This will create a special tile on your Start screen which will always take you to this wallet, regardless of what wallet you last used. If you use multiple wallets this is extremely useful. And if you choose to show balances it will always show the balance of that wallet.

The Transaction tile can also show the balance of a specific wallet but takes the next step of taking you directly to the Add Transaction screen inside Spending Money. It is the fastest way to add a transaction on the go. So if you are just entering another lunch like the one you had yesterday, you click the tile, click save, and you are done.

The last part of the change to the Tile support is behind the scenes simplification. It is a much easier and more direct code to update tiles so if you have had any problems in the past I hope you try it out again and let me know what you think.

As always, thanks for all the feedback and let me know your ideas so we can keep making Spending Money better and better.