If you are going to start your own business, invoicing is something you will have to do love it or not. Last few days I spent testing online apps and here is a little round-up to help you choose perfect one for you.
What I expect from my app is to have following functionalities:

1. Create invoices / estimates
2. Track expense
3. Create reports
4. Custom invoice template
5. Translation
6. Mobile/iPhone app
7. Contact management
8. Look and feel
9. Price
10. Support

I’m not hater, but i will mention only things what i don’t like about app, so app with a fewer comments wins :)
Maybe you will notice that price is almost at the end of my list, but I’m sure that all of us is willing to pay a few dollars more to have a great service.

Lessaccounting

At first it looked nice, but when i tested it there were few things missing for me:
- Server was kind of slow and the last thing i want to do when working is wait for something to load
- Interface looks nice at first, but it’s a little bit clumsy, everything loads in floating divs, which is a little bit to much scrollbars. I have large screen, why to use only 20% of it?
- It supports multiple currencies, but i can’t translate invoice to my language
- Contact management has to less fields, only basic stuff

Price: 24$ / month for Small Businesses plan, but i wouldn’t pay for that

Freshbooks

Freshbooks is a little more richer app, i opened account there twice, because i forgot why i don’t like it, now i remember :)
- Only 2 templates for invoices
- Translation should be built in, but it’s little bit complicated, you should send you translation and wait for them to install it, it can be done in a better way.
- You have to pay for iPhone app 14.99$ to have full functionality. Why if I already pay you for the service?

Price: 19.95$ / month for 25 clients or 29,95$ for unlimited

Curdbee

Looks nice, feels nice to use it.
- No expense tracking, even they said module should be ready by the end of January 2011.
- No iPhone app, but same version is working fine on Safari
- No custom invoice templates, you can brand default

Price: 10$ / month for PRO version

Harvest

Pretty good service, you should definitely give this a try, 30 days free trial.
Only thing this one is missing is custom templates for invoices (you can brand default), and it would be nice to have some custom fields in contact management.

Price: 12$ / month. It worths more.

FreeAgent

Lack of translation, it has predefined languages you can choose from, but no custom editing of translated fields.
If you’re not from small Country give it a try.

Price: 20$ / month

Invoicera

This was like love on first login.
Only thing I’m missing here is iPhone app, but surely it will be developed soon.

Price: 9,95$ / month for 25 clients or 19.95$ for unlimited.

There are some other services i found, but didn’t have much time to test and compare, here are some worth looking at:

Blinksale
SimplyInvoices
Cashboard
InvoicePlace
Billing Manager
Xero

For me best buy would be:

1. Invoicera
2. Harvest
3. Freshbooks
4. FreeAgent
5. Curdbee

Are you using one of these services, have a different opinion? Let me know in the comments.

Dreamweaver like color syntax for Coda (seestyle)

Connecting to Exchange from Mac has been a trouble. Because my company usese exchange server best solution i’v found is to use Entourage. Now even this wasn’t easy becuase there was one (like there always is :P) thing i didn’t found in manual (yes, rtfm!). Very important thing is to add your email address in path to exchange server.

Here are parametaras i used to setup account to work:

Step 1

Entourage > Account settings.. > New Account

Step 2

Chose ‘Exchange’
(This opens a window with account settings)

Step 3

Tab: Account settings
Account name: My Account Name
Name: My Name
E-mail address: myaccountid@mydomain.net

Account ID: myaccountid
Domain: mydomain.net
Password: mypassword

Exchange server: https://webmail.mydomain.net/exchange/myname@mydomain.net
SSL: Yes

Tab: Advanced

Public folder server: https://webmail.mydomain.net/exchange/
SSL: Yes

Step 4

Send/Recieve, it should work

Note

If you are connecting from outside local network, then you will be unable to connect to address book. You must be connected on local netowrk or over VPN.
If you are connecting over Internet you can use GAL search software to find addresses.
Software that i use for this is OWA GAL Search.
Cheers to developers.

Many useful stuff about Entourage you can find on: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/.

If this doesn’t help, provide feedback with your experience.

I završio dotični kod mene da instaliram windowse. I naravno posegno ja za svojom kopijom LastXP.

Prvi pokušaj instalacije, naoko sve prolazi normalno i pojavi se ‘Setup is starting Windows’, kad ono Error. Pa reko, štaje ovo sigurno je DVD oštećen.
Drugi pokušaj instalacije, ista stvar.
Treći pokušaj instalacije sa original CD-om, opet ista stvar.

Hm.. Novi je, HP-ov, trebalo bi sve bit u redu.
Hm.. Iz Vemila je.. Šta sad?

I kopam ja kopam i naravno zmrdam sve, ni DOS više ne radi.

Sva sreća da LastXP imaju Partition Magic, koji se može koristiti kada se boota komp sa CD-a.
I upalim ja to i skužim da mi C disk na koji uporno pokušavam instalirat Windowse ima oko 500mb :D
Damn!
Kaj se tog nisam prije sjetio… Uštedio bi par sati.

Format all, convert to NTSF.
Četvrti pokušaj…
Radi!

Poučak: Kad kupite laptop bez operativnog sustava, prvo formatirajte cijeli disk.

Iako se možda radi o provjerenim stranicama, nema smisla da baš svagdje ostavljate broj svoje kartice, nakon 2-3 godine već ćete i zaboravit gdje ste ga sve upisali. Zato doskočite problemu i poslužite se generatorom broja kreditnih kartica. Dovoljno je kliknuti ‘Generate’ i voila! Potpuno funkcionalan broj kartice i svi potrebni podaci.
Naravno s tom karticom ne možete u shopping ili nekakve slične aktivnosti, ali možete ga koristiti zbog zašite privatnosit ili za testiranje software-a.

Jedan takav pod imenom Credit wizard možete downloadati ovdje. Zajedno u paketu dolazi još nekoliko fileova koji su potrebni da bi programčić ispravno radio (virus clean). Ukoliko vam fali još neki od fajlova, možete ih google-at i snimite ih u isti folder gdje se nalazi CCG i stvar će raditi.

Ovaj tekst i popratni software namjenjen je isključivo u informativne svrhe. Autor ovog teksta ograđuje se od bilo kakvog pokušaja prevere i ne može se smatrati odgovornim kako pojedini posjetitelj koristi dane informacije. Downloadanjem ovog software-a, prihvaćate i ove uvjete korištenja.

Download info
File: creditcard-gen.zip
Uključuje: cmdialog.vbx, credit.exe, threed.vbx, vbctl3d.vbx, vbrun300.dll

Za mac korisnike jedan takav je 1password koji se integrira u browser, bez potrebe za instaliranjem dodatnih pluginova. Podržani su uglavnom svi browseri, kompletnu listu možete pronaći na stranici autora.
Cijena: $39.95, update: besplatno

Za Windows korisnike to je Roboform.
Također postoji i portable verzija programa Roboform2Go koju je moguće instalirati na USB, tako da sve podatke uvijek imate pri ruci i možete ih koristiti sa bilo kojeg računala.
Cijena: $29.95, update: besplatno

Za korisnike Opere nažalost nijedan od ova dva programčića ne funkcionira. Hoće li i kada biti omogućeno nije poznato.

E pa ima nešta što i valja i ja zadovoljan.
Skupila se grupica dobrih ljudi i odlučili napravit te Windowse kak spada, možda već znate to je LastXP distribucija Windowsa.

O čem se radi?

Radi se o nekoliko ljudi koji su odlučili spakirat sve što je potrebno u WinXP, kako ne bi nakon instaliranja OS-a morali potrošiti još par sati (dana) na snimanje ostatka zakrpa, patcheva i updateove.

Izrađen je kompletno novi wizard (čarobnjak :P) za instalaciju, sve što je valjalo u Windowsima je ostalo, ono što nije je izbačeno ili unaprijeđeno toliko da nakon instaliranja više nije potrebno instaliravati razne programčiće za podešavanje ‘skrivenih opcija Windowsa’. Ono što je najbitnije, imate jedan DVD za sve, a ne kao do sada da je uvijek potrebno imati pokoji Bug DVD sastrane.

Iz osobnog iskustva, dok formatiram komp i vratim ga u prvobitno stanje potrebno je 2-3 dana (i ne, ne želim nikakav System restore, niti ghost, image i slične stvari).

Na distribuciji se nalazi priličan broj dodataka raznoraznih, neki su besplatni ali ostali su svi pune verzije sa pripadajućim serijskim brojevima (ilegalnim). No, nije nužno da instaliravate taj software, možete taj dio preskočiti i instalirati original verzije koje sam siguran da posjedujete.

Budući da ima toliko dodatnog softwarea LastXP teže oko 3,8 Gb.
Trenutno aktualna verzija je 21.1, downloadajte ju na najbližem trackeru. Jedan dobri stari format c: /s, zatim instalirajte i aktivirajte sa svojom WinXP original licencom.

Za Vista fanove, tu je također i Last V, dotičnog nisam imao prilike isprobati, ali sa LastXP distribucijom sam prezadovoljan i nema sumnje da je i Vista verzija jednako kvalitetno odrađena.

Homepage grupe autora je neko vrijeme već nedostupna, nadamo se da nije otišla u mirovinu zajedno sa Bill Gatesom. Adresa je: www.appzpoint.net.
Evo i popis svega što se nalazi ukomponirano na DVD-u LastXP:

Features

• Install From DVD or USB
• Use DVD/USB Autorun to Install Applications
• Optional Boot Menus
• Fully Automated (Optional)
• Component Removal Selection
• Language And TimeZone Selection
• Select Only the Driver Packs You Need
• ssWPI Selection Menu Options and Apps
• RocketDock Available During Setup
• Fader Screens for Visual Effects
• Post Install Settings
• Up To Date
• Tweaked To Perfection
• Visually Improved
• Addon Tools
• Customize Your ISO
• Create Your Own Silent and Portable Apps

Autorun Menu Features:

• Install Apps (ssWPI)
• Tweaks and Services
• Settings (Re run settings even on non LastXP machines)
• Browse DVD
• Install Office 2007 (Hidden if not found on the DVD)
• CDDVD ISO Builder (Customize your ISO before U burn it)
• Hiren’s Win Tools (Runs Hiren’s Menu)
• Run ppApps From Disk – Lists all the exe files in the ppApps)
• Make USB – Creates a USB Bootable Installer of LastXP

ISO Builder Features:

• Copy from a Virtual or Real DVD to a folder you Create on your PC (any drive)
• Change the default settings for all included tools available during install
• Apply a default theme to your ISO
• Add new Apps/Updates/Mods and Themes by dragging and dropping them onto the Special Box
• Make Presets for your Default or other optional Presets for the ssWPI
• Set the Default Workgroup, Owners etc
• Disable the Fader and other effect to suit Older machines
• Test the Theme you just applied by using the Preset builder
• Make ISO to a location you set and chose the boot option that best suits you
• Set default Driverpack Selection and Language/Location/Timezone

Things Available on Dos Boot Menu:

• LiveXP Micro
• LiveXP Soporific SDI Boot
• LastXP (Extra SATA/RAID support)
• LastXP (Standard XP Drivers Only)
• Hiren’s BootCD 9.5
• True Image
• Disk Director
• And many other tools

Contents

• Boot Tools
• Windows XP SP3 Eth0 Base
• Applications
• Windows Live XP

Addons:

• AIO Black Theme Addon by LUZR4LIFE
• DirectX 9.0c AddOn 0.4.0 – redxii
• IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu
• Kels Runtimes addon v4.3
• LXP AlkyXP1.1 Update2 AddOn
• xable MicrosoftUpdateEngine-v1.2 addon
• xable WGAN-v1.2 addon
• xable-SP3-UpdatePack-July-v1.0.2a
• MyOEM Addon Base v5 Nightwolf81
• PatchAddon HIVESYS v13c
• PatchAddon SYSSETUP InfSkip v14
• Ricks BlueXP SP3 taskmgr 80511
• Usb2-compatibility Addon
• xable AdobeFlashPlayer-v1.5 addon
• Media Player 11
• XPTool Theme and Resources
• CD Shell + EasyBoot Menus

Drivers:

• Broadband 70416
• Chipset 803
• CPU 804
• Graphics A 804
• Graphics B 804
• Graphics C 804
• Input 070923
• LAN 8053
• MassStorage 806F
• Misc 71216
• Modem 80327
• Monitor 07111
• Phone 80207
• Scanner 60831
• SmartCardReader 80228
• Sound A 805
• Sound B 805
• TouchScreen 708
• TV 80201
• USB 80224
• Virtual 708
• WebCam 80210
• WLAN 806

Applications (SetupS):

• Latest Hotfixes (Required)
• Don’t Sort Startmenu from SetupS
• Sort as LastXP/V Startmenu v4
• Sort as Kazz Startmenu
• Keep Accessories Startmenu
• Custom Documents Icons v6
• SPTD Driver 1.56
• ReOrder Startmenu Alphabetical
• ppApps Shortcut Creations v2.1
• ppGames Shortcut Creations v1
• Dot.NET AIO
• DirectX 10 for XP TR
• Kels CPL Addons 8.2.8
• LastXP Context Menu Extras 1.2
• NOD32 2.70.39
• 140+ XP Themes
• RONs Wallpapers (100 Pics)
• 270 Arty Farty Fonts (by AnneAardvark)
• 7-Zip 4.57
• ASPI 4.6
• Autoit 3.2.12.1 with SciTE4AutoIt3
• Crap Cleaner 2.09.600
• CloneCD 5.3.1.3
• CloneDVD2919
• ConvertXtoDVD31234
• Daemon Tools 4.10
• EzBoot 5.12.586
• Firefox 3.0.1
• Firefox 2.0.0.16
• Shockwave and Adobe Flash
• Free Download Manager 2.5.755
• Hard Disk Tool Box 2008
• IE Spell Checking
• IncrediMail 5.80.3647
• Irfanview 4.20
• Install Shield Runtimes
• Java Runtime 6 Update 7
• K-Lite Mega CodeC 4.0.0
• LimeWire 4.14.8
• Media Files Toolbox Apr 2008
• Microsoft Silverlight v1.13.113.0
• MSN Live Messenger 8.5
• Microsoft Office 2003 SP3
• Nero v8.3.6.0 Lite (Build: 1.17.0.1)
• Opera 9.51
• PE Explorer 1.99
• PhotoZoom Pro 2.6.6
• Screen Savers XP
• SetupS SendTo Extension v7
• Slysoft AnyDVD v6.4.5.0
• Sound Schemes
• Sysinternals Tools
• TuneUp Utilities 2008 7.0.8002
• Ultra Defragmenter 1.0.5
• Universal Extractor 1.6.1
• Kels Universal Silent Switch Finder
• uTorrent 1.8.9704
• Vista Drive Addon 5.1.0.22
• Vista Mouse Cursors Addons
• Vista Sidebar(SP1)
• Vista Sidebar Gadgets
• VMware Workstation v6.0.3
• VMware Tools v6.0.3
• Winamp 5.5.4.2157
• WinAVI 8 Retail

Aplications (ppApps):

• Post ppApps Shortcut Creations v2.1
• Post ppGames Shortcut Creations v1.2.9
• Nirsoft Utilities
• Ad-Aware 6 Pro
• Adobe Audition 3.0
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Fab’s Autobackup for Windows 2.2.0.0
• Autoruns 9.30
• AWIcons Pro 9.4.0
• BetterJPEG 1.72
• CD-Label Print 1.3.0
• Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2
• DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0
• DVDFab 4.0.6.2
• DVDShrink 3.2.0.15
• Dynamic Photo 1.8
• FileFacts 5.0.86
• Flash CS3
• Flashget 1.9.6
• FoxIt Reader 2.3.2923
• Free Commander 2007 .10a
• GLUE
• Inno Setup 5
• Launchy 2.0
• LinkLuster 2.1.114
• Link Luster Clean 2.1.0.46
• Liquid Resize .67
• Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1
• Memories On TV 4
• PC INSPECTOR File Recovery 4
• PowerMenu 1.51
• Process Explorer 11.10
• Process Monitor 1.25
• Partition Table Doctor 3.5
• PTGui 7.8
• Quick Memory Editor
• Rapid Uploader 1.2
• RegShot 2.0.1.63
• ResourceHacker 3.4
• RocketDock 1.3.5
• ssWPI App Builders v3
• ssWPI Game Builders v1
• SureThing CD Labeler Deluxe 5
• Tag&Rename 3.3.5
• Vista TopDesk 1.6
• UltraEdit 14.00+2
• UltraISO 9.3.0.2600
• Unknown Device Identifier 5.02
• Unknown Devices
• VideoLAN Client 0.8.6i
• VirtualDub 1.8.2
• Virtual Floppy Drive 2.1
• Vista Visual Task Tips 3.4
• WheresMySpaceAIO 1
• WinRAR 3.70
• Wireless Navigator 2.3.2