Re: Is the new express connect + really slow?

On Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 11:57:34 AM UTC-6, Bernie Cosell wrote:
> I can't remember the new name, but it's what has replaced 
> direct connect for many of my accounts. 

"Express Web Connect +".

> It appears that it doesn't actually download the 
> transactions until I _open_ the account. 

I don't understand what that means.

> I had grown very used to the old way: I could click 
> on one-step-update and go get a cup of coffee and 
> when I got back Q was "ready to go". 

It's pretty much that way for me still, 
 though I think the total time to complete the download is somewhat longer.

> It now seems that when I got to reconcile or work with an 
> account there's a big delay [like a minute] during which a green pop up 
> appears "downloading quicken data". And so when I wanted to get to-it on 
> what I had to do I get to wait wait wait. 

I don't fully understand what you're experiencing there, but what I see is 
that my Direct Connect financial institutions all complete downloading 
before any of my Express Web Connect + accounts do
(and before Discover which uses plain EWC)

While I would prefer that all Connection Methods complete as fast as the Direct Connect downloads do, 
I don't find the delay unbearable.

My guess is that since EWC and EWC+ have more entities involved in the downloads than Direct Connect, 
those downloads naturally take longer to complete. And my guess is also that Quicken plays only
a small role (if any) in that longer download time.