I just went through the exercise of converting my collection to be compatible with The Vault, a desktop-based program that I've found pretty friendly to use. The main things I'd look for are:
* Automatic Pricing <- if you use Excel you're probably writing macro's for this.
* Capability to distinguish by Set (especially relevant for set foils vs some particular promo). Basically the program should have a database of all possible variations of a card so you can pick the Exact variation you have.
* Output friendly - to ensure you won't have to retype your entire collection if you ever move to a different program. Also to allow export to CSV in case you ever want to run some analysis
* Input friendly - some programs allow you to scan cards, some programs allow you to type and select cards, up to you on your input method of preference.
[I personally wish there was a program that would allow Mass Card Entry WITH sets - it's by far the fastest form of card entry if you're decent at typing.]
* Automatic Pricing <- if you use Excel you're probably writing macro's for this.
* Capability to distinguish by Set (especially relevant for set foils vs some particular promo). Basically the program should have a database of all possible variations of a card so you can pick the Exact variation you have.
* Output friendly - to ensure you won't have to retype your entire collection if you ever move to a different program. Also to allow export to CSV in case you ever want to run some analysis
* Input friendly - some programs allow you to scan cards, some programs allow you to type and select cards, up to you on your input method of preference.
[I personally wish there was a program that would allow Mass Card Entry WITH sets - it's by far the fastest form of card entry if you're decent at typing.]
Mr Barrin this Cube is on Fire!! - http://www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/80149
WG Kei Takahashi: Is in Charge Now !? (EDH) WG
That has the worst export feature I've ever experienced! I would never recommend it to anyone.
You should convert to using Notepad, or if you insist, use vi.