Sometimes the best product lessons come not from textbooks but from simply observing the tools we use every day. Recently, while working on Fintellect, the team noticed something in Microsoft Outlook’s design that sparked a small but important change in Fintellect.
On the left-hand side of Outlook, the active app is visually highlighted, making it clear where you are. A tiny detail, but one that improves user experience. In Fintellect, the navigation icons weren’t doing this — until we noticed Microsoft’s approach. Now, our dev team is updating it so your current section (Net Worth, Investments, Goals, etc.) is always highlighted.
It’s a reminder that great design often comes from sweating the small stuff.
But design is only the surface
While we’re refining Fintellect’s interface, the bigger picture is what the platform helps you do:
- Know where you stand today → track your current net worth, income, and investments in one place.
- See the future → project your income, earnings, and net worth based on real assumptions.
- Go beyond Excel → yes, you can do this in spreadsheets, but why wrestle with formulas when a dedicated tool can do the heavy lifting, with cleaner visuals and deeper insights?
- Analytics that matter → sustainability checks, cash flow projections, retirement snapshots — all instantly available.
The iceberg beneath the surface
That highlighted icon on the left might feel like a small tweak. But it’s symbolic of our approach at Fintellect:
- Observe what works.
- Learn from the best.
- Build something that makes complex personal finance feel simple, intuitive, and even enjoyable.
With Fintellect, the tip of the iceberg is knowing your numbers today. What lies beneath is a far richer layer of analytics about your future wealth — clarity that no spreadsheet can really give you.
Final thought
Sometimes, a design cue from Microsoft helps us polish the experience. But the core mission of Fintellect is bigger: to give you a complete, clear view of your financial life today and tomorrow.
Because managing your wealth shouldn’t just be about tracking — it should be about seeing the whole picture, clearly.
If you’re not using Fintellect yet, now’s a good time to start. We’ll do the heavy lifting. Start here