@ZackE the problem with your "solution" to "submit a feature request" is that users are NOT suggesting a new feature. They are asking WHAT HAPPENED to the feature that existed up until this week.

Users were already able to use the slash character and based their existing product entries around that basic ability. Now @david407 is asking WHY IS IT GONE. He, and other users, are paying for a product that suddenly has one less feature than it did last week.

Did Quickbooks determine it was non-essential? Did they simply forget to include the slash character in an update? Were they unaware it was removed and will be reinstating it asap? Users need to know the answer in order to determine how they will proceed.  

So please, reach out to whoever can provide the answer WHY this basic character was removed so that the reason can be communicated to the userbase and they can make an appropriate decision to either look for a workaround on how to express fractions, or wait to for this issue to be fixed soon.