Lance and James, Thanks for the detailed feedback regarding some areas you guys would like to see improved with the way Todo handles project filtering. We have added your comments to our database and we will evaluate the possibility of incorporating some of these suggestions in a future Todo update.
Thanks, The Appigo Team -- Appigo Support [email protected] Learn more about AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker), Notebook (notes available everywhere), and Todo (simple task management) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ Follow the latest from Appigo on Twitter: http://twitter.com/appigo On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Lance <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am having the same difficulty. Before the update, when I selected > the all list and filtered on context of @office, I would only see a > list of tasks that were in that context. Now, after the enhancement, > when I select 'all' and filter on @office I see the parent task or > project. I then have to select that to see the actual @office task. > > This is extremely frustrating. If I filter on a context, I should only > see a list of that context, regardless of which project it belongs > too. That's the idea of working in context. While I really like your > support of subtasks, if your filter only shows the parent task, what > good is it? > > Lance > > On Apr 28, 6:31 pm, James <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, I think the enhancements are (at least potentially) a nice step > > forwards. But I'm puzzled by one design choice that seems ill-thought- > > out to me. > > > > If I have Project X with Subtasks Y1, Y2 and Y3 then in my Focus view > > I primarily want to see the subtasks (as appropriate according to date > > and importance), not the project name. That is, I do not want to be > > told "you have a task (over)due in Project X" and have to tap the > > screen to discover what the task is, but rather "Task Y1 is (over)due" > > with the possibility to tap to see what project it relates to if > > necessary. (Maybe an initial part of the project could be included as > > a subscript, as used to be the case with List names.) > > > > Note that each project has multiple tasks whereas a task belongs to > > one project (by definition) so I am much more likely to have to check > > up in the former case than the latter. Worse, there appears to be no > > way of viewing all the currently due/overdue tasks on one screen, in > > order to prioritise. Also, in order to mark a task as done and return > > to Focus list now takes 3 taps rather than just one if arranged as I > > suggest. > > > > Tasks are what we do: projects are just a convenient organisational > > tool. > > > > I wonder what the rationale was for the current setup. Does anyone > > think it is better than what I propose? How do you make it work > > effectively for you? > > > > Checklists are probably a different matter. In the typical example of > > a shopping list, it is reasonable to see "shopping" as the task (in > > focus view) and then delve into the list while actually undertaking > > the task. I don't want different tasks to buy eggs, milk... > > > > James > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Learn more about Todo, Notebook (notes available everywhere), and AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Appigo Todo" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-todo?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
