Hi Andrew,
I think your use case is one that many others would identify with!
We've discussed various ways to help people manage small groupings of
tasks together (aka projects), but your approach is new.
How important do you think it is to see the project notes in the same
view as the item notes? Or is the most important thing, the ability
to attach project notes to a group of tasks? I ask because there is
already limited space in the detail view, but I can also imagine a
few different ways to work around this issue.
Workflow wise, I imagine that people will often start out with a one-
line task that over time turns into a project. So there would need to
be a way to elevate tasks to become projects.
But overall, the kind of functionality you're proposing would make a
great addition to the product!
Best,
Mimi
On Aug 19, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Andrew Swerlick wrote:
Hey all,
I've been using Chandler for about a week, and really loving it.
It's definitely helped me get organized.
I have a feature suggestion though, a fairly major one, so it may
not be something you're interested in implementing but I thought
I'd pass it along. Basically I think it would be useful to have a
special type of note called a "Project Note." Project Notes would
only show up in their own Project section, available by clicking on
an icon on the top menu bar. They would be no different from
regular notes, except they wouldn't have a triage status.
Then what users could do is associated specific normal notes with a
project note. Then when they clicked on that note, the project note
would also show up in the sidebar. I've attached a screenshot mockup.
Here's the user justification for this, using an example from my
own life. I had a tree fall on my house recently, so I've got lots
of tasks related to working with the insurance agency. Even though
each of these tasks is different there's alot of persistent
information across all of them. My claim number, my agents phone
number, my contractors phone number, the contractors estimate, the
insurance estimate, etc. It would be nice if I could tell Chandler
that all the notes I create to deal with this are "Tree Damage"
Notes. Then I could have all that information stored in the "Tree
Damage" Project note, and I could view it from the details section
of every note I create.
The basic idea is to help store information that is persistent
across a number of notes, instead of copying again and again. What
do you think?
~Andrew S.
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