Mimi Yin wrote: > Do we really need sort in this 'new world PIM' we're creating? > > + Is 'sort' a relic of less sophisticated data models?
I think it is partly a relic, but partly the fastest way to achieve something. Also, people are very used to sort, and taking it away would increase the learning curve needed when switching to Chandler. I would vote to keep it in. > 1. Sort and Scan to Find > + I wanted to see the latest stuff: I keep my Inbox sorted by Date > received. > + I need to find something I think I got yesterday, I sort by Date and > scan. > + I need to find something someone sent me. I sort by From: and I scan > for the email. > + I need to review all the emails I haven't read on the design list, I > sort by the status column to see all the Unread messages together. > > It seems like, these should really be handled with filters and/or > bi-directional references > + Click on a Contact to see all messages related to that Contact > + Specify an attribute, e.g. Date received and click around on the > mini-calendar to filter the collection based on the dates selected. That seems too much work, and wouldn't work that well for my use case: I find I often realize I need to find an email someone sent to me in the past, but I am not exactly sure when they send it, nor do I remember what the subject was. So I typically type in the person's name in the Thunderbird quick (search) filter, and then (because I keep the emails in chronological order) quickly scroll to roughly the time when I think the email was sent and start scrolling, hoping the email summary (once I see it) will trigger that memory. Although I generally detest sections by date (today, yesterday, last week, ...) they can be nice if I know the email was sent yesterday. But in my case I can rarely pinpoint it that accurately in time when I need to find a past email. > 2. Section > + I want to see all my tasks grouped by Project > + I want to see all my tasks grouped by Person > + I want to see all my tasks grouped by Context I think sections can reduce the need to sort, for example creating dynamic sections based on person would work fine for me. -- Heikki Toivonen
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