Andre Mueninghoff wrote:
Even though I did advocate changing the order to the current "new" order
(or old depending on how long one's been using Chandler), I have also
had to make a slight adjustment of habit. Maybe one day triage status
order could be a preference. From my perspective, Now>Later>Done
supports better the triaging of new items, while Now>Done>Later supports
better the marking of items to Done in the moment that they are that, Done.
Bearing in mind the notion for the future of users being able to apply
their own triage definitions (Soon, Later, Someday, Over my dead body),
would there be merit in having some sort of Done indicator in or
adjacent to the triage status column? It need only be one character
wide, like a checkbox. Presumably, when more triage states are
available, a dropdown menu would be more appropriate, at which point
anything is two clicks away, but a one-click-and-done button would be nice.
The Merits of New Mail Appearing in the Dashboard
I think part of my subconscious motivation for advocating the
Now>Later>Done order in support of front-end triaging is because new
Mail items appear also automatically in the Dashboard. In old threads
where this has been discussed, the agreement was to wait for more user
feedback before making any changes to this work flow. As an alternative,
I think what would be useful would be some kind of exclusion type of
view filter in the Dashboard collection, for example, All items except
Mail items, or more specifically, All items except items only stamped as
Mail. The point being that items only stamped as Mail in my Dashboard
are nearly always items I just haven't triaged yet. Does this make sense
to anyone besides me? :)
How about making the existing buttons usable in combinations: click Mail
and Tasks, and they both stay selected? Clicking All would have the
effect of selecting all three buttons (or four when the Notes button
appears). Doable?
Keith
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