Re: A few wishes

[Alan R. Houtzer]

Title: Re: A few wishes

I agree with Mr. Wood about the list of tasks which show up in the calendar view.  When I first saw this, I tried to find a way to fix it.  Then, seeing that the program offered no way to fix it, I tried to remove the task pane from the calendar view, because no list at all is better than an inaccurate one.  That was also not possible.  Now, I keep a task window open in addition to the calendar view window, and just try to ignore the bad task list in the calendar view window.

More about it:  It should be possible for the task view pane to show all uncompleted tasks, including no-due-date ones, as well as completed tasks due on the current or later date.  Remember that we are talking about a due date for the task, not a do date.  Showing only current-day tasks enforces procrastination until the date on which the tasks are due.  I want to see tomorrow’s tasks today, in case I have an opportunity to get some of them completed ahead of time.

Some of these requests are personal preferences, which some users may not want.  The operative word is preferences.  We need configurable settings for the task pane of the calendar window — and the ability to eliminate any pane entirely, by dragging its divider all the way to hide it.

> From: Bill Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:04:43 -0700
> To: Entourage list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: A few wishes
>
> I do like the integration that Entourage adds to the Office 2001 package,
> and certainly the cross platform problem is solved with Word in the package.
> Entourage is basically a good PIM.  But I miss some features that are in
> other PIM's.  I realize that one cannot have all, but here's a few
> suggestions.
>
> Every time you make a new task, you have to save, then close the box.  It
> should close the box automatically after a save.  Also the date defaults to
> the year.  Defaulting to the day and not the month would be much easier, or
> even a pop up calendar.
>
> The on line help scroll is very, very slow.  I expect this to be fixed soon.
>
> I strongely feel that there should be a carry forward in tasks, and all
> tasks for a particular day should show up in the Calendar few.  I presume
> that a lot of us perhaps use Calendar in the 'One Day' view.  Your
> appointments are there, but the task list is not accurate.  The tasks in the
> calendar view should show overdue, and tasks for that particular day.
> Practically all Pim's do this.
>
> It took some time on the list for Remo Del Bello to show me how to do this
> in a custom task view.  But I feel this should not be a workaround.  The
> Calendar view should show the tasks of the day, overdue tasks of the day,
> and the appointments.  As a new user of Entourage, I've used many PIM's and
> will continue to use Entourage, but in some respects it is cumbersome.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Bill Wood
> Melfort, Sask.
> 750 CJVR Radio
>
>
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