On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:30 AM, meg ford <[email protected]> wrote: > When I was looking at usability, one thing that struck me about workview was > that tasks scheduled for other days days automagically disappear from it. > IMO the user should somehow be informed of that by the name of the view, > otherwise it's disconcerting.
Could you please file a bug about this? > I think it's bad practice to design by consensus, though, so personally I > wouldn't ask users to decide. I agree. > Meg > > On Monday, April 2, 2012, Radina Matic wrote: >> >> Meg seems to be the only native English speaker among us... >> >> How about we launch a poll at GTG blog and ask the users what do they >> prefer? >> >> Cheers, >> Radina >> >> PS: Apart from this legal connotation, for me personally "actionable" is a >> mouthful, like having to chew on an oversized gum... :P >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 22:27, meg ford <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> "Actionable" is used in the book as an adjective ("Is it actionable?" >>> p. 51 of the 2001 English edition), but as a title, you would be >>> implying that it was a noun, which it is not. The primary meaning of >>> the adjective is the legal meaning >>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actionable. Is there any >>> place you see it used in the book as a noun? I see "Next Actions", and >>> "actionable tasks" (as Bertrand mentioned) but not "Actionable". Also, >>> "actionable tasks" is never used as a category or header in the book, >>> perhaps because of the ambiguity surrounding this use of the English >>> term. >>> >>> Meg >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Bertrand Rousseau >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > 2012/4/1 meg ford <[email protected]>: >>> >> The primary definition of "Actionable" in English a legal term >>> >> meaning that >>> >> you can get sued/criminally tried for doing what you are doing, though >>> >> :) >>> > >>> > Well, we sure don't want to imply that our users perform tasks for >>> > which they may be sued. ;-) >>> > >>> > I'm not an English native speaker, so as far as I am concerned, my >>> > first encounter with the word "actionable" was through GTD and task >>> > management. Could you (and anyone who knows) tell us if using this >>> > term is misleading? >>> > >>> >> The timeline approach to simplifying complex tasks is outlined by >>> >> Brett >>> >> Victor in this article (http://worrydream.com/#!/MagicInk). >>> >> >>> >> Meg >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> 2012/4/1 Izidor Matušov <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 01.04.2012 06:15, schrieb meg ford: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Also, on the subject of subtasks, do you think it would be >>> >>>> interesting >>> >>>> to have a "Timeline" view where users could add and view subtasks as >>> >>>> connected to specific tasks? Rather than defining them as a "thing", >>> >>>> we >>> >>>> could organize a larger task as consisting of smaller tasks, and >>> >>>> combine >>> >>>> it with the calendar function (so users would be adding and editing >>> >>>> subtasks, maybe by drag and drop) along a line that contained the >>> >>>> main >>> >>>> task, and wouldn't have to use separate actions to define when, etc. >>> >>>> I'm >>> >>>> not sure how to accomplish this in GTK, but I think it would be nice >>> >>>> to >>> >>>> allow the user to define many aspects of their tasks simply, >>> >>>> treating >>> >>>> each task as an object rather something which is defined through a >>> >>>> complicated series of actions via drop-down menus, pop-up windows, >>> >>>> etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> There is a bug/feature request for that: >>> >>> >>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtg/+bug/495475 >>> >>> >>> >>> We need somebody who designs and implements that ;) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Can these actions be called "To Do"? That would go along with the >>> >>>> name (To Do and Task Manager), and the HIG says that strings >>> >>>> should >>> >>>> be as short as possible. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I am against calling them "To Do". Every active task is "To Do" but >>> >>> we >>> >>> want to say that you can do it right now. In my opinion, we should >>> >>> stick to >>> >>> "Actionable" from GTD or "Next Action" from other ToDo managers. >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Bertrand Rousseau >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- Bertrand Rousseau _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
