Hi Nick, I don't think it is impossible to achieve a drag/drop ordering in the ToDo list, I just don't think it will be easy to implement. Though I may be wrong.
A Today list concept is fundamentally not really a part of GTD. GTD is based on selecting tasks to be done on a week by week basis, hence the weekly review. Then grouping those tasks by context. Now I understand why you and others might require specific ordering, but I think part of the problem is the system's that MLO addresses. Being heavily influenced by GTD it follows that approach to an extent, grouping more than ordering. Really part of the philosophy of GTD is to get away from an ordered approach - with next action choice being made and determined by various factors. So I have to say ordered list's and GTD seem a little at odd's with each other. GTD wouldn't be my system of choice if I required an ordered list. Something like DIT would give me a Today list, that could quite easily be ordered. As it mainly deals with a single list. A single list can be maintained by adding tasks such as 'Work on Project A' then referencing other lists. So I still think MLO can achieve what you desire as it stands, an ordered list, but unfortunately not if the system is based around GTD. Also not via a drag/drop method - though this could work in the Outline of course with a single list approach. All the best Steve ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: metroboy <[email protected]> To: MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> Received: 16/03/2009 05:22:21 Subject: [MLO] Re: Prioritizing Items ToDo Today - Suggestions Wanted >Steve, >You are quite right that Covey's prioritization system >(A1, A2, A3, >etc.) would require a lot of upkeep. That's why I've >found it >completely inappropriate for the common GTD >situation that I've been >describing here: >* my Next Actions are labeled inside each project in >my Outline >* then these Next Actions are sorted by the >appropriate context (e.g., >@work) >* then some of these Next-Actions-in-appropriate- >context are flagged >as "Today" items using Weekly Goal (this becomes my >To-do or "Today" >list) >These 5 to 20 items that end up in my To-do list are >what's on my >plate today. I need to change their order during the >day (sometimes >repeatedly) as supervisors call, priorities change, >and many other >reasons. I don't have the time to fiddle around with >a lot of >settings, I want to be able to directly manipulate this >list by drag- >and-drop. >I understand that it might be *difficult* to create a >manually-ordered >To-Do list that doesn't affect the order of the main >task Outline -- >but I don't buy that it is *impossible*. >Things (on the Mac) does it. >Agenda At Once does it. >Vitalist does it (in the sense that you can manually >reorder a list >that's sorted by priority or context or project, and >the order is >persistent between sessions.) >Unfortunately, each of these programs has a fatal >flaw that keeps me >from using it, which I won't get into here. I also >happen to really >like MLO's speed, elegant and compact design, and >the way it has >separate Outline and To-Do tabs. I guess that's why I >keep >gravitating back to it, and hoping that Andrey can >add this >functionality to it. It would be a very cool addition, >and it sounds >like other people would like it as well! >Nick > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2003 - >Release Date: 03/15/09 14:07:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
