+1 I wouldn't want this as the default setting, but I can see how it might be a useful option.
On Aug 15, 2:51 am, mlg <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrey and all, > Today if I look at my MLO To-Do list for different days, I get an idea > of the NUMBER of tasks I have each day, but not really a good idea > (visually) of HOW MUCH WORK I have planned for each day, since some > tasks require 3-4hrs, while others require 10mins... > I think the visual intuitiveness and "visual value" of MLO would be > greatly increased if you add an option to make the height (vertical > thickness) of tasks proportional to the Time needed to do the task. > Similar to how in Outlook calendar you can instantly identify big > tasks vs small tasks. > Then with a quick glance at MLO I would be able to see where my "big" > tasks are, how many "small" tasks I have in the different days, how > much aprox TOTAL TIME do I have on any given day or project, etc. > I really think this could make a mayor contribution to MLO's visual > cues. > > Note: a potential challenge for few people might be if you have to > deal with both tiny (5mins) and huge (e.g. 20hrs) tasks, since then > making MLO tasks "linearly proportional" in height would make the > 20hrs task higher than the entire screen... But then it would be > possible to have an option to use some sort of "logaritmic scale"... > or to allow the user to set a maximum displayed height?? Andrey is a > smart guy, I'm sure he can figure it out. I believe the TimeTo > sowftware and some others are already displaying tasks like that... > > Note2: there could be a botton to toggle between "equal height" items > (tasks or projects) display and "time-proportional height" display. > > Note3: this would become an amazing feature if projects would > automatically add the Time required for each task in the project > (whether Min, Max or average Time) so when looking at Projects > themselves (filtering out tasks) we could instantly+visually get an > idea of how much time we have planned in each project. > > I hope this is interesting to all (pls reply if so) and really look > forward to seeing this feature soon! > > Thx Andrey and team for the great work on MLO! > > Mario --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
