+1 I have exactly same opinion as daneb's. I have always wanted filtering in outline, and expected to come in ... but still waiting.
On Sep 1, 9:38 pm, daneb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > There are several issues, which I have expected to improve in MLO for > long, long time. It is 1) prioritization of tasks (not importance/ > urgency, but real ABC or similar prioritization method, over which has > user full control) and even more important 2) filtering in tree view > (based on this prioritization and other criteria) > > What was always my problem with MLO – when my tree became too > complicated (included all work and home areas, someday/maybe, area, > long-term goals, deferred tasks etc) and had several hundreds of > items, it was absolutely impossible to focus on tasks, which were > important at the moment (e.g. week goals, A-priority…). Of course, I > could filter and view them in to-do view, but in case I would be > satisfied with not hierarchical to-do view, I would stay with Outlook. > I just want to view only relevant tasks at the moment in my tree view, > like Achieve Planner enables me to. > > I do not understand why so important feature has not been implemented > yet, especially when basic filtering in outline is in fact available, > although in very elemental way (you can filter out completed tasks > from the tree view). > > I would like to ask other users or Andrey if they would consider this > filtering important or what you do when the task lists become several > hundreds items long and start to be too cluttered. I know, there are > many ways how to get around this problem – to use several MLO files, > to-do views, A,B,C folders as priorities. But why to compromise when > other applications (even Outlook) can solve this issue very easily? > > MLO is best GTD application available in my opinion. But I am afraid > that it only remains best application for GTD and will have very > limited possibility for using for more strategic (vertical, 30000 feet > or how to name it) goal and time management, which is impossible to > implement in well-arranged way without implementation of priorities > and filtering in tree view (and ad lib sorting of tasks in to-do view, > but it is another problem). Because GTD is ingenious but there are > also limits of this approach (especially with vertical TM), which > could be avoid by combination with other methods (e.g. Covey) which > require above mentioned features. > > Thank you for your opinions, replies or suggestions! > > Daneb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
