+1 to the idea of being able to recur the start date without setting a due date!
My understanding is that the difference start date and now is factored into the computed score (there is a slider for this) You may want to search the group website for 'computed score start date' or similar. There was a recent flurry of useful discussion about this with the author of the algorithm (who is not Andrey) > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan > Sent: 06 October 2009 9:02 a > To: MyLifeOrganized > Subject: [MLO] Re: Feature Request: Add 'routinely' to task scheduling > > > > Richard, I am not sure how it should work either but one way > could be to allow the user to set recurrence without setting > a due date. What is then recurred is only the start date. For > instance, if I set the recurrence of 'call grandmother' to > 'weekly' this means that after completing the task, a week > later a new 'call grandmother' task appears in todo view and > without a due date, just sits there as any other task that > has not been scheduled. And only upon completion will the > cycle of 'weekly' restart. It is as if the cycle is on pause > while the task is not being completed. > > As far as I am aware, this is currently not possible. Once > you want to set recurrence then start and due date are > automatically added. Recurrence, in my view, is all about > 'start date' ("when do you want to be reminded about this") > but not necessarily about 'due date'. It is this small change > I am thinking of. Of course, your suggestion is also an > option but I think it would be a workaround. > > If it is furthermore possible to have the 'computer-generated > score' calculate importance based on how long it is since the > task's start date in comparison with its cycle of recurrence > (as I tried to explain > above) then this would become a really advanced and most > useful feature because one could have a host of recuring > tasks that do not nag us with 'due dates' but rather nudge up > in the hierarchy based on their calculated importance. It > becomes a 'soft reminder' rather than a 'hard reminder' and I > think this would be more akin to how these kinds of todos are > experienced. > > Does that makes sense and what do you think? > > On Oct 6, 2:52 am, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is an interesting idea which I have a lot of sympathy with but > > unless I am missing something, I am not clear how this would work. > > Are you suggesting an additional date field? Or what? > > > > Would one way of implementing this to simply have an option ''Don't > > show dates in Todo view' (or something similar) which would > allow one > > to still use Start/Due Date but they would not appear in > the ToDo view > > so as you run your eye down the list, the only things that > appear with > > Due dates are ones which are genuine deadlines. If so, > I'd vote for > > this. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan > > > Sent: 05 October 2009 9:03 a > > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > > Subject: [MLO] Feature Request: Add 'routinely' to task scheduling > > > > > I really miss a feature to routinely schedule todos that > do not have > > > a due date but nevertheless reoccur with a certain > frequency. At the > > > moment, this can only be implemented with a due date and a lead > > > time. Yet, I feel this 'misuses' the important of due dates for > > > todos that are actually 'due' or that one are planning to do on a > > > certain day. > > > > > In contrast, the 'routinely' option (as I have found it in the > > > program "Life Balance" by Llamapgraphics) allows the user > to set a > > > task to reoccur at any interval without having to set a > due date and > > > then the 'importance' and urgency' sliders can help the computer > > > generate an overall priority of the task. If the > algorithm is really > > > smart, it might be able to make that priority dependant on the > > > period of the recurrence; say, if a task is set to recur > routinely > > > every 14 days, then as one gets past 50% of the time unto > the next > > > occurrence (i.e. one week), the task becomes more urgent > and once 14 > > > days of task visibility (the full period) have passed without the > > > user completing it, it might get another nudge up the importance > > > scale. But still it is not due. It should be up to the user to > > > decide when it will be completed, or put off > completely. > > > > > This was just an example. The bottom line for me is to be able to > > > set a number of routine tasks that I have to remember to do, but > > > that are not immediately important nor urgent but of > which I still > > > need to be reminded for planning purposes. Here are a few > examples > > > of such tasks that I would like to be able to assign to a > > > 'routinely' schedule without them having a due date > (which is much > > > too agressive for my style of scheduling): > > > - Remember to read new inspiring literature > > > - Transfering notes from hardcover notebook to the computer > > > - Calling my grandmother > > > ...and so on. > > > > > In fact, I find that most of my routine tasks are of such > a nature > > > that I would rather have them gently remind me (with increasing > > > 'non- > > > gentleness'!) rather than posting as something that must be > > > accomplished on a certain day. I feel the ideal project organizer > > > combines these two features seamlessly: allowing for > > > 'hard'-scheduling of goals and tasks as well as the 'soft' and > > > routine-style tasks that follow the flows of our life schedules. > > > > > I apologize in advance if this feature has already been > requested - > > > I couldn't readily find it in the forum - and I likewise > apologize > > > if it is simply my clumsiness which has prevented me from > > > implementing this function satisfactorily. Anyway, MLO is a great > > > program, with a rare and very welcoming flexibility (reminds me a > > > bit of Eastgate's 'Tinderbox'...). > > > > > Kindly, > > > Dan > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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