How about marking it as completed and flagging it with a special "dropped" flag?
2009/10/13 Damian Skeeles <[email protected]> > > > +1: I have to admit, I've always missed this functionality. > > The task may contain useful information in the notes field, so I don't > want to delete it. But I never actually completed that task, so > clicking "completed" is wrong. > > Moving to a "dropped" folder also doesn't work, because you then lose > it's place in the hierarchy. A good example is my "Work/Clients" > folder. I want to keep the tasks for each client in the same place. I > want to keep the notes for that task. But if they cancel that > particular task, I don't want to just delete it. > > On 13 Oct 2009, at 04:51, "Mr. Analogy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Have you considered creating a top level folder called "Dropped" and > > moving those tasks to that folder? > > > > (That way they're still there, but they're not cluttering your > > "living" tasks) > > > > (In GTD this would be called "Maybe Do" (since if you truly knew you'd > > NEVER do them I'd guess you'd delete them) > > > > -Clay > > > > On Oct 6, 8:19 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One of the hidden consequences of keeping a large list of projects > >> and > >> todos in one program is that is also works as a personal journal. I > >> find this particularly important as I can then export one month's > >> completed to dos that do not have the context 'routine' to an excel > >> file for permanent archiving purposes. > >> > >> For that purpose, I miss a 'dropped' function of todos that I have > >> decided not to do after all. I would like them to be included in my > >> archive of todos but if I delete them in MLO I won't have this > >> functionality. As for formating, since both greyed out and crossed > >> out > >> are used maybe an icon with a large red D would work. Otherwise a > >> dotted crossed-out would also be a nice visual clue to see the > >> dropped > >> tasks. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
