Can somebody explain this bit of Autofocus (which I am not famliar with) as I would agree with Ron that this behavour is the wrong way round for me - but I would use it for a different purpose as follows...
I have a number of routine tasks (usually daily). I want to be able to move the start/due date for these tasks each day to suit my schedule for that day which can't be done easily for an MLO repeating task (I know this has been the subject of a number of feature requests and I would repeat it here again). So I have ended up using the Duplicate Tasks command - I typically create copies of the tasks for the next few days and set the start/due date to the beginning of that day. I did wonder whether I could use the Alternative Complete command to create the next day's task when I mark today's task complete but for this to work, the behavioru would need to be as follows: * mark the current task complete leaving created date, etc as they are * create a new uncompleted task immediately below the current task If all these behaviours were made options, then I could see Alternative Complete becoming useful but at the moment, I am just puzzled as to why it works this way. On Jan 30, 4:12 pm, "Andrey Tkachuk (MLO)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually it works this way now: > 1) Completed copy of the original task is created below the original. > 2) The original task is moved to the end of the list. (this will be > the option in the future) > > It means that you actually completed a part of the original task and > the completed copy of it has the today's creation date. So you can > probably use this date for statistics. > I think that it is logical that original task should not be completed > itself but only it's copy which just created. The original task is > completed when the task is finished completely. > > Let me know you thoughts on this. > > A. > > On Jan 28, 4:02 am, Ron Stockfleth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > When I tested this new feature, I noted the following: > > > Ctrl-Click on a task creates a completed copy of the task with > > Created, Modified, and Completed Date/Time all equal to the current > > Date/Time, and then moves the original task uncompleted to the end of > > the list with the original Date/Time intact, and with a Modified Date/ > > Time equal to the current Date/Time. > > > I think I know why Andrey did it this way, but it still somewhat > > counter-intuitive. Practitioners of the AutoFocus methodology using > > pen and paper would actually cross out the task after they they were > > finished working on the task. If work on this particular task still > > needed to be done, then they would write the task down again on the > > bottom of their list. > > > If I was currently using the AutoFocus methodology, and I was looking > > at the Task Statistics for the task at the bottom of the list, I think > > I would expect to see a Created Date/Time equal to the time that the > > task was created at the end of the list, not the time that the > > original task was created. The Modified Date/Time is the actual time > > that the task was put at the end of list, but that Modified Date/Time > > can change if any other field of the task is changed. > > > Expected Behavior: Completed task keeps its original Created Date/ > > Time; newly created uncompleted task at the end of the list has a > > Created Date/Time equal to the time that the Alternative Completion > > was executed. > > > I don't know how important this Created Date/Time statistic is to > > AutoFocus followers, but the basic functionality of completing a task > > and moving its duplicated uncompleted copy to the end of this list > > will be very useful for AutoFocus users. > > > Ron- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
