Some good steps things there, Andrey - thanks. But... (sorry)
It would be really nice if there was a way for newly added tasks to appear in some way in the sorted order (best guess) rather than at the end. Another idea: that tasks that are moved are flagged as moved tasks. And new tasks are added at the correct point in the sort order for the non-moved tasks. Failing this: provide an option for new items to be added at the top of the list rather than at the end. Some of my lists are long and I just focus on the tasks at the top and never look at the end - and so would never notice new tasks. At least if they appear at the top, I can then drag them to the right place in the list That said, manual sorting works very very well on short lists (eg my 'key tasks' list where I can drag items around in the day and between days very easily. On Feb 2, 10:41 am, "Andrey Tkachuk (MLO)" <[email protected]> wrote: > chuckdevee, Luciano, Lisa, Ron, Richard, ALL, > > Thank you for your suggestions! I have improved the manual ordering > experience this way: > > 1) Manual ordering is now a separated checkbox in Sorting dialog. So > you can check/uncheck it preserving current automatic sorting > settings. > 2) There is a command in To-Do popup menu to Toggle manual sorting > with configurable hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+M by default) > 3) If the view in manual sorting mode there is an icon in Task Caption > column (I got star for now until my artist creates new icon for this) > 4) If you start drag while in automatic sorting mode there is a > warning that sorting will be switched to manual mode and your existing > manual sorting will be reset > 5) If you want to keep the current manual sorting while dragging tasks > from automatic sorting you should do the following: > a) in automatic sorting mode select several tasks you would like to > reorder > b) press Ctrl+Alt+M to switch to your current manual sorting. The > selection will be preserved. > c) drag & drop selection to the new location of your current manual > sorting. > > Hope the majority is happier now while we still keep things simple in > MLO :). See it in next beta (soon) and let me know your thoughts. > > Andrey. > > On Jan 27, 11:40 pm, Luciano Passuello <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Andrey, thanks for this long-waited release -- I'm excited! > > > I *wholeheartedly agree* with Chuck here. > > > Let me describe my scenario of usage: The way I work is that I have a "will > > do" list for the day, every day (a complex query: tasks due that day, plus > > taks with a particular flag, grouped, and so on). > > The scenario I want to use manual sorting is taking the automatically-sorted > > view and re-sorting it on-the-fly as the day progresses. At some point, I > > want the view to behave with automatic sorting again, so I can see what the > > algorithm is suggesting for me. > > > Just the way Chuck describes, I also expect a higher-level checkbox or > > button "Manual Sorting" that I can simply uncheck (or depress, if a button) > > and have the automatic sorting back just the way it was configured before. > > (Also, I don't need the manual ordering to be preserved between > > checking/unchecking of the checkbox) > > > That pressed button (or checkbox), as well as the disabling of the sorting > > controls would also serve as a visual cue in the UI that manual sorting is > > in place and that any settings in place are currently overriden. (I couldn't > > find any visual cue of manual sorting in the UI, and I believe it's > > important to have one). > > > That's it for first impressions, but I believe this is really important! > > Let's keep testing! > > > All the best, > > Luciano.http://litemind.com > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:22 PM, chuckdevee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Andrey.. very nice feature this but it's a shame that moving to > > > manual sorting overwrites the automatic sorting preferences by > > > changing the first sorting option to manual. This means that there > > > isn't a quick way of moving back to the previous automatic method of > > > sorting for the relevant list. So if I switch back from manual to > > > automatic, I have to try to remember what the first sort option was > > > and wether it was ascending or descending. > > > > I'd prefer it if manual sorting stood apart from automtic sorting > > > options. Perhaps if it was an option that appeared in a tickbox above > > > the other sorting options, perhaps causing them to be greyed out when > > > selected. > > > > If this was the case, then I could for one day, quickly over-ride an > > > automatic sorting method, manually order the tasks in that list, then > > > at some future time switch back to the previous stored automatic > > > sorting preferences with the click of a button. > > > > -- > > > 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]<mylifeorganized%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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