The quick capture in MLO is great, but clearing the Inbox can be a laborious task. I've tried to simplify my folder structure but filing still takes a while. Since I often am filing tasks all over the place to a variety of projects and folders, it would be great to streamline this.
Just to point out, some level of functionality already exists in MLO... Today (with the task selected) you can hit CTRL+M to open the "Move task" dialog and then press a key to jump to the first destination beginning with that letter. If you press the letter multiple times, it will cycle through destination items in the dialog box beginning with that letter. Furthermore, if you type multiple letters quickly, MLO will select the first destination it finds beginning with those letters. Cycling, however, does not seem to work in the multiple-letter search - it just stops on the first match. Also note that F6/F7 can be used to collapse & expand the list in this dialog. Having said all that, it is still painful to file items from the Inbox. Since tasks can be filed under other tasks (not just folders & projects), the list of potential matches is huge. I would suggest the following enhancements for a future MLO release: (1) Add a check box to the "Move task" dialog that toggles between showing all items and only showing folders & projects. The check box would stick with the last used setting. (2) Also add smart filtering so that as the user types letters, the list is cut down (filtered) based on remaining matches. The matches should be allowed to occur anywhere in the task/project/folder name. This would likely require a small text input field at the top of the "Move task" dialog. There are many examples where suggestion (2) has been implemented in other software. Here are a few: ClearContext (filing of emails to project folders within Outlook): http://www.clearcontext.com/user_guide/topics.html http://www.clearcontext.com/tutorials/filing_demo_640.swf SpeedFiler (another example of filing emails to folders in Outlook): http://www.claritude.com/products/sf/speedfiler-addin.htm The "Everything" search tool (not filing, but extremely fast search) http://www.voidtools.com/ I know I should probably post this to User Voice. I have a task for that somewhere in my Inbox ;-) Regards, Carl -- 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.
