Lisa: would there ever be a time when you would want to separate the first instance of a recurring task without changing it? If not, I would suggest that it might be easier to understand if the UI change did not mention the separation function explicitly but rather implemented it as an implicit component of the task modification. What I'm suggesting is that when a user modified a recurring task, MLO would ask "You are modifying a recurring task. Do you want to modify the first instance or the entire series?" If the answer is "entire series" the modification would be processed exactly as is done today. If the answer is "first instance" then the first instance would be disconnected from the series as you described and the new separate instance would be modified, leaving the series unmodified except that start and due dates will be bumped to the next occurrence and modified date will reflect "now".
-Dwight From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lisa Stroyan Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 8:51 AM To: Group, MyLifeOrganized Subject: [MLO] Feature request: separate recurrence Andrey et al, A very nice and not hard to implement feature would be to separate the first instance from a recurring task. It would reset the recurring task to the next recurrence as if it had been completed, then create (right above the recurring task) a copy with the current recurrence. Just like alternative complete but without the complete part and without moving the original task to the bottom. So for example, recurring task "take out the trash" every Tuesday. Trash isn't coming because it's a holiday week. Separate instance creates non-recurring task for this Tuesday and moves recurring task to next Tuesday. Then I can edit date to Wednesday without affecting further instances. -- Lisa _____ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
