> But as Dwight explained, you could also use a flag for your "Forced Next" actions. You could copy > the "Next Actions" view, change "show actions" from "Next actions" to "Active" and add a filter for that flag.
My understanding is that Dwight was not saying quite that. The problem is that if you set the view to Active then all the Active actions will appear - not just the Next Actions. If I add a filter for a flag (or Context) that is being used to signify (in effect) "Forced Next" action then ONLY those flagged items will appear in the view because (if I understand Dwight correctly) there is currently no way for Advanced filters to detect the fact that an Action is indeed a Next Action. I agree that MLO is already (insanely) complex to most mainstream users and that adding additional functionality is quite likely to further confuse the new user. However it seems to me that MLO keeping things simple for the benefit of mainstream users is a battle that MLO lost a long time ago. [**] Anyhow in effect, for now, I am screwed. My options going forward are a) to request a Forced Next field [but this would add complexity to the UI and no one is backing me so far on this!] b) to request a new Advance Filter for IsNextAction [unlikely to happen for many months] Is anyone with me on any of this? (!) Can any of you see any merit in having some (albeit hidden) way of creating Forced Next functionality? J P.S. ** On a related note it keeps occurring to me that there may well be a serious commercial opportunity for someone to design at least one (in fact probably *several* completely different but) greatly simplified implementations of the MLO 'platform' to create nice, easy-to-learn "to-do list management" or "productivity systems" that the mainstream user would have some hope of tolerating. These would come pre-populated with sensible formatting rules and advanced filter and locked work areas etc etc. In fact if I ran MLO I would add some sort of functionality (e.g. say a button) whereby the user can choose which level of complexity they feel are ready to see. e.g. "Novice - Intermediate - Advanced" and I would hide the more advanced features from the less advanced level of user. On 11 January 2015 at 11:21, Christoph Zwerschke <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 11.01.2015 um 01:14 schrieb John Smith: > >> So how I suggest we could like to achieve this would be to use the "Next >> Actions" view but to make 3. 7. and 8. to be "Forced Next" actions. >> >> Does that make sense? >> > > Yes, but what I'm trying to say is that MLO already has enough properties > to mark such important actions. In your view, you could just sort by > computed score in the view, and then your important and/or urgent tasks > would appear at the top automatically. I don't see how marking a task as > important or urgent (above 100) or setting a goal of "week" or "month" is > more difficult than ticking a "forced next" checkbox. Even a due date of > today can be set with a single click. It would also give you more and > dynamic information than a binary property. For instance, the "water > plants" task would automatically bubble up in the list once the due date > passed. > > But as Dwight explained, you could also use a flag for your "Forced Next" > actions. You could copy the "Next Actions" view, change "show actions" from > "Next actions" to "Active" and add a filter for that flag. MLO is pretty > flexible. Instead of adding new concepts and properties, you should reuse > what's already there. You could also use the "star", but most people use it > already to mark tasks scheduled for "today" (as there is only a goal for > the week, not for today). > > The "computed score" ordering is pretty helpful in showing the relevant > actions first. My only complaint about it I have explained here: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mylifeorganized/MF8vWAESh88 > > -- Christoph > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/mylifeorganized/INyMCDEUpJ4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/mylifeorganized/54B25CAE.2080802%40online.de. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/CA%2BrSdyo2cUbtcZ81ejCy%2B_s%2BqqppKeH%2BpLtxOZTiqYzM9iDdiw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
