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However, I have long said that using HTML5-core (or similar) would simplify and unify the further development... вторник, 21 июля 2015 г., 20:50:06 UTC+3 пользователь Dwight Arthur написал: > > Hi, Alan. > You present a compelling case for an HTML5 implementation. My concern is > that if my profile were accessible in this way I would feel the need to > purge it of account numbers, passwords, unpublished phone numbers etc. > This would reduce the value of MLO for me. > > I'm pretty certain that any affordable security can be broken by > well-funded professionals today and by millions of teenagers in a few years. > > Perhaps the time has come that t need to move everything sensitive into > the encrypted password vault and keep it out of MLO so that I can > participate in the benefist of a web version of MLO. > -Dwight > Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 > > On Jul 21, 2015, Alan Limebeer <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> I too love the app! I've been using MLO on-and-off since it was a >> PocketPC product. Previous to my current implementation, which I've been in >> for the last six months or so, I never fully committed to using MLO as my >> sole task and project manager. Since I've dived in whole hog this time, it >> has become an invaluable tool in my quest for "mind like water" (I often >> wonder if I'm the only one who finds that phrase awkward and ridiculous >> sounding) and I've explored and expanded the feature-set items I use >> regularly, with wild success. Since taking the comprehensive plunge, I've >> truly been experiencing a mental freedom devoid of the stress and anxiety >> that I'm missing something. Coupled with the automated list limiting >> features, I've finally got a GTD implementation that let's me collect >> EVERYTHING! while at the same time, boils my daily to do list into a flat, >> manageable 10-12 items. >> >> So, aside from a few idiosyncratic and personal nice-to-haves that it >> doesn't do (yet, hopefully) I consider the desktop version to be "feature >> complete", for my uses at least. But, as the modern computing platform has >> evolved to include 5-inch touchscreens that we carry with us everywhere we >> go, there's always new work to do. Mix that multi-platform smartphone >> environment, each requiring a separate and non-reuseable codebase that has >> to be built, maintained, and extended separately, along with the rise of >> the MacOSX platform providing a user-base large enough to make writing >> software for it sustainable, the Development and Management of a product >> that supports them all is a software company's biggest challenge, and a >> development team's manager's largest headache and source of nightmares. >> >> In this modern computing environment, the write-once, run-anywhere holy >> grail (that Java was supposed to be, but never can be while the windowing >> system and UI elements have to be hosted in the sandbox) is the software >> maker's idea of heaven. With the release and refinements of the HTML5 >> standard we're closer to that than ever before. >> >> This is all to come around to my suggestion that the Android, iOS, and >> any other mobile platform currently in development be frozen at the next >> version in favor of an HTML5 version which will be functional on any >> platform that supports a strict HTML5 browser. Additionally, it opens up >> the online feature that many (myself included) would love to have. >> >> I can only speak for myself, but I would anticipate that one might object >> to such a proposal because regardless of the advanced capabilities of the >> HTML5 environment, it will never be able to reproduce the full >> functionality of the desktop OS version. To which I'd answer, first, you'd >> be surprised, and secondly (and more importantly) it wouldn't need to. >> Something I've been noticing in recent years is the common perception or >> belief that a 5 - 12" touchscreen based interface should and can do >> everything a multi-monitor keyboard and mouse based interface can do. >> Spelled out this explicitly, its an obvious straw man, but this is truly >> what seems to be a commonly held belief and conviction in the >> IT/Computer/OS/Device Manufacturer industries. I think the realization is >> starting to dawn that these very different platforms have very different >> use cases, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, and each with >> their own ideal solutions to different problems and activities. Rather than >> these small screens directed by touch replacing or subverting the >> workstation, instead, they're an extension, and an addition to the >> capabilities granted to us by their use. >> >> This is all to say that the online and mobile versions of this fantastic >> don't need to be of the kitchen sink variety, but rather, only need to >> provide the capability to perform the kinds of tasks suited to on-the-go >> mobile task management. I'm not going to go into any more detail here since >> the last 45 minutes shoudln't have been spent writing this, but I'd be more >> that happy to discuss these ideas further if anyone is interested in >> engaging. >> >> Just two last quick things to mention. The first is to offer an >> real-world example of a company and software tool that took exactly this >> approach when they turned to implement their online-based outliner tool on >> mobile devices. Prior to getting back into MLO this was my go-to tool for >> task management. And while it's a fantastic tool, my task list of hundreds >> of items finally out-grew the manageability capability of straight-up >> hierarchical outliner (though the developers have added many features >> beyond basic hierarchical list management since, including due dates, >> tagging, and dozens of other features). It's called Checkvist, and can be >> found here: >> >> >> https://checkvist.com/auth/index_b?utm_expid=12887342-5.NGwmvD7YQZqaulJjAq0RVw.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcheckvist.com%2Fauth%2Flogin >> >> The second thing is a comment only tangential to the OP but it addresses >> comments I've been reading recently that indicate a dissatisfaction in the >> userbase with the MLO development team's seeming withdrawal from the >> community and lack of current information, regular updates, and a general >> silence from what was once a largely interactive relationship. This is >> common as products and companies grow as the challenge to produce >> commercially viable software quickly starts to put the community >> development in the backseat. I beleive this happens primarily due to >> antiquated software project methodologies and I want to suggest to the MLO >> management team that they take a look at these two modern approaches to >> product creation software development. The first is: >> >> Running Lean >> http://leanstack.com/ >> >> And the second, probably much more commonly known: >> >> Agile Methodology >> http://agilemethodology.org/ >> >> >> On Tuesday, 30 September 2014 10:32:46 UTC-4, osaga wrote: >>> >>> Will an online client version of MLO every be complete? It seems very >>> logical to do this. >>> >>> Love the app, >>> Thanks >>> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/62774ea9-b233-4a89-b2a8-a3686fe43426%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/62774ea9-b233-4a89-b2a8-a3686fe43426%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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