Hi, Riaan. The current market version of MLO Android does not support custom views. The announced version 2 is due for release in November (which suggests, very soon). So Here's the procedure: 1. holding down the CTRL key, click on each view that you want to bring to Android (i.e. multi-select them.) 2. let go of CTRL and right-click on one of the selected views to bring up a menu 3. Select Export 4. select a folder to store the export in and give it a file name ending in .mfv 5. Hold on to that file and wait for MLO/Android v2 to be released, then follow the instructions for importing views. -Dwight
On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 6:52:08 AM UTC-5, Riaan Eloff wrote: > > Hi Dwight, > > Just again, thanks for the step-by-step process you provided in another > thread regarding the contexts and the open hours etc.. I applied it, and > it seems to work. Also, thanks for this new-view idea. Applied it, and it > works. Only pain is: my "Inbox" still says "Inbox", and MLO will not > allow me to change that. My oCD will keep me up at nights! :-) > > Lastly, this "NEW" View that I now created...how does one get any new > views to show up in Android? I've synced, but, not sure how to find that? > > On Tuesday, 3 November 2015 15:28:17 UTC+2, Dwight Arthur wrote: >> >> Hi, Riann. I agree with Nick's point but I would like to take it a little >> further. Just getting your tasks out of the inbox will not end the clutter. >> You will just be moving the clutter to a different place. If you are not >> using folders then you will be moving the clotter to the root level, which >> is not a very good place for clutter. >> >> I have heard several people say that they do not use folders; usually >> that means that they have not yet figured out how they want to organize >> their tasks; later on it occurs to them that they could find and manage >> tasks more effectively if they were organized by some or other principle, >> and then they discover folders. >> >> But if it's not time for you to reach that point, there's no benefit in >> rushing to it. So for now, let's agree that you want you pending tasks to >> be stored as an undifferentiated tangle. Why not, as Nick said, just keep >> them in the inbox? About a third to a half of my tasks are in the inbox. >> I'm guessing that the issue is that you want to be able to look at just the >> new stuff and you are looking at the inbox to see the new stuff but that >> it/x difficult because all the old stuff is mixed in. The answer to this is >> to ask yourself, how could MLO know which stuff is new? and then build a >> view that applies that rule, whatever you figured out. >> >> The point (for me) of using MLO is to get stuff done and to spend as >> little time as possible arranging and maintaining tasks. So any sort of >> regular routine where I am going in and moving stuff around is a drag on my >> productivity and something to be avoided. I try to touch each task twice, >> once when I set it up and once when I finish it. A lot of the time I am >> faced with your fast entry scenario and I dont have time to set the tasks >> up when I capture them, and then I go to three touches per task: capture, >> setup, and completion. For me, the issue you are facing comes down to >> getting a clean look at tasks that have been captured but not set up. >> Here's how I handle this (there are many other equally valid approaches, >> maybe you will invent a new one, and you should do whatever makes you the >> most productive) >> >> When I do the setup for a task, I always add a context, based on what >> event or condition is going to mean that this task is ready to be >> completed. I may at that time also add dates, dependencies, importance, >> goals and stars. A task that has been captured but not set up has no >> context. I am careful never to get a task halfway setup - if it has a >> context assigned that means that any dates, dependencies etc have also been >> set up. I have a view called "new" that shows tasks with no context. The >> task is sorted by modification date ascending, which means that the task >> that has been sitting on this view the longest is at the top. When I get a >> chance I take the top task, assign any dates, dependencies, etc, move it to >> a folder or project if appropriate, and finally assign a context. This is >> my equivalent of your activation. The task instantly vanishes from the new >> list and appears on one or more other lists when it's ready to get >> completed. >> >> If I just opened up my inbox and looked into it, it would look cluttered. >> But my New view and my various To-Do views are pretty much orderly. >> >> Does that help? >> -Dwight >> >> On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 6:00:50 PM UTC-5, Nick Clark wrote: >>> >>> If you don't use folders(?) why move them out of the Inbox. I don't know >>> what you mean by "activate" a task, it should be active unless something >>> like dates prevent this. You can complete them in HD Inbox. >>> >>> If you are using folders and want to move a task or even a whole tree of >>> tasks out of the Inbox to another folder, there are several ways to do >>> this, but I find the easiest is often Cut (ctrl-X) and Paste (ctrl-V). >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> -- 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/ec918bf6-65e3-4d2e-b935-84289bac0db1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
