Joel: I'm interested in your views regarding 21st century collaboration. If you and your assistant make different chsnges at the same record/task, what would happen? -Dwight MLO Betazoid on Android SGN4
On Dec 24, 2015, Joel Azaria <[email protected]> wrote: >I don't specifically agree with the web version idea but a better >sharing >and collab function I can definitely get behind. >As it stands there is a most rudimentary sharing that can use a shared >folder on the local network (LAN) or an FTP server and you can share >the >whole file or just selective branches. If you want to share the whole >file >I think cloud sync works as well but cloud sync won't support selective > >branch sharing. And syncing is a manual process (remember to press F9 >or >changes won't propagate to the shared file). It works decently* but >has a >very 1990's feel to it. >Conflict resolution (ie. if two people change the same record >before/between syncs) is very much a manual process and better make >sure >people on both ends of the sync KNOW HOW to navigate it or expect >someone >will get into trouble. > >And for my 2c it's exactly that 1990's manual sync/conflict resolution >logic that has to enter the 21st century before any of this can happen. > So >long as all of this is manual (and the Cloud Sync service has done >little >if anything to improve this) any attempt at improving collaboration is >just >putting lipstick on a pig. > >My 2c. Possibly worth exactly what you paid for them... > > > > >*it worked for me for a while but just the other day I lost an entire >branch (my entire Inbox and Speedox) that I was sharing with my >assistant. >We cannot tell for sure if the problem was caused by the sync or by >manual >error. Make sure to crank up MLO's backup settings to the max (30 >versions, use dailies, weeklies, monthlies and if I think of any other >ways >to capture add'l/further backups I'll be all over that too.) Just a >full >disclosure fyi. > >On Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 4:32:02 AM UTC-5, Transisto wrote: >> >> I've been looking at MLO for many years but never got to using it >because >> there is no and I fear there will never be any sharing and >collaborating >> feature. >> >> Maybe having a webapp view where the employee can just mark as >completed >> or add comments to a list of task to do. >> >> I'm currently using workflowy for that. I think MLO is missing out >on the >> network effect by not allowing a functional but limited free version >that >> is web based. >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/e6a6394a-b27f-4ae4-973e-81a7d452725f%40dwightarthur.us. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
