Hi Dwight, Must've missed your reply but better late than never - When you say "different changes to the same record/task" I'm assuming you mean that we change two different fields on the same record, ie. I add to the notes and she changes the due date and reminder, is that your question? If so, they changes should be merged as there is no true conflict. My changes don't alter or affect hers nor vice versa. For the ultra paranoid (of which I confess I'm sometimes one) a resolution dialog could pop up highlighting the changes and offer the merge. The only "special" case I can think of off-hand is marking a task as complete. Certain actions may conflict with this (ie. I mark smth complete and she changed the reminder, start or due date to some point in the future. Again though the solution would be to determine if any *true* conflict exists and then ask the user.
Now if your question is what happens if we both change the due date, the solution is to check first if we both changed it to the same value (because if so, then there really isn't a conflict.) If a conflict actually exists, ask the user. And I'll add that for this to work well, the existing conflict resolution dialog has to be reworked. Currently it's a horrid mess that only a programmer would be comfortable to navigate and beyond a handful of conflicts quickly grows tedious and counter productive. That however is a question you did not ask and will be left for discussion at another time. On Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 7:15:20 PM UTC-5, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/213e1dd9-fc00-4e28-bf8d-109cb458bfed%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/213e1dd9-fc00-4e28-bf8d-109cb458bfed%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. 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/84181c40-6ad7-4413-80d6-770766b5b7b2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
