Thank you Seph I like that you want to put it into perspective using the huge companies because I can point out that all of them do have API and languages. I'm talking things like the fact you can write a .NET application that uses all the internal API possible so that I can make a Microsoft OS do what I really needed it to do. In other words, get with the norm, MLO! This is commonly expected but being ignored at least a decade too long! I don't care about the way certain things were implemented on the last decade of major releases because it was only done either the way only they wanted, or so that it takes too long to manually edit every property of every task to get to what I needed just for that day, but the next day means starting all over again with tediously editing every task's properties.
Also important now to point out that only accessing the data as xml is not the same as accessing the API, the basic functions of the application that are also needed. On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 4:08 AM Stéph <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess the intention was to make the MLO file open to other apps by > structuring it with xml. I used to think about learning xml so that I could > write my own tools for working with the MLO data - no time for that, > though. > > The rate and direction of development does cause a few frustrations (but > then again, so do companies with huge funds and development resources, like > Microsoft), but what MLO does well, it does really well. There are > competitors out there, but they all have limitations and none provide the > level of customisation of the outline, tags and metadata or the filter and > search functions quite as well. With those functions, I've been able to > compensate for many other limitations. Many of the competitors use a > crippling subscription model, too. > > On Monday, 17 May 2021 at 09:43:53 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> I haven’t been a MLO app user for such a long time as you, but it didn’t >> take me much time to start suspecting what you are confirming here. It >> seems the frequency with which new MLO versions/upgrades are released is >> super low. I started considering to move to another app, ideally a bit more >> visual. All that said, I have to admit I haven’t found a perfect >> alternative app yet. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on >> behalf of imajeff <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, May 16, 2021 8:04:31 PM >> *To:* MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: Show list of all open workspace >> >> I bet they don't even pay you for all this work you do, but thank you for >> sharing it with us. >> >> I bought MyLifeOrganized before 2.0, I guess it didn't even have a >> version number. Checking back the past few years I was shocked that they >> have improved absolutely nothing that would benefit me. I bought 5.0 >> because I thought hey it would have all the things fixed that make it too >> slow to be reasonable, but it is all the same problems still. I am sad >> every time I hear good suggestions because I know they will be completely >> ignored even 10 years later. I am very disappointed in that aspect, even >> though the original idea has yet to be even attempted by any capable >> competitor. >> >> The best way they could have used their initial million or whatever they >> got from us making them popular could have been to integrate an API and >> then continue building their ideas on top of that. By API I mean giving my >> own applications ability to navigate and manipulate the tree of tasks and >> properties. Then most every idea I've heard could have been solved probably >> not by them but by people who want the feature enough. My idea was that you >> could add hooks and script things like populating a new task or set of >> tasks based on my own preferences. >> >> On Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 1:14:15 PM UTC-6 Dwight wrote: >> >> I had a similar problem. Then I came up with icons that clearly indicated >> each workspace and attached them to the relevant views, then locked and >> pinned the workspaces, giving me a large but manageable collection of icons >> that I can take in at a glance. >> -Dwight >> >> On 5/14/2021 17:09, Joel wrote: >> >> Yeah ditto. I routinely have EXACTLY as many tabs as will fit and still >> kinda see the tab names. Iow, I'm constrained. >> A little hamburger menu that drops open with all the tab names >> (clickable) would be great. A field to filter-as-you-type the tab names >> list would be excellent. >> >> On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 5:07:08 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >> Totally agree with your recommendation Stéphane. Hey question, how do I >> submit an enhancement/feature request? Is just this thread or there is a >> different process / channel? >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on >> behalf of Stéph <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 13, 2021 4:19:50 AM >> *To:* MyLifeOrganized <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [MLO] Re: Show list of all open workspace >> >> I don't know of a way to get a list of workspaces, so I think this might >> be a good feature request. Even better if the list was filterable by typing >> part of the workspace name. >> >> One key combination which might work better for you than using the mouse: >> As with browsers and tabbed apps like MS Excel, you can use Ctrl+PgUp and >> Ctrl+PgDown to scroll quickly through your list of workspace tabs. The only >> problem is that it doesn't make the names of the workspaces visible >> anywhere. >> >> Stéphane >> >> On Wednesday, 12 May 2021 at 21:17:00 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >> >> one edit: by "list" I mean a drop-down list, so you click it a see a list >> of all the opened workspaces, that way you don't have to scroll >> horizontally to select/set the focus on the workspace you want to go... >> >> El miércoles, 12 de mayo de 2021 a la(s) 09:10:45 UTC-3, Patricio >> Carranza escribió: >> >> hi All, >> >> I found pretty helpful to have several workspaces opened where on each of >> them I have a parent task zoom in. >> >> I'm getting more workspaces opened that the number of workspace than can >> be visible, so I end up scrolling horizontally with the arrows in the >> workspace tab, is there a way to get a list of the opened workspaces tabs >> similar to a web browser (like Chrome)? >> >> I think it would be really helpful. >> >> Patricio. >> >> -- >> 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/YgdtqVPQhdg/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/e914df91-d4ca-4484-9c35-98c5da6d5528n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/e914df91-d4ca-4484-9c35-98c5da6d5528n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/86e344fc-87b5-428d-a992-6aef972d4290n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/86e344fc-87b5-428d-a992-6aef972d4290n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> 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/YgdtqVPQhdg/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/6afe084b-6503-4568-80a5-fcc96b77306bn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/6afe084b-6503-4568-80a5-fcc96b77306bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/YgdtqVPQhdg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/8b24415d-9773-480b-a09c-779f5def4965n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/8b24415d-9773-480b-a09c-779f5def4965n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- "It is not what I believe that will make-or-break; It is what I'm doing about it." --Jefferson Smith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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