I do agree that an API would have great benefits - and that it would benefit MLO by making sure their app stays relevant, by being able to linking it to other data, time trackers, note taking apps, etc. I feel imajeff's pain regarding the need to manually set so many properties - User-selected automation of task properties one of my (overly-repeated) requests that the development team have decided against prioritising, sadly.
On Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 04:33:37 UTC+1 Dwight wrote: > Steph, I agree that the ability to read an MLO database as an XML > structure would open the door for a lot of extended functionality but I > believe an API would be better, because of a greater chance of leveraging > the strengths of MLO. > > I believe that the greatest strength of MLO is the ability to create and > save a view with advanced filters and formats; with a little work you can > create a view to answer any question you could have about your tasks. I > would like to see API calls to insert or modify a task, and I would also > like to be able to create a view, and whenever the first task in the view > changes, to have MLO pass information about the task that's now first in > the view to an app I specify. For example, I might create a view that shows > overdue and nearly due tasks at normal importance, with the view normally > empty. When a task approaches its due date it would appear on the view, > which would get it passed to my app, which would use the API to increase > the importance, which would cause it to drop off of the nearly-due view > and also to appear on my view of the most important tasks. This kind of > thing is probably too complex for most users; but the point is that you > would be able to use the ultra-powerful MLO advanced filter specification > to select tasks that need a modification, then use the API to modify the > tasks accordingly. > > Addressing the comments about MLO development cycles, I find MLO to be a > very powerful tool that lets me dump all sorts of tasks into it, and > develop very intelligent views that show me what I should be working on at > the current time and day and at my current location. I have made many > suggestions over the years and many of them have been implemented and many > have not. I believe that the developers do a reasonable and fair job of > accepting the suggestions that add value to lots of users and ignoring the > suggestions that would mostly benefit only me. > On 5/17/2021 06:08, Stéph 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 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/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> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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