@Hienz you’ve just summarized my entire MLO relationship for as long as I’ve used the app. Which apparently dates back 17yrs almost to the day.
Easy to plan with, Easy to keep track of everything. Hard to live with on a day to day basis, which is why I eventually wind up abandoning it every few years. Cheers Mark - an early user and former forum admin On Friday, 27 May 2022 at 03:06:14 UTC-4 Heinz wrote: > I have been working with MLO for many years now. > My thoughts (mainly) about the desktop version. > > *I love* MLO for my task planning. > It is a very versatile planning tool and task organizer. > I love the flawless synchronization across all my devices. > I love the different ways of adding tasks to my inbox (task-by-email, Siri > reminders, ...) > > *I can live* with MLO for my todo lists. > I managed to set up a reasonable overview about my upcoming tasks, using > workspaces, views, filters and sorting. > My standard view "My Day" shows technically all I need, but it is neither > a nice nor a motivating user interface. > A more attractive wrapping around a list of undone tasks wouldn't hurt :-) > > *I am lost* with MLO when "Doing" things. > For the tasks I have to do on my computer I would wish MLO could support > me more in focusing at the current task. > Maybe the next evolution step of the "Zoom" function? > My idea would be something like an always-on-top vertical task bar/window, > showing > > - the task I am working on > - the time I have been spending on this task including an alarm > (pomodoro technique) > - a plain notes field for quickly putting down ideas, next steps or > links without diverting my focus to a separate tool. > > Today I try to bridge this gap by using a desktop notes program in > parallel, but I have to copy my notes back and forth to MLO. > > [email protected] schrieb am Donnerstag, 26. Mai 2022 um 17:23:08 > UTC+2: > >> >> The only thing that i miss in MLO is a sort of drag and drop task to >> schedule them in a calendar view in the same manner of google task/ google >> calendar or Microsoft to do/Outlook calendar.... >> >> Is very handy for week planning and instead of a list of number you can >> easily visually see correlation between planned task/event and the time >> that they "fill".... >> >> I would like to see also a "day remaining counter" in columns....i know >> is already possible to see them moving mouse over due date, but a dedicated >> column would be great to see them all at a glance.... >> >> Thanks!! >> On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 20:54:45 UTC+2 daniel wrote: >> >>> THIS!!!!! >>> >>> So many times I think I must have missed the click, only to then find I >>> did occurrences into the future >>> >>> On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 12:49 PM imajeff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> A relatively simple improvement is to make some visible indication on >>>> the check box the moment you click to complete a recurring task. >>>> Many times especially when I was new at this, I would click the task, >>>> see nothing happen, and click it again several times (it is actually >>>> normal >>>> for me to either have trouble with my mouse button, or operating system >>>> not >>>> responding). >>>> Slowly I realize that I have now completed furture occurrences clear >>>> into next year but of course I was only trying to complete the current one! >>>> >>>> Please make some kind of animation to indicate the recurrence coming >>>> back, or at least show the check mark for a limited time to show that it >>>> acknowledged my click! Yes I am aware that if you are watching someplace >>>> else on the screen and remember what the due date said then you would see >>>> a >>>> change to know, but obviously that will not do for this feature request. >>>> We >>>> were not looking over there most of the time; just make the actual >>>> checkbox >>>> do something. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> 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/54cabe83-a883-4529-821e-42917fd6c767n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/54cabe83-a883-4529-821e-42917fd6c767n%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/921c86d4-1b7e-4990-ac52-78e0291106f7n%40googlegroups.com.
