I personally hate the subscription model for apps and it is a huge deterrent for me when selecting whether or not to use something. I feel like I am already doing it with the cloud sync subsription, which makes some sense because there is ongoing infrastructure costs involved, and I am willing to pay for significant updates. I understand it is a more remunerative model for developers, but you will definitely lose customers going that way. As for the spiel about getting more updates, I personally don't see a huge amount more updating with software that I'm forced to rent instead of buy, and it actually seems to me if anything that the old update model creates more motivation to create meaningful updates that people are willing to pay for. If for financial reasons MLO went entirely subscription-based, I'd probably sign up because I'm a long-time user and many, many searches and trials have shown me that while almost everything else looks nicer (mostly talking about Windows), there's nothing out there with a comparable feature set. Just don't piss on my head and tell me it's raining...subscription models are all about generating more (and more steady) income.
On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 5:40:22 AM UTC-7 daniel wrote: > As I pull my hp IpaQ out of the drawer and now try to find the power cord > to see if I left MLO on it :) > > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 3:34 PM imajeff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Agreed; I too have used MLO since before there was a version number >> (syncing with my Microsoft PDA before a smart phone was possible). >> Ten years later I thought the difficulty with daily usage would be solved >> but now, even that was a long time ago and I struggle to maintain tasks. It >> seems mostly changing what would help me could hinder some other way >> someone uses it. Internally, it might require much planning plus a big >> rewrite, but they don't have funding to just hire another team to develop a >> whole new idea in parallel. Would be like a competition to see who wins >> becoming the next release (it's what Microsoft has done, and just drop the >> one that didn't win). >> >> But if they will redo it at least enough to allow some scripting language >> to check and modify things triggered by events, that would be a great start >> so others can help make normal usage work the way they need, sharing the >> ideas. Let's make MLO great again >> >> On Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 9:48:28 AM UTC-6 daniel wrote: >> >>> Mark, That is simply the best description of my MLO usage ever. I also >>> have been around nearly as long. The 'exact' same thoughts: "Easy to plan >>> with, Easy to keep track of everything. Hard to live with on a day to day >>> basis" OMG I'm married to MLO! >>> >>> On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 8:11 PM Mark Levison <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> @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. 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