Regarding the Dashboard, does anyone know how to hide finished tasks or to zoom into a folder? This is an absolute must for this tool to be of any use to me. I cannot find anything in the help files. I'm looking for any reason to buy this new upgrade but so far it's been frustration.
On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 7:30:54 PM UTC-4 Michel V wrote: > Hi, > > Glad to see I'm not the only one coming up with the similar observations > and using the product the way I do. A bit more observations after using MLO > 6. > > - *Dashboard :* Like you say Wolfgang, there was already the new > window feature if tabs were not enough. Reason I will not use the > dashboard > is that you can't really edit much. No way to double-click, right click > menu etc... Beside a grocery list, I rarely simply check mark a task as > done. I need to enter a note, change the review date, refocus on the > project top level to add, edit or remove tasks etc... All that is well > served with what I had so far. > - *Trigger :* Before, I had created some life habit tasks consisting > of life habit recurrent messages every X, to be checked at the start of > the > day. So that shoulder tapping feature looked like a good replacement. But > when you are in a mist of working, the gradual pop-pup gets disturbing at > least with my set-up heavily using "Review". Will likely keep it for > project completion but definitely not a cliff jumper for me. > - *Reminder window :* Very minor change. 5.X type of. > > @Michael : I don't see customer feedback as a NEGATIVE thing. Quite to the > contrary, a client taking the time to share his thoughts and concerns is a > POSITIVE. No one is bashing this app here. Personally, MLO remains my > favorite task manager and certainly my most used app. > > Michel > > Le ven. 6 janv. 2023, à 04 h 07, Wolfgang <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> Michael, after trying out MLO 6 Beta I had similar thoughts. On the one >> hand, it is amazing that the MLO team managed to continue development at >> all, given the circumstances. On the other hand, these cannot have been the >> most longed for improvements, nor the most low hanging fruit. >> >> - Dark theme: ok, may be useful for some >> - Markdown: as you mentioned, would make sense if it were WYSIWYG >> style. But I'm always in edit mode, so who am I formatting for? >> - Triggers and Actions: I still have hopes here. This could be made >> more useful if Actions would permit to either create/modify/delete tasks >> or >> pass task data to other applications (Outlook rules come to mind). As it >> is >> now, it's an expensive way to pat yourself on the back. >> - Dashboard: don't rightly know what to do with it. There is already >> the option to open a view in a new window (F3) if needed. Based on the >> name, I had hoped for more visualization (pie chart for counters, gantt >> chart for projects, sunburst diagram for goals or the like). >> - Reminder window: haven't used that so far, as my tasks are not >> scheduled for a specific time. >> >> So, apart from donating to the team, it's kind of hard to justify the >> expense. >> >> Wolfgang >> >> [email protected] schrieb am Dienstag, 3. Januar 2023 um 18:07:51 UTC+1: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> With the hard time Ukraine is going thru, I was more then happy to jumps >>> at the MLO 6 upgrade offer and "support the team" However I'm somewhat >>> disappointed with it. Of all the feature requests in this forum, were >>> "Trigger and Actions" and "Dashboard" really on the top of the list? Does a >>> "Dark mode" that is still shaky really deserve to be called MLO 6? >>> >>> How many times have we seen post like these : >>> >>> *Reset some task properties when recurring :* >>> https://groups.google.com/g/mylifeorganized/c/gxCJNvl6vnc/m/_sxSY2mLAgAJ >>> >>> *Recurring task based on Start date :* >>> https://groups.google.com/g/mylifeorganized/c/_wJXkbUDYKQ/m/FPraT2mLAgAJ >>> >>> *Note field :* >>> >>> 1. Not sure if I'm alone but since working on tasks is a live >>> process, my properties right pane is always in Edit mode. Markdown, with >>> all its added symbol becomes useless. Why all others apps can have >>> WYSIWYG >>> and not MLO? I'm writing this post in GMail and the *Bold* text >>> shows as *Bold*. No weird symbol letting me know that the reader >>> will see it as *Bold*. >>> 2. The note section is very small and this is another thing that has >>> been posted many times. I taught we would finally have an un-dockable >>> window with a real formatting tool. >>> 3. How many users are relying on 3rd party apps to gather notes on >>> tasks because MLO note is too limiting... >>> >>> An many other feature requests were left behind? >>> >>> As a human, my heart is still with you programming team but as a client >>> I'm very disappointed. >>> >>> Wishing you the best for 2023 >>> >>> Michel >>> >>> -- >> 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/4258R2b_O_w/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/ad2e4adb-cc2a-4eb2-ac83-1443614491efn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/ad2e4adb-cc2a-4eb2-ac83-1443614491efn%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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