Hi, It would be nice if starring an action would be equivalent to assigning to a preconfigured tag. It would be a fast way to add a tag to some actions. I understand that this is the way it is already implemented, by assigning to the hidden tag 'starred'. How difficult would it be to generalize that? I'd like to see an overview page of tags, just like there is now for contexts and projects. A tag could have an attribute 'hidden', which is set for the system-defined tag 'starred'. In pages that list actions, it should be possible to pull up a dialog that sets the preconfigured tag. That way I could quickly change the star tag to, say, 'repeat' (which is a tag I use for recurring actions) and add that tag to some actions simply by clicking the star in front of them. A further nice-to-have would be a short list of 'preferred tags' somewhere on the page with a checkbox in front of it to quickly reassign what the star tag is.
How does that sound? By the way, I am getting used to the tags, they are quite a good idea. I try to assign each action to a project so that I will see it in my weekly review, but some actions just don't fall in any project. I tag those so that I can view a list of all actions without a project. Birthdays are tagged also with their own tag. Recurring appointments are tagged which makes them visually stand out better than with 'repeat' in the description. I'm sure I'll find more uses for tags! Bye, Steven PS: By the way, working with the trunk has removed almost all uncomfortable bits in Tracks. Apart from the speed/responsiveness it is really very pleasant to work with. The only thing I am missing are user-defined constraints on contexts. For example, I would like to specify that all actions in a context are assigned to a project, or that their 'due date' is filled. On 6/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> How do you guys use/plan-to-use the 'star' present in the latest >> trunk version? Just as a flag to make the action stand out? > I think that is the idea. I'll let others speak to their intentions. Yes - that's what I'd use it for. Although it's not strict canonical GTD, I think it's sometimes useful to decide that you're going to try to focus on a collection of actions one day, so the stars would be a good way to mark those actions and then view them together in a list. You could, I suppose, also use it to manually mark 'next actions' in a project, if you have dependencies.
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