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Updated: 9/25/2008

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#F673 Show closed places only (in To-Do list) - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/1419e071538b560b/c2f3a2aa13aae737
I find myself forever flicking the 'Include closed places' checkbox on
and off because I want to make sure everything is in the correct place
and is showing up in my list when I can do it. Andrey, can you please
add an option to show closed places only? Perhaps right clicking on the
checkbox could give this option or just have a 3rd 'greyed out' status
on the checkbox..?

This would be a big help and would really save me a lot of time!

Thank you
Jon

Solution
#F751 individual task's progress - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
a way to input an individual task's progress when it is not completed
(either using %, or time spent). I find the total progress of a project
displayed now is not accurate when a big task is taken as
all-or-nothing in the big picture of the project. But if I could say
that the big task is 40% complete, and have that reflected in the total
project status, it would reflect reality more. Oddly, I haven't seen
that in the requested features list.

Solution
#F672 default recurrence advanced options - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/fe640207fbbc6086/08992a7db162c36b

One task I find myself doing frequently in MLO is setting the Advanced
Recurrence Options to the same settings. I almost never vary - reset
all on complete, complete when all subtasks are done, and do not make
copies. Would be nice to have that as the default so I don't have to
remember to bring up the screen every time. Any takers?

Daniel

Solution
#F867 Easy way to temporary open/close a place - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/bb7a8e639aa8afc0/b4666a46f13edfc4

Solution
#F716 Option to add a subtask in the TODO list and it inheret the same place, goal etc.ie
- New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I think thatis a more efficient way to add a next
action to a task, rather than going back to outline view.

Solution
#F708 Places (contexts) selection improvements - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/813f2b4379a643b1/#

"Add new" in popup places window
Autocompletion
Shortcuts for places

Solution
#F720 create MLO tasks via COM automation - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/dc23d922c83b88f4

For instance, it would enable you to create VBA
code in Outlook to both flag messages and automatically have a tracking
task created in MLO. To do this today, you have to use UI automation
scripts to poke keystrokes into the Rapid Task dialog which while it
works, is less than ideal.

I think that having even the most basic interface with just one simple
method, something like CreateTask(string name, string notes) that
always added a new task to the <inbox> would be a leap above trying to
make things work with UI automation.

With this one simple automation method and a little Outlook VBA code
you could write a VB macro that you could bind to the Outlook toolbar
to flag the selected Outlook messages, create a new task in MLO for
each one, and add an outlook: style URL to the MLO task notes to link
back to the message in Outlook.

David

Solution

1 - Implemented/Fixed (26 item(s))

#F272 Install wiki for MLO tips and tricks - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 0 - critical
Description
I wonder what was the decision on the Wiki thing. I could donate some
server space and admin work myself, but since I have php hosting, it
would be hard to transfer to Andrey's asp hosting if he would decide
to take it over.

Solution
Thanks to Andy who installed temporal MLO wiki on his place for now.
Please contribute: http://www.cunningham.me.uk/mlowiki
#F26 Drag drop e-mail or task from Outlook to MLO - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 2 - less useful
Priority : 1 - very high
Description
Possibility to drag&drop email messages on MLO so that
"email>subject" will appear in the task title, and the body in the
note.

> Additionally, or even instead of pasting message text, if
> you could put a link to original message in Outlook (like
> Google Desktop search does) - that would be insane.

Solution
#F6 Tasks shortcuts, "blockers" or task dependencies - Fixed
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 1 - very high
Description
Ability to create shortcuts for a task in different projects. In other words sharing one task between different projects. By completion one task all its shortcuts will be completed automatically.

----
someproject (with complete subtasks in order)
specialshortcut to 'customerB $600'
subtask1
subtask2
subtask3
Finance - Inflow
customerA $500
customerB $600 (with place = "@Waiting for)

and here's the explanation.

I have a series of task to do for a project but I need the subtask
'customerB $600' (under another node)to be done before proceeding. that
way when I check this subtask it will trigger actions somewhere else in
the tree.

Is all this understandable?

Yves (Brussels)
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This entire issue could be solved easily (to the user) by having an
option for each task "Complete only after task" and a selector. It
could even default to the task directly above the current one with that
particular project. The other advantage to this is cross-project
dependancies. Occasionally one project getting going is dependant on
another passing a certain milestone. Sure, in strict GTD terms this is
Someday/Maybe-able, but I like having them setup already if I know the
framework to start.

=-Daniel-=
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Ideally, I'd like to have a drop-down box in the "Timing and Effort"
section, where you can select any task anywhere in the Outline, and the
current task would then become dependent on the completion of the
selected task.

Brand.
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http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/a224a776f1358772/0a175a41942d4248?q=dependencies&rnum=1#0a175a41942d4248
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/54160d7e9b21b1d8

Solution
#F36 Import LifeBalance XML - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 1 - very high
Description

Solution
MLO XML converter developed which included LifeBalance. Please download it from download section of the site:
http://www.mylifeorganized.net/downloads/index.htm
"MLO XML Converter"
#F297 Inherit parent place feature - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description
Date: Mon 6 Jun 2005 17:40
From: "FineJames"

Ok, the best I can tell this hasn't been covered before:

I'd like the ability for a task to change its context (Places in MLO)
when it is dragged and dropped below another context. For example,
when I have a task that us under my @Call that says "Call Mike to
confirm meeting time", and I call mike but get his voicemail, I usually
drag that task into my @Waiting for place. I have to then manually
change the "Call Mike to confirm meeting time" task place to @Waiting
for from @Call. This is annoying. I'd like the inheritence to be
fluid as an option.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Mon 6 Jun 2005 22:30
From: "Bob Pankratz"

Their are two ways that this could done in the future.......

1) Have items with 'no place' inherit their parents place. This would likely need to be a user preference.

2) Create a new built in place called 'parent's place'

For the time being the best solution is right click task operaitons copy place.

-bob

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2. Include a 'All Subtasks Inherit Parent's Place' checkbox in the
Properties Pane so any subtask can easily inherit the parents place - A
REAL TIMESAVER!

Julian

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Solution
#F315 The number of To-Do visible tasks for each place in Places picker on To-Do tab - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description
1) Place/Context Picker on when on the to-do tab. Display in the list;
the number of todo visible tasks currently in each place. That way
people know which Places they need to look at. Color the text the same a
due date indicator. If any task is overdue; use that color; if no tasks
over due but some close; use that color; otherwise black....

bob

Solution
#F478 Drag&Drop will change places to new parent (option or when use Ctrl+Shift) - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/2ed1d8c11c717e29/794aec6cd397dc81#794aec6cd397dc81

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When you insert a task under a parent with a place, the task inherits
the parent's place. However, if you MOVE a task under a parent, it does
not inherit the place.
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So if you move a brunch under another parent is should automatically
reset places in all branch to this parent's places? (or ask about this
each time you drag-drop or indend/outdent)
Andrey Tkachuk (MLO) Oct 28, 8:44 pm show options

I do not like this idea. You can reset places manually from <Local
Menu>->Advanced->Replace Places in all subtasks
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Maybe this can happen while holding down a key? Say Control+Shift, for
example, while dragging.
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Solution
#F826 Show completed tasks in the ToDo list for some time - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F337 Display the number of uncompleted to-do visible tasks for each place in the To-do list Place/Context filter picker - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F279 Time left instead of due date - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I would like an option (or maybe a toggle) to show the number of days
due for tasks rather than the date for example show "65 days" rather
than "05/09/05" or "-2 days" for overdue tasks. If greater than a
year, perhaps something like "2 years 65 days".
I feel this would allow easier and more inuitive tracking of timelines
for projects. It may fill some of the void of not having a gantt
chart, and allow a simple visual glance of timelines in both outline
and todo views.

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Could be a simple as a black number 65 for pending in 65 days and a red
2 for overdue todays. Not sure, would the the word "days" be need? For
greater than a year it could just be 2.65 or 495 any how if you have
stuff more than a year out in the tool you are a better planner than I :)

Bob

Solution
#F472 "Group by" feature in To-Do list. - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Group by
1) by projects
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/b2eaf8fd07a3d400/8b979214ac16b8a9#8b979214ac16b8a9

2) by places/subplaces
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/b59e1f4362c42b00/373f78f505823f21#373f78f505823f21

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One thing that AndyC mentions below is about breaking-out todo by subplaces.
This is something that I would want to have too. Sometimes I am at home, but
with the computer turned off (computer is a place included in @Home). At
that time I want to tacke the tasks that are @Home, but NOT @Computer.
Better grouping/filtering would be handy. The same applies with effort /
time-required / project.
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3) by due date

4) by goals?

5) ???

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I think what is really needed to accommodate a lot people's features is a
multi-column in todo, and allow Outlook-like sorting/grouping (drag columns,
group by this column, etc).
I noticed that the different views available in the outline should also be
available in the to-do list.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have MLO sort the tasks automatically by
importance (better algorithm), but the ideal solution would be so that score
to be a column in the to-do on its own, that I can sort by it - but still be
able to sort/group by anything else.
Luciano
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related to #F544

http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/3ac99e9d3105451
I also face a similar problem.
I have many routine tasks that clutter my to-do list and that makes a lot
harder to find the "real tasks" to be achieved.

Since these routine tasks are not necessarily daily, I think we need a more
flexible solution, based on user-specified criteria.

My suggestion to solve this problem would be to have todo-list groupable
and/or with some sort of advanced filter. This way, I could group by context
and put all my routine tasks in a context ("routine") and the real tasks in
another ("real-tasks").

Like this: If I could tell MLO:

Tasks in Outline:
task1 (contexts: routine, home)
task2 (contexts: routine, work)
task3 (contexts: real-tasks, home)
task4 (contexts: real-tasks, work)

Filter: (contains "routine" context) OR (containt "real-tasks") context.
Group: Group by Context

Result (to-do view):

[-] routine
task1 (contexts: routine, home)
task2 (contexts: routine, work)

[-] real-tasks
task3 (contexts: real-tasks, home)
task4 (contexts: real-tasks, work)

[-] home
task1 (contexts: routine, home)
task3 (contexts: real-tasks, home)

[-] work
task2 (contexts: routine, work)
task4 (contexts: real-tasks, work)

Well, of course there's need to much a lot more thought in the feature - but
you get the idea. This would be one use of advanced filtering/grouping - the
most important features MLO is lacking now, IMO. If Andrey gives this kind
of power to the masses, I'm sure the possibilities on solving specific user
problems like this one would be amazing.

Regards.
Luciano.

Solution
#F709 Add full path to e-mail subject - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/556fe2a3b415dc5e/#
- I like to see the complete parsing info in the subject of the mail
like you see it in the To-Do list. Some ToDo's only make sens if you
have the whole tree structure in there.
e.g. [Employees\Dave\] give feedback for presentation
This leads to just:
give feedback for... in the mail subject. This is not enough for me.

Thomas

Solution
#F543 An option to not sync an item to Outlook - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Mark tasks not to sync to Outlook? Consider Private flag?
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Would you consider an Options-type setting that would disable Outlook synchronisation of all Home tasks? (I.e. Home Projects, @Home, @HomeComputer etc.)
Maybe the Place would have to contain the word Home?
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Solution
#F329 Date range in the To-Do filter - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Date Range: In the same way Outlook works, one should be able to select
a date range in the Date field of the todo-list, to show all tasks regarding
that period - not limiting it to a single day.

Solution
#F683 Hipster PDA - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/6c43cf6684a90918/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_PDA
http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2005/06/11/diyp2_hipsterpda/

Solution
#F599 Sync Completed Items to Outlook - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I store all my completed items in Outlook for archival purposes. Under
the current sync method, I have to turn off "Remove tasks from Outlook
not visible in MLO To-Do list" to get the completed items to sync to
outlook. But this gives me all the other "stuff" that I don't want in
Outlook.

It would be nice to have a button that would allow the completed items
to sync to Outlook but not the higher level items that are not visiable
in the MLO To-Do list.

Bill

Solution
#F916 print a "to do list" in PocketMod format Options - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/8c3dbd926a9e3ec3/fcfb7da3c219a9dd#fcfb7da3c219a9dd

As I mentioned in my post, many MLO users need a portable To-Do list but do not use a PDA, either because they dont have one, or like me find a printed format works better for them. I believe PocketMod would admirably fill this gap. I also foresee several advantages to incorporating PocketMod print functionality into MLO versus enhancing the existing print functionality. I expect it would be much easier to implement this feature since it would allow you to leverage the efforts of other developers and incorporate their website as part of the education process.

Solution
#F535 Command line and automation - Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
If MLO could take other command line arguments, I'm sure people could
come up with some task automation ideas... maybe options to add tasks
or projects to a certain branch... maybe automate a way to take a task
assigned from another application like a helpdesk system and pop it
into MLO...

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> Besides MLO licensing model depends on ML data format.

So would I be able to write a batch file ('#' is comment delimiter
below) such as

# filename.xml copied in from another PC
mlo.exe -x filename.xml filename.ml # xlat XML to ML
mlo.exe filename.ml # interactive mode changes ML
mlo.exe -x filename.ml filename.xml # xlat from ML to XML
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What is very important to me that when MLO.EXE is asked to convert a
file, that it returns a different (nonzero) process exit code for each
possible failure, so a batch file could be made ultra-reliable (this
is my most precious data, after all). Possible failures I envision:
1) destination file already exists (MLO should never overwrite an
existing file during conversion), 2) file conversion error (bad input
data, for example, if I made a mistake while merging changes), 3)
write error (out of disk space, etc.).

As I think more about this, I wonder if MLO.EXE has the ability to
return "ERRORLEVEL" to a batch file, since it's a GUI app (though
maybe this could be forced if I invoke MLO.EXE from a batch file via
"start /wait MLO.EXE"?). Update: a little Googling shows that this
should be possible: http://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/Help/cmdline.html is
an example of what I'd hope for from MLO.

Solution
#F517 Rename "Place" to "Context" - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description

Solution
#F534 register a URL protocol "mlo://" - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/networking/pluggable/overview/appendix_a.asp

Solution
#F54 Consider "do not show in todo list" tasks as completed tasks so that the parent task shows up in ToDo - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
"One thing also related, would be the option to have items which have
the "do not show in todo list" set also not count as open next actions
to the top level item. Currently if you want to include reference info
in the outline and there are no other tasks open, the top level item
(or next item up in the hierachy) won't show up on the todo list. I
would rather have that top level item show up even though the reference
info is still under that item, so I know I have an open project with no
next action. "
Gregg

Solution
#F10 Special view "By Places" - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Additional view "By Places" next to "Goals" and "Projects" where you will have all tasks grouped by places they assigned to. There will be also "<no place>" group.

Maybe just add place <Nowhere>?

Maybe related to statistics (#7)

Solution
#F544 Improve ToDo filtering - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I think we need filtering on both ToDo and
Outline. And filtering should be supported based on at least place, goal
type, importance, and/or project status.

David Rees
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Time have
Energy
Date
goal
...
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Luciano:
I have many routine tasks that clutter my to-do list and that makes a lot
harder to find the "real tasks" to be achieved.

Since these routine tasks are not necessarily daily, I think we need a more
flexible solution, based on user-specified criteria.

My suggestion to solve this problem would be to have todo-list groupable
and/or with some sort of advanced filter. This way, I could group by context
and put all my routine tasks in a context ("routine") and the real tasks in
another ("real-tasks").

Like this: If I could tell MLO:

Tasks in Outline:
task1 (contexts: routine, home)
task2 (contexts: routine, work)
task3 (contexts: real-tasks, home)
task4 (contexts: real-tasks, work)

Filter: (contains "routine" context) OR (containt "real-tasks") context.
Group: Group by Context

Result (to-do view):

[-] routine
task1 (contexts: routine, home)
task2 (contexts: routine, work)

[-] real-tasks
task3 (contexts: real-tasks, home)
task4 (contexts: real-tasks, work)

[-] home
task1 (contexts: routine, home)
task3 (contexts: real-tasks, home)

[-] work
task2 (contexts: routine, work)
task4 (contexts: real-tasks, work)

Solution
#F682 INS key and other key issues and warnings for deleting tasks - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/f742b4a2aba3110d

I think there needs to be a mechanism for changing the key assignments
in MLO, especialy the INS, DEL and Space Bar keys.

Solution
#F454 Filter To-Do by Effort (Energy needed) - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
The way I understand Effort in MLO (correct me if I am wrong) is what
David Allen calls "Energy", is that right? Effort doesn't necessarily
have to be physical effort, but mental/psychological as well. So, in
other words, I may have a task in my todo list which could take only 5
minutes (say, a phone call) but which may require lots of
mental/psychological energy because it is a very stressful phone call
(what some people call a "cringe" task). On the other hand, I might
have a task that takes 4 hours to do, but is easy, pleasant, and it
doesn't require a lot of mental energy on my part.

I am only now starting to apply this part of MLO to my GTD
implementation, and I am just beginning to realize how important and
useful it is. The problem is, MLO currently does not allow you to
filter the todo list based on effort (or energy available).

MLO currently provides filtering by time available. If I have available
only, say, 20 minutes, I can tell MLO to show me only the tasks that I
can do in that time frame. Wouldn't it make sense to have something
similar for effort? If I am high on energy (because of the time of the
day or my mood), wouldn't it make sense to be able to tell MLO to show
me just those "cringe" tasks that require a lot of effort so that I can
knock them off? Reversely, if I feel pretty tired and run-down, I may
tell MLO to show me just tasks that don't require too much from me
energy-wise.

iLiAS
----

I really think this would be an important addition to the already
excellent feature set of MLO.

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. Effort View/Filters
======================
Couldn't find a F# for this. As I understand, the Effort slider indicates
the "level of engagement" or "energy required" to do a certain task. It's
been a long time that I want to use this variable to guide my decisions on
what to do, but today the product doesn't seem to use the information at
all. The way I see it is as a filter to the to-do list, in the same way of
"time available". Sorting on it would be nice, too (see 4).

Solution
#F714 PDF helpfile, so we can read on ppc or print - Verified Fixed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution

2 - In Progress (5 item(s))

#F112 Ability to customize font color and icons for different types of tasks (color coding) - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 1 - very high
Description
Types of tasks:
- projects
- goals
- hide branch in todo
- hide only this task in todo
- complete subtasks in order
- priority
- custom colors

Themes

related to #F21

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/aa1031d671d3773c/d648ba90e7e918d9#d648ba90e7e918d9
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Add the ability to color code the items in the outlines based on the priority of the tasks in the outline. Provide three groupings: High, Medium, Low.
--
- Related to flags also.

--
See linked items also

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When working with files in Windows, the icon next to the file helps you
identify at a glance what type of file it is.

I was thinking about that today, how great it would be if we could have
icons in the Outline. For example, there would be an icon for a project
(if the task is a project), a different icon if it is a weekly goal, a
different icon if it is a monthly goal etc. Also, for projects, the
icon could be a little square (instead of a checkbox) that could be
"filling" in color to indicate the percentage of completion.

One could argue that this would make the outline more crowded, but this
could be made configurable in the options for those users who don't
like it.

I just think the outline is too plain right now, and the use of icons
could make it both more visually appealing and more functional.

If there is interest, I can think more about this, and come up with
some more ideas on how it could be best implemented.

iLiAS

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I would really appreciate being able to
opt for different projects being highlighted with different colors so I
could visually scan for related tasks.

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I love the ideas presented in the text of this feature request. Having
icons/colors for projects, "locked" tasks, monthly goals, etc. Icons for
bookmarks would be included here.

Luciano
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Solution
#F349 Allow tasks to have start dates without due dates. - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Note: Leadtime would have to be disable in those cases.

Solution
#F547 Undo after Duplicate Task - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 6 - very low
Description

Solution
#F33 Set parameters for entire branch - Open
How hard : 3 - Easy
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
-urgency
-importance
- min/max
...

I want to start using the Time Required for tasks setting especially
with the new functionality of being able to see how much time is
available between appointments in Outlook. But at the moment I don't
see a way to group a list of tasks and set the Min/Max Time for all of
these tasks apart from manually.

Could we have an Advanced Option to set Min/Max Time for all subtasks
inherited from the parent node? Similar to the Add Place to all
Subtasks.

Is it possible that we could have an option that newly created tasks
inherit the parent nodes, min/max time settings by default if the
Min/Max time settings are set?

I personally tend to group tasks of a similar nature, being of a
similar nature they will not only have the same Place/Context set but
more often than not have the same min/max time settings as well. Being
able to set the min/max on a whole group of tasks and then tweak the
ones that need more/less time would be really good.

All the best

Steve

Solution
#F21 Flag any task item - Open
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 4 - below normal
Description
You can create a list of "flags" (categories) and then flag any task with a flag. There should be the view "By Flag". Flagged item can be with different text colors or with icon in the list. Flags will no affect task ordering and needed only for grouping.
- be able to choose if children of a task inherit or don't inherit the color and icon

http://www.mylifeorganized.net/products/my-life-organized/feedback/Flags.txt

related to #F112

Solution

3 - Next versions (10 item(s))

#F273 tooltips to display notes - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description
Use tooltips to display notes it will save a few mouse actions
for checking short notes.

Solution
#F43 Field "task assigned to a person" and view by this field - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F327 Use status bar - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
>I don?t see the status bar being used today. Is there any use for it?
Will be used. I just need to stop and think about the best info I can place there in different situations.

More examples of status bar using
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/01/05/509645.aspx

Solution
#F528 Google desktop search integration - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F107 Time spent measurement and transfer to the time spent field - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
time spent measurement and transfer to the time spent field (like in
MasterList Professional for example)
Tom
----
...I would especially like to be able to track my
"time on task" for each task, and some kind of overview of how I actually
have spent my time on tasks from day to day.

Richard Musselwhite

--------
More info on TimePanic
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/73f7308f00c34a70

Solution
#F106 additional columns in to-do list and outline - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
In the Outline and especially in the ToDo some columns of information would
be very helpful. For example, it would be good to see the project,
importance, and places for starters (this is a clear gap when moving from
Outlook).
---
Allow multiple columns of data to be displayed in the to-do list; and allow sorting by various columns.

Solution
#F514 Lock tasks & "Hide children but not parent" option. New types of items ("Note", "Group"?) - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
How about idea:

There is a special check box say "Lock this task". It may be set in Task->Advanced->Properties

If this check is set then:
1) You can not check off this task (no check box in the Outline?)
2) There is additional confirmation if you try to delete this task
3) "Hide only this task in To-Do list" option is automatically set for this task

---------
Related:
"Hide children but not parent" option

It would be nice to have a "hide sub-tasks in ToDo" check box. That would
allow keeping a checklist for task item without all the sub-items showing up
in the ToDo.

Hide children (but not parent) option

Related:
New Item type "Notes"
I use mlo in the combination as a task manager and a notes system on
the dektop and the ppc. Using the outliner structure there ist no
problem to seperate these topics in the same file.

Here a just some ideas/wishes to makes this more elegant:

1. Possibility to decide that this tree/subtree/node has no check boxes
2. Mark this tree/subtree/node as a (simple)note
3. Add a new view for notes (in addition to projects - goals - tasks)

Perhaps there a other or supporting ideas.

Regards,
Udo

Solution
#F20 Multiselect in the outline - Open
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
"Create a way that you can select multiple items at a time if you want to set them all to the same thing (priority, place, due date, etc...)"

Solution
#F450 Time Required for the ToDo List - Open
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 4 - below normal
Description
1. Time Required for the ToDo List
-----------------------------------
For me, one of the most valuable feature of big project management
applications is the ability to calculate the required time. It informs
me whether I have to hurry, or even rethink the whole project, or just
I can take it easy.

I think it would be very useful to have a similar view on my daily plan
(i.e. ToDo list).

If I have to complete 28 hours of tasks, then it's time to rethink my
plans.
If I have only 2 hours of tasks for the whole day, then I can easily
schedule something more.

So, I would suggest a Time-Required field around the ToDo list, which
calculate the total time of the tasks appears on the filtered list.

Solution
#F227 ToDo and outline within the same window - Is Duplicate
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
---
I also like the idea of being able to see the outline and the todo list
at the same time,

--------
As to the thought of having the outline and todo list visible at the same time. It's interesting, but I would miss having the properties pane visable. How do you envision that working? What is the gain exactly of seeing the two at the same time? Would it be a special mode or the full time running mode? Are their any exisiting products that demostrate this in action? Curiosity abounds?

-Bob

Solution

4 - Approved (will be scheduled later) (9 item(s))

#F269 Toolbar for common operations - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description
I use MLO on a Tablet PC, so the keyboard shortcuts aren't much use to
me.

I would be helpful to have a taskbar with buttons for common functions
(add task, add subtask, edit task, delete task, etc), as this would
save me having to tap-and-hold tasks to perform operations on them.
May also be useful to people who use the mouse more than keyboard
shortcuts.

Thanks,
Simon
-----------

Solution
#F180 Included by tab - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Here's an oh Duh!!!!! moment.

On the "places" view.

There is a tab for "included places", "notes", and "hours" ad a tab
"include by place" tab, and move the included by list there; and give
the ability to check mark in there as well as in "included places"

Why you ask?

Because after you build a complex places structure; it's much faster to
add a new place if you can just tell the program which places that new
place is included by.

Sorry I should have thought of that much earlier..... That's a "long"
standing LB complaint that was never addressed.

Solution
#F345 Customize project statuses - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Allow users to specify the labels for Project Status (Not Started, Suspended, Completed, In-Progress), don't limit the user to 4 values.

Solution
#F432 <all plcaces>, <No where> sync to Outlook [desc] - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
David Rees wrote:

>The one thing missing is need the "<all places>" and "<no where>" places to
>be synchronized to Outlook. I brought this up during the alpha but it didn't
>make it in.

>d

That's still on the list :) with the other delayed features.

Solution
#F336 Add a property to Places/Context to exclude them from the built in <all place> to-do list filter - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F140 Support more formats for Import/Export - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Shadow
& Bonasi
OPML
http://www.opml.org/spec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML
http://xml.coverpages.org/opml.html
Omnioutliner
Mindgenius (http://www.mindgenius.com)
vcal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vcal
http://www.imc.org/pdi/vcaloverview.html

------
http://www.mindgenius.com
Then I would also plead consideration for Mindgenius which I know
supports xml and also html for saving files.

http://www.mindgenius.com

Phil
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Solution
#F333 Ability to split outline for easy drag/drop etc - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
For example, I have always used dual-pane file managers. This is really
helpful when you have a lot of moving-around file management to do. You
basically have two copies of the outline, which makes it easier to copy
and move files and folders. Could something similar be done to MLO in
the future or this would confuse things? Food for thought.

Solution
#F270 Dockable Windows (seeing the To-Do and Outline together) - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 4 - below normal
Description
Andrey, can we get a F# on seeing the todo and outline together? That is
really near the top of my personal list.

A variation would be the ability to open multiple windows on the same file.
So you can make changes in any windows and it's immediately reflected across
the windows. This would support drag/drop between different parts of the
outline for instance.

---
Sometimes it?s useful to see the notes of an item
together with its properties; sometimes it?s useful to see the outline
together with the todo-list, and so on. Different people will find useful
different combinations of information. So why not make all the sections
dockable and let the user choose the layout (in the same way Visual
Studio.NET works). Of course, the default layout would be the agreed "best"
for most users, and if you?re savvy enough (I guess a lot of MLO users are)
you can customize the layout. In the same way Visual Studio does, you can
also dock windows over the others (generating tabs).

Luciano

----
Ability to have Notes and Tasks property in separate floating windows that are contained/constrained to the parent window of the outline and to-do lists.
---
For example, I have always used dual-pane file managers. This is really
helpful when you have a lot of moving-around file management to do. You
basically have two copies of the outline, which makes it easier to copy
and move files and folders. Could something similar be done to MLO in
the future or this would confuse things? Food for thought.
---

Solution
#F560 For Outlook log file use Editor Associated With .txt Files - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 5 - low
Description
When MLO calls up an editor (e.g. view Outlook Sync Log) it uses
Notepad.exe.

Instead, could it call the program associated with file type .txt?

Solution

5 - Will be analyzed later (either approved or rejected) (34 item(s))

#F924 Mark task as completed within reminder window - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/f1a1ca8e8dd1d9da?hl=en

Solution
#F477 Automation in changing project statuses after completion - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
How about this? :
There is an option "Change project status on completion/uncompletion" (default is off)
If it is set then
if you complete a project its status will be set to "Completed"
if you uncheck the project an its status was "Completed" it will be reset to "In progress"

However personally I do not like much automation in such cases. Project is usually a "big thing" and I have to change things like Status manually after additional thought. Otherwise if you check-off a project accidentally you will not see it in the Projects View under "In progress" group because of this automation.

----
Another idea:
if you check or uncheck a task which is under a project then the Project status should changed automatically (if option set)

Not Started -> In Progress
In Progress -> N/A
Suspended -> N/A
Completed -> In Progress

If you check or uncheck project itself then

Check:
Not Started -> Completed
In Progress -> Completed
Suspended -> N/A
Completed -> N/A

Uncheck:
Not Started -> In Progress
In Progress -> N/A
Suspended -> N/A
Completed -> In Progress

Solution
#F850 Time zones for open/closed places - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I use MLO as my daily task and project management tool. As I am in charge of coordinating activities with several offices around the world, I interact with people in all time zones, and I also travel a lot. It would be very helpful for me to be use the MLO function of "opening hours" for places. Unfortunately, I can't because I can not get MLO to understand that some places are open say from 9 to 5 UK time, which translates to something else depending on what time zone I am in, and other places are open say 9 to 5 in the time zone I am in, and will always be open 9 to 5 in my current time zone.

In other words, I would need to be able to set opening hours for places either in terms of <hours in time zone X> or in terms of <hours in Local Time>, Local Time being the current system time of the PC.

If it is not possible to manage both time references, one to a fixed time zone and one to local time, then it would be great to at least be able to fix times in terms of <time in time zone X>. For people who don't travel, this wouldn't change anything, and for me it would help a lot because most of my "places" are actually people or offices I talk to and therefore will be open at fixed times in their respective time zones.

Any chance of adding this functionality in the next version?

Best regards

Roland Sidler

Solution
#F480 Sync project statuses to Outlook - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/0d36298cc8cac07f/c3bf7edf6863ff38#c3bf7edf6863ff38

Solution
#F481 Graphs - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
To recap : I'm impressed by MyLifeOrganized but the one thing I really
miss is LB's excellent graphs giving me an indication of where I'm
spending my
time, compared to how I'd like to spend my time (the 2 pie charts in
life balance).

Can I confirm Graphs will be considered on the new feature list? I
think graphs is likely to have a wider impact on sales and usage, more
so than some of the other feature requests which I suspect would only
add value to a very small number of users

---------------
I was thinking it would be great if I setup contexts for
departments and then I could see a graph of how much time I'm spending
working on projects for each department

Chris
---

I raised #481 originally, to recap it was to implement something
similar to the pie charts implemented in Life Balance. First chart= a
desired split of activity between different areas (the areas being the
top level tasks) Second graph = split of tasks completed between
different areas. An example of how this would be used would be to show
the high level split of tasks completed between, say , work tasks, and
exercise and homelife. thanks

scoobie
-----
-----

Solution
#F320 Tablet PC support - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F515 @Waiting for, excluded places' tab etc - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Topic:

http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/05b470106a835570/10ec45583d090774#10ec45583d090774

julianw wrote:
> So the options are:

> 1. Use a context/place for @WaitingFor and implement a 'excluded
> places' tab alongside the 'included places' tab/or a filter @WaitingFor
> place checkbox

> 2. Have a checkbox to designate a task @WaitingFor and implement a
> specific filter checkbox in the todo window

> Either would work for me, although I feel an 'excluded places' tab
> could also add a lot of useful extra functionality btw

Of course, based on my earlier post, I would prefer Option 2. But
there is another option, which is to have Option 2 PLUS the ability to
exclude any place from the ToDo list, with an "excluded places" tab.
-------

Topic:
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/ac4f81d5d1cb5ec4/98b809eea05fc154#98b809eea05fc154

Solution
#F516 How to sync included places to Outlook? - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/3849eb6d2146c28e/adb542d7c0eba803#adb542d7c0eba803

Tim
Dec 7, 5:54 pm
Oops, I must not have been very clear in my question. Tasks with Place
(categories) sync nicely. However, MLO is much more powerful than
that. It can assign tasks to quai-places based upon the Place(s)
initially assign, e.g. "!0. Daily Preview/Review." You don't actually
assign these places to tasks- MLO assigns them for you using the ever
helpful feature- "included places." So, if my task is "Send card to
Dad," and the place is "@Office" the task might appear in more than one
location, e.g. @office and DailyReview. For me, this is one of the
greatest MLO features.

These seem to be lost on syncing. I could certainly udnerstand why. I
was looking for a solution.

-------
Andrey:
hm... I understand now. I will think it over but I do not see easy way
for this now. We need an option "Sync included places also" but it
brings many problems to the sync.
----------

Solution
#F469 Rename functionality - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
currently renaming entries is not menu or right mouse-click supported.
One has to aim and click at the name and start renaming. What I'd like
to see is:

Menu edit

a menu option "rename" which will automatically jump the cursor into
the name of the active entry while highlighting (mark) the complete
entry. So one can just start writing to give this entry a new name
without any more mouseclicks or keyboard actions to delete or mark the
old name.

right click on entry

basically the same behaviour in the context menu which provides a
"rename" option

double click on entry name

highlights / marks the complete entry and not only the active word.

I hope it is clear what I mean :-)

Volker

Solution
#F451 Follow-up task from the ToDo list - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
3. Follow-up task from the ToDo list
------------------------------------
Very often I add follow-on tasks to the just-completed one, mostly with
a very similar text. Today it can be done only by a quite complex
"algorithm":
- select the task on the To-Do tab
- change to Outline tab
- duplicate task
- adjust changes on the new task (i.e. description and properties)
- select the original task again
- tick it as completed
- change tab back to To-Do.

I'd suggest a right-click menu item, which would mark the original task
completed, and insert a new task with the same properties with the
description Re:Original Task Desription, and open this new task for
editing.

----------
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/6dccba18a14f6d9a
Above & Beyond, TimeTo, ACT! etc, have the facility to create another
task based on the one that has just been completed. I would like to
see this type of functionality within MLO as I could see it would be
useful.

My thinking was this, a properties option to set a follow-up or clone
of a task once it has been completed. Once the task is marked as
complete a little Dialogue box to popup "Create Follow-up/Clone Task"
Yes/No buttons, perhaps even an option to carry over notes, or just do
that by default. Create the task in the same position within the
outline.

I think this type of functionality within MLO could be really useful,
save the need for entering in another task once one has been complete
or using copy/paste. Also if the Clone/Follow-up tasks inherits the
details of the previous task. Save times updating.

I think it needs to be a toggle because you wouldn't want this on all
tasks.

Would anybody else like to see this type of functionality?

All the best

Steve

Solution
#F810 More sections for information in Projects - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_frm/thread/815ba9e7a9070b62

I would like to have different note sections which are distinguishable
in the property panel. They should be configurable by the user (i.e. I
can define which note sections I need). Then I could define sections
for the goal and expected outcome of a project, for links to files, for
links to other tasks, for actions which possibly are required in the
future, etc. Currently, this information is buried in a single big text
(which is difficult to structure).

Wolfgang

Solution
#F532 Required Properties for Task - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/94dabbefb84e5a12

I find that when I'm quickly entering tasks in MLO, I often forget to
specify certain properties, such as "Time Required", "Task Effort",
"Places", etc... This makes the application much less useful, as its
scheduling capabilities are obviously diminished when the user has not
provided the necessary information.

I would like to request that you add a branch in the "Options" screen
where the user can specify which properties are "Required" for every
task. Then, if a user tries to enter a task without including all the
required properties, a warning dialog should popup, reminding the user
to enter the missing information.

For certain tasks, you may not want to enter all the required
properties, so the user should be permitted to ignore the warning and
proceed without entering all the required properties.

Brad

------
I love the idea.
Multiple times I forgot to fill in the Places edit box, and finding it, only
much time later, the task lost in the <nowhere> place.

But it may not be that simple. Tasks created via Rapid Entry still wouldn't
have these attributes, and when moving these tasks out of your Rapid Entry
root should be blocked, or you should be prompted to enter all the required
fields.

Despite these difficulties, I think this feature would be very valuable.
Maybe an intermediate solution is to make the "required" fields be of
another color, not making them really required, but only hinting that you
should fill them.

Luciano

Solution
#F809 Create history of completed tasks in Project notes - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_frm/thread/815ba9e7a9070b62

When a subtask is completed could it automatically be added to the
notes of the parent with a date/time stamp?

Example:
Parent: Lay tile in entry
NOTES: 09/26/06 09:37 PM: Purchase mortar (with associated notes)
09/27/06 10:30 PM: Lay backerboard (with associated notes)
Subtask: Lay tile
Subtask: Purchase Grout
Note: Purchase Brown to match

Solution
#F47 Possible visual improvements for tasks with long captions - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
1) put an ellipsis at the right edge of anything that is truncated

2) Own "columns" for icons. "It occurs to me that part of the reason the UI looks messy to me in MLO is because the Overdue and Note buttons and such aren't given a column of their own -- so other, longer, notes can be in the same vertical space below or above"

Michael Fessler

Solution
#F536 How to display task not yet start in Outlook - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I thought that the "remove tasks from Outlook not visible in MLO to-do
list" option would follow what was actually visible in the MLO To-Do
list window, but it seems to sync tasks that are visible by default -
i.e. assuming the selected date is "Today".

If this is what's happening, is this by design or is it a bug?

Some background to help explain what I'm trying to do.

I have a mix of tasks:
(t1) tasks with no date at all,
(t2) tasks with start and / or due date
(t3) items from the MLO outline that are explicitly hidden

I'm trying to create a view of my tasks on my Palm that allows me to see:
t1 plus t2 for the next (eg) month. So if today is 24 February, I
want to see all tasks which either have no date or which will start
by, or be due before, 24 March.

In MLO itself, this is easy :-) Simply select 24 March in the To-Do
list window. But what you select in the To-Do list window does NOT
seem to be what syncs over to Outlook.

In Outlook it's possible, just a bit more difficult. I could sync all
tasks (t1,t2 and t3) and then create a view filter. I sync the
user-defined fields to Outlook so it's just:
Start Date or Due Date in the next 30 days; and
MLOHidden=No
(I haven't tried this as I don't often view tasks in Outlook, but it
should work.)

But on the Palm this seems to be impossible. The native Palm Todo
list app doesn't allow you to filter at all. I'm using Keysuite, and
this does allow a view of tasks for the "Next 7 days", but:
(a) it then does not display t1 (ie undated) tasks; even if it did, it
would then also show t3 (ie MLOHidden) tasks; and
(b) it's not configurable - ie it's Next 7 Days or everything;

I thought that I could deal with this in MLO by changing the date in
the To-Do list window, and then syncing only visible tasks, but as
mentioned above, that doesn't seem to work.

Grateful for any comments

K
------
Andrey.. that solution will only partly satisfy the question. I have
the same desire as CK Au Jeffrey and feel that the solution could be a
filter in MLO rather than an option in the Outlook Sync menus. It
seems to me that what gets synced is a function of what is actually in
the to-do list. If so, then irrespective of whether one syncs to
OUtlook or not, I believe many would find it useful to be able to see
and review what is coming up, both as dues and starts, in a given
period (eg. the next 7 days). I do notice that often when planning the
due date and lead time of a new task, I do not take into account what
is also upcoming, especially if that upcoming task is not yet appearing
on the list. Ther result can be too many tasks appearing on a given
day and a necessity to reschedule. A filter to be able to see both dues
and starts would be great, and would allow the syncing to Outlook as CK
Au Jeffrey is wishing for.

RD

http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/942cb8dd4a60e281/a75b598e93d7d0c9#a75b598e93d7d0c9

----------------------------------

I am currently testing the Outlook sync function with a view to sending
data to my Palm, and have a question regarding how due dates are
treated. If I assign a due date to an item (start and due date the
same) in MLO, and that date is greater than today, the task will not
appear in Outlook until the date its due.
Phil.

...
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...
Phil wants to see both task due
dates and start dates Outlook and on his PDA. Me too. Apart from any
other factor, it is important for review and planning purposes when
setting start and due dates for new tasks in MLO, that one can see what
is coming up. Too often, I set task dates which have to be changed
later, once already-entered tasks show on the MLO to do list as a
function of their start dates and cause task overload. In this regard,
I currently find it incredibly useful to sync the MLO To Do List to
Outlook and view tasks in a custom Calender View in Outlook, either by
week or month. If start dates could also be viewed as well in such a
View it would be even better. I believe this can be accomplished
simply by having a new filter for the To Do List to select Dues and
Starts and for a selected time period (next week, next month).
Incidentally, changing task dates by dragging and dropping in the
Outlook Calendar View is way simpler than doing it in MLO.
...
RD
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/7ea928ee3964148e/1b33a879a9652c25#1b33a879a9652c25

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ability to filter out certain tasks from sync to Outlook or PDA e.g.
only tasks due in X days and exclude certain places (waiting
for/someday)
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More Outlook Sync Options
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/bfb10a07dc94c875
I would like more control of what is synced to Outlook. Specifically
the ability to remove tasks from outlook that is not visible in MLO
to-do list but still have the option to all completed items and items
with due dates to sync. I use Outlook calendar and task pad to see
what is coming on futer days. If I am looking ahead a week I won't see
a task whose start day does not begin before today unless I un-check
the remove tasks from Outlook that are not visible. But then also see
all the things I don't want to see and have told MLO to hide from the
todo list.

May be a selection that would sync all things execpt items that have
the Hide branch/task option selected would do the trick.

Bill

Solution
#F539 Advanced Timed Chain of Events - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Link:
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/4978c702f01a352a/3a001714135613bc

When you have "Complete subtasks in order" checked off, it would be
great if you could specify the amount of time before the next subtask.

For instance, say you have a timed routine that doesn't always start at
the same time.

Get up, immediately take probiotics.
Then half hour later, take other supps like food enzymes.
Then 15 minutes later eat breakfast.
Then 45 minutes later do morning workout.
etc.

Of course other stuff is going to constantly distract you between all
these things (like drafting a post for the MLO forum), so the alarms
will remind you to stay on routine. But even if you don't get around to
taking the food enzymes the second the alarm goes off, the next alarm
for eating breakfast will still wait till 15 minutes after you check
off the food enzymes task. And no matter how long it takes you to eat
breakfast, the morning workout alarm won't go off until 45 minutes
after you check off eating breakfast. This builds a level of
flexibility and intelligence into a time dependent routine that I
haven't been able to find with any regular alarm applications.

....

Ken Botwinick
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[see more details at the link on the top]

Solution
#F540 Using %X to incode different information into task name - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Connected to adding columns
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the user can give a format string
that is used to display that task. They can use a special %X for each MLO
field.

So for instance I could have

%N { %P } %G

Where %N is task name, %P is project name, and %G is goal type. So the
resulting string would be:

sand the walls { paint the bedroom } W

d
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Solution
#F319 Google-suggest-type quick navigation to Outline - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
iLiAS wrote:
>So, it would be a tremendous help if there was a way to bookmark them,
>to mark them as "favorites, to have a shortcut to them. This could be
>implemented as a toolbar, or at least a menu item (such in IE).

This dovetails with my keyboard navigation suggestion... rather than
have to program in "only the important ones" as favorites, use a Google
Suggest/QuickSilver/filename-type auto-completion to get to ANY of them
by typing only the unique characters. So to get to Personal \ Chores \
Haircuts, I would type CTRL-K to enter a 'keyword', then something like
this - left column shows what I type, right column shows what appears:

p | *P*arenting
e | *Pe*rsonal
\ | Personal\
c | Personal\*C*hores
\ | Personal\Chores\
h | Personal\Chores\*H*aberdashery
a | Personal\Chores\*Ha*berdashery
i | Personal\Chores\*Hai*rcuts

Depending how it's implemented, you could search for (a) initial
characters, or (b) any characters sequentially in a row, or (c) any
characters non-sequentially but in that order; the first is most
intuitive, the last is most powerful. I'd definitely recommend bolding
the matched characters, as I tried to do above - not sure if it'll make
it through the list or not. The description is complicated, but the
usage is quite simple.

Jay (?)

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Another simpler navigation mechanism would be next/previous project. Perhaps
Ctrl up/down could jump between projects so you could rapidly skip through
the outline.

d

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Solution
#F344 Search/filtering , find and replace ideas - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
start search from the beginning
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Parent-less filtering of the outline. Add a free text filter to the outline that will display any items that have that text string; but without there parents showing. Flatten the outline to look like the to-do list; but remain in the outline view.
---

Start typing to show corresponded items in the Outline

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Add a Search in addition to find that works just like search in PPC program http://chrisant.home.comcast.net/hs3/hs3.armv4.cab
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I have been playing with both the Desktop and PPC versions for a couple
of days now and have noticed that there is not a find & replace feature
in the edit menu. Am I missing it somewhere?

I believe a find/replace command would be beneficial for those of us
who do lists of items on a non-scheduled recurring basis... (ex..Help
Desk tickets.) I have to keep track of many requests from other people
and a list of actions that must be taken for each... It would be nice
to use a template to pull in a list of tasks say for setting up a
workstaion and be able to find/replace a word in the task description
to insert the ticket number and client name so that tasks can be easily
differentiated when looking at the task list.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Any questions, I will explain
further.

Thanks, Ralph

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incremental search

Solution
#F715 Autocapitalise task titles - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F559 Improve acceleration keys - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
While the Notes tab is in view, you cannot use the accelerator keys for the
Properties tab.
Would it be possible to make these keys accessible all the time?

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As I am once again tweaking my 'system', I found myself entering a large
number of projects today and noticed a behavior which could use improvement.
While the Notes tab is in view, you cannot use the accelerator keys for the
Properties tab. When you try them (Alt-J for Project for example), you
receive a System Beep and no action taken. It does not appear to matter
where the actual focus is (in the item list or the notes pane).

Would it be possible to make these keys accessible all the time? I very
often use the Project, Place and Hide.. Keys because I detest going to the
mouse. Yes, you can switch back to Properties, but I rarely need to see all
the properties, while I like seeing the notes. I do realize this is not
necessarily standard Windows behavior, but well, sometimes standard isn't
always best. Moreover, the Notes pane does not appear to use many (if any)
accelerator keys, so I can't this interfering too much.

As a side note, would it be possible for Complete subtasks in order to
receive an accelerator key?

Lastly, this might be solved by my long-standing request for the notes to be
viewable all the time. Just had to throw that in :-)

Thanks,
Daniel

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http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/227cb42e82b94167/

Solution
#F452 Configurable Primary and Secondary properties - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
(Related to "Task templates" #F518)
4. Configurable Primary and Secondary properties
------------------------------------------------
This is quite a large-scale change, but maybe you consider it for some
future release.
People use MLO differently, so they use different task properties.
MLO features more customisation option than most of the other software,
but it is still limited.

My suggestion is the following:
- you should add one more tab to the task properties, called "secondary
properties"
- in the Preferences users could select for every properties whether to
appear on the normal (primary) task tab, or on the secondary tab, or
not at all.
- you may consider to pre-sets: one for GTD and another one for Covey
believers.

Solution
#F592 More commands for MLO items which were drag&dropped from Outlook - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Also, I see you put the message in the note with a link to the Outlook message , but since I would expect needing to go back to the email often, it would be nice to have an icon perhaps to the left of the Notes icon that open the message. Perhaps add to the context menu Open message , Reply to message, and Reply all?

Solution
#F598 Option to show a task in all places - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Basically I want to be able to see a task on the ToDo list regardless
of the place that is set, almost an option that overrides the whole
Places concept in a way. So if I have an urgent task/reminder I can see
it all of the time on the ToDo List even when I switch places.

The way I have done it at the moment is create a place called
'Anywhere' then included 'Anywhere' in all of the other places I have
defined. So if a task is set to Anywhere it is shown on all the other
place lists (apart from the <nowhere> list ).

What I would like to see is either a predefined place of Anywhere on
the place list that allows a task to show on the ToDo list regardless
of the place setting or some sort of task variable that can be set to
show the task in all places.

Steve
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/ef393e66fe4d1e8d/017e6920569d1604

Solution
#F398 Project names with different color in To-Do - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I love the addition of project names in front of tasks, but I have one
suggestion: Can we select a different color for project names? I'd
like to see project names in Green, or Blue, or whatever. That would
make for a better visual experience.

techvoyager

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Solution
#F343 Due Date = Completion date of final child that is completed + XX Days - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Give parent tasks a new option. Set Due Date = Completion date of final child that is completed + XX Days. Once the last child is completed, Due Date on parent is set and option would self clear.

Solution
#F690 Outlook like rules for Rapid Task Entry - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/b3ab9a59fd35ca9c/

Call <somebody> | add task to "@Calls" context
Buy <something> | add task to "@Errands" context
Research <something> | add task to "@Internet" context
Sometimes <do smth> | move task to "Sometimes" branch

Solution
#F687 Add "Nowhere" context to included contexts and to picker on ToDo tab - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/5595e3f0a4a10345/#

Could you please include a special place/context "Nowhere" in "Included
Places" list in "Places" tab? It will be very useful to have an ability
to construct contexts that include tasks WITHOUT a context. Why? If i
want to see ALL tasks but WITHOUT some which belong to specific
context, i can make a context which includes ALL contexts except the
one i do not want to see. But in this situation i can't see tasks with
no context and i WANT to see them too! :)

Divano

Solution
#F834 Accomplishments score and progress bar - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
I'd really like some kind of progress bar that provided feedback on how
much I'd accomplished during the day. I'm thinking of an Accomplishment
Score that starts at zero and each time you check off a task, it adds
(say) the importance/urgency score * effort of the task to the total
Accomplishment Score. You could also have a button to reset the
Accomplishment Score to zero at any time.

That way, on a daily (or weekly, or monthly) basis, I could reset the
Accomplishment score to zero and as I check off each task, see some
visual feedback on the progress I'm making. Bigger jobs (more effort)
will provide bigger jumps in the score. Over the longer term you could
even plot how much you accomplished each day (or week or month) and see
how it varies.

Nerdy, perhaps, but I think it's a feature I'd get a lot of use out of.

Solution
#F931 Text-to-speech and task mastering - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/5f8f4b2c34ce015d/9851c569ef3d5fa6#9851c569ef3d5fa6

Solution
#F232 An option to limit the number of items visible in the ToDo - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 5 - low
Description
You can do this by providing an option to limit the number of tasks
displayed in the ToDo list. Another way of implementing this is with an
option to set the ToDo list length to the number of tasks completed
yesterday. The user should still be able to adjust the number of items
displayed (if they only got one task completed yesterday, for instance).

Feature: An option to limit the number of items visible in the ToDo
list. Or an adaptive list based on the number of items completed yesterday.

Bernard Martis
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Solution
#F28 Sync appointments to MLO - Open
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 1 - very high
Description
There is new option in MLO sync options: "During Outlook sync create tasks linked to Appointments"

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"Tell me what should I do before next appointment today."
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- take appointments during sync with Outlook
- calculate time before next appointment and suggest only tasks which fit
- related to time filter.

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1) Create a cached readonly table of the appointment schedule from outlook.
2) Add a "follow outlook" option to the "I have XX minutes" todo list
filter.

Bob
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OR
1) Add "<follow outlook>" to the picker list.
2) Every time your refresh to-do show in the combo box: "XX minutes [taken from Outlook]"
3) Since we have <off> in the picker list this mode can be turned off
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Solution
#F518 Task templates - Open
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/4b0770c017931058

The "New Task From Template ... " command is basically the same as the
Duplicate (or Copy/Paste) command, but I thought of a way for it to be
more useful. Think about a task like this:

Throw a party
Prepare For the Party
Invite Guests (1/1/2006)
Clean The House (1/9/2006)
Have The Party (1/9/2006)
Clean Up After Party
Recycle Beer Bottles (1/10/2006)
Steam-clean Carpet (1/12/2006)
Replace Lamp shades (1/14/2006)

If I throw another party later, I'll probably want to do many of the
same things (hopefully not the lampshades again, but who knows?). So,
right now, I run the "Task | New From Template ..." command, and then
change all the dates to fit with the actual date of the new party (and
change the task names to reference this new party so I don't get
confused).

It would be SUPER awesome if this was built in to MLO, so you can:

1) replace the task's main date with a new one, and have all related
dates shift accordingly; and

2) replace a bit of text in the task name(s)

Let me illustrate - the old task might look like this:

Throw Joe's Going Away Party
Prepare For Joe's Going Away Party
Invite Guests for Joe's Going Away Party (1/1/2006)
Clean The House for Joe's Going Away Party (1/9/2006)
Have Joe's Going Away Party (1/9/2006)
Clean Up After Joe's Going Away Party
Recycle Beer Bottles from Joe's Going Away Party (1/10/2006)
Steam-clean Carpet after Joe's Going Away Party (1/12/2006)
Replace Lamp shades after Joe's Going Away Party (1/14/2006)

When you make a new task from this template, a dialog box appears and
asks:

Replace text: [___________] with [_________]
Replace date: [...] with [...]

If I supply these values:

Replace text: [Joe's Going Away Party] with [Nancy's Birthday Party]
Replace date: [1/9/06] with [6/1/07]

Then I get this:

Throw Nancy's Birthday Party
Prepare For Nancy's Birthday Party
Invite Guests for Nancy's Birthday Party (6/1/2007)
Clean The House for Nancy's Birthday Party (6/9/2007)
Have Nancy's Birthday Party (6/9/2007)
Clean Up After Nancy's Birthday Party
Recycle Beer Bottles from Nancy's Birthday Party (6/10/2007)
Steam-clean Carpet after Nancy's Birthday Party (6/12/2007)
Replace Lamp shades after Nancy's Birthday Party (6/14/2007)

Notice that all the dates are still in the same relationship to each
other (i.e. I still recycle bottles one day after the party, etc.)

Realistically, I'd probably use this by creating a "platonic" version
of the task that has every possible step I could need to remember, with
generic text (like "[party name]") inserted in the task names, and then
duplicating it and trimming out the subtasks that don't apply each
time. At some future stage, maybe "template" tasks like this could have
special status (so they're hidden, they can be shared just like entire
file templates can now be shared, etc).

I looked in the documentation, the feature list, and the Wiki, and I
didn't see anything like this. And since "Template" is now used to mean
an entire file template, maybe this feature could read "New from
existing ... ", "New from pattern ...", "New instance of task ... ",
etc. ... or something like that.

Thoughts?

Ian Varley

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http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/94dabbefb84e5a12/7614c9a632655fd7#7614c9a632655fd7

I also forget very often to add the required properties to a task - and
often I think, it takes too much time and tool much mouse clicks to
properly define a task. Very often, tasks are of similar nature - if
they are added to a place, then they may take a specific time (which I
categorise only in 15 min, 1h, more than an hour), etc. Wouldn't it be
much easier if MLO allows to define some "task profiles" summarising
the settings for a typical task? If a new task comes up you just need
to select one of these profiles to set all relevant parameters. Of
course, some tasks will not fit into your set of task profiles - but
then you will define them parameter by parameter as today.

Is this a useful feature for other users as well?

Wolfgang
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Right now I have a lot of tasks where I have the same set of subtasks
for each. I keep these often used sets of subtasks as under a hidden
item named "Stored Proceedures" and when I need one of the sets of
tasks, I copy it to where I need it.

Maybe this could be implemented by having a particular item designated
as the place where these are defined and then when I create a task of
"Setup new user John Smith" I right click on the task and in the
context menu there's a "proceedures" item that branches off into a list
of the items in the next level under the stored proceedures item;
select the one you want nd it's copied in below the task.

Maybe it could even go a step further... Rather than seeing "[Prj:
Setup new user John Smith]-created user account" if I picked a
proceedure (as above) that was titled "Setup new user" it would tkae
the remaining part of the task, "John Smith" and make the subtasks that
are copied in have "John Smith" tacked on: "Create user account: John
Smith".

Chris
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I will update feature request #F518 with your idea. Maybe task templates should contain subtasks as well. Maybe task templates should be just separated branch in the Outline which is also accessible from local menu. I will think is over.

Andrey

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It would be nice if there was a "New Project" option in the right-click
context menu of the Outline view. This would add a task with the "This
is a project" checkbox pre-enabled.

It would also be nice if you created a new task type called an "Idea".
An "Idea" would be like a task, ...
[---
except there would be no Properties
tab, just the Notes tab, and it would never appear in the To-Do list.
---] {Comment from Andrey on this: "I am not sure it would be good tohide properties for some tasks"}

It should also have its own color. I realize there is a "Hide branch in
To-Do List" option, but then you have to deal with all the additional
clutter of the Properties tab and there's no clear differentiation
between ideas and tasks in the Outline.

Brad
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Solution
#F18 Calendar - Open
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
now related to #F28

4/26/06:
Investigate posibility to integrate with Google Calendar
http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized/browse_thread/thread/9d72f53d59797638

Solution

6 - Postponed (9 item(s))

#F316 Filter the Outline by places, and other params - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 2 - high
Description
Provide the ability to filter the outline by place/context. Such that
all tasks in that place show; plus all their parents. Bold the items
that are in the filtered place.....
Bob
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However, #F316 is too limited. I think we need filtering on both ToDo and
Outline. And filtering should be supported based on at least place, goal
type, importance, and/or project status.
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The Outline is fast becoming a black
box. We need a way to filter it by a multitude of criteria (for
example, show me only tasks that have no places, or, show me only tasks
with urgency less than "normal" etc. etc.)

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Yes, once you have used Outlook and its flexibility for grouping and sorting
everything else seems very limited. It's not clear to me how you can use
grouping with the outline though. From my perpective there are two different
"views":

- Outline view
Filtering is key here, sorting doesn't really make sense

- List view
Sorting, grouping, and filtering all should be options

Optimally I should be able to have multiple ones of these open. So I could
have all of the following at once:
An outline view filtered for just my weekly goals
A list view grouped by place and filtered for just the week
A list view sorted by priority with place and project listed after each task
A list view grouped by week

d
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Solution
#F323 XSL converters plugins - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
XSL takes a XML file and creates a file. Essentially your save as, export
and import all do the same. They start/end with a file and create another
file.

So a user can put "Import.LifeBalance.xsl" XSL file into Import-Export folder. When a user choose
import you can list the LifeBalance as one of the options. If they choose it
you take the file, run the XSL, then expect the result to be a MLO XML file.

Export/SaveAs works the same way.

d

Solution
#F176 Password protection - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F317 Specify which project statuses are sync to outlook - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Add option to specify toggle which project statuses are sync to outlook.
Aka ability to disable syncing of projects and their subtasks based on the
status of "Not Started", "Suspended", "Completed", and "In-progress"

Solution
#F318 send only the "primary" MLO Context to the Outlook - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Add an option to send only the "primary" MLO Context to the Outlook
Categories. This option already implemented for Palm Reduction mode; just
make a duplicate feature available to the non-reduction mode.

same as Palm. If MLO task has "@home, @work, @calls" as
places. Only @home would be sent to outlook category. If MLO task has
"@work, @home, @calls" as place. Only @work would be sent to outlook
cateogry.

Solution
#F138 Metadata - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
They relate to users wanting meta data in the outline items; meta data
that's not relavent to the task of the MLO engine; that meta data is
useful though. A 3rd new tab called "Meta Info" next to "Notes" and
"Properties" would be the right place to put that kind of info.

Now meta data can be cool....

Example: A four field meta definition.

Meta Name: "Cost" <---- Set by the user in a preference screen.
Meta Datatype: Numeric <----- selected by the user in the prefences
Meta Value: "$10" <----- set by the user in the individual items.
Meta Calculation: "Sum down the tree" <--- Selected by the user in the
preferences.

From there you can do all sorts of cool stuff.......
Bob Pankratz
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it would be great to have a 'number' field in the properties (with an
amount or number for money or time or budget or estimates etc.) and
have a calculation (total, average, count) applied to it automatically
in the parent node.

example:
--------

Receivable: [tot: 1540.00]
-- customerA (700)
-- customerB (750)
-- customerC (100)

this could also sumarize time spent on a project or used even to count
number of tasks under a node.

Yves (Brussels)
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Solution
#F108 follow-up function for a task - ask to input new task once you complete this task. - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
One more that I forgot to mention formerly: a follow-up function,
like in A&B. In A&B, if task is completed and has the follow-up box
checked on, a box will automatically pop up asking you to input new
task.

That makes your system ala GTD more complete - the next actions are
inputted immediately after previous action completion, without you
having to thing about it, thus keeping your system more complete (=
not having to wait for the next review). It's not a cure-it-all of
course, just a rather helpful function.

Tom
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Functional proposal: after marking as done, a dialogue appears asking
"Schedule folloup Y/N?". If yes is clicked, you are transferred to
outline view to the new task that is automatically made after the
task that was marked done. The new task is also defaultly filled with
all the data of the old task (including title, note,....). In a more
radical way, that could be also implemented without the dialogue
asking, just creating the follow-up/next action task immediately.

Tom
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"Overloaded" optional operators might be better. Left click check box;
complete as normal. Right Click Check box, complete and schedule
followup as you suggest; no dialog needed.

Bob Pankratz

Solution
#F142 Places and Projects - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
For items that are checked as projects. It would be nice to have a
second "places" list in the project section (pulled from the common
places list); such that all new children in that project are assigned
those places when they are created.

1. Immediate children of the project outline item would inheret just
these places if they were specified.

2. Children of children of the project. Would inheret their parents
places and the Project's list of places.
Bob

Solution
#F7 Statistics/reporting/task tracking after completion - Open
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 0 - very useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description
Create different reports for statistics, task tracking after completion etc.
[Andrey]
For now export to Excel can be used for any reporting

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Improved printing - eg All places categorised/sorted by choice of
places or immediate project and option to filter tasks due this week or
month

Solution

7 - Rejected (2 item(s))

#F38 Sync MLO just to Palm Desktop - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F23 Possible inclusion of contacts in Outlook sync - As Designed
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution

8 - Some day (maybe) (2 item(s))

#F330 Attachments - New
How hard : 1 - Medium
How useful : 1 - useful
Priority : 3 - normal
Description

Solution
#F105 points given for completion of each item - New
How hard : 0 - Hard
How useful : 1 - useful
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Description
- points given for completion of each item based on various criteria
like importance and time spent, daily tracked, like in MasterList
Professional - I have found these points would be a great motivation
for those that were not already born as top producers

Tom

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I agree. I looked at ML Pro before MLO, and I like MLO better overall.
That's why I bought it and not ML Pro. But I do like ML Pro's task
completion point system. I would especially like to be able to track my
"time on task" for each task, and some kind of overview of how I actually
have spent my time on tasks from day to day.

Richard Musselwhite

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Given the support it raised, for those that didn't tested MasterList, I will ad additional information about that function:

To make it work it is necessary that points are visible in the
interface at any time (that's the motivational point) and updated in
real time (upon task completion).

(Otherwise with current reporting features, I would find it rather
easy to implement my own point system and count points at the end of
each day in Excel - the only problem is that would have no
motivational effect.)

In case such a function would cause difficulties to implement, I also
think it doesn't necessarily have to be extremely robust. It's main
point is a short-time motivation, not a long time accounting where
every bean counts a lot.

Tom

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MasterList's formula doesn't suite me. I would propose something
like:

- perhaps constant of X points for every task

- X points per every 10 minutes of either time spent or time planned
(if time spent is not implemented)

- appropriate % increase or decrease for task effort less or more
than normal

>- where in the interface you would like to see it?

If MLO will ever get a toolbar with icons etc., it shall be there, a
small visually appealing window. Today's total accumulated points
value might be enough, but two little windows, one for today's value
and second alternatively (user setup) for either your target value or
yesterday's value would be really really fantastic.

The only other places that I can think off, is either the status bar
(However it is not visually appealing, unless there will be a
possibility to make it in colors instead of black and white.), or the
upper part of the right pane as there are already some icons there.
Or perhaps in the upper part of Outliner and Todo views. Some of
these are of course not very idea places.

Tom
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It really sounds like the would be a great function for the
MLO-Motivator product that is described as an add-on module on the
website. I think power users would love it; but I think it would scare
off new users. If MLO is to live and grow new users will have to be
attracted to feed the revenue screen.

At the current rate of development I'd be happy to pay for updates once
or twice a year. I assume a few others here would too; but that won't be
enough to drive the whole things.

So I think we need to balance our "add" this feature enthusiasm with
careful thought of how to add it to the interface without cluttering things.

Example: A preference can be added to "hide" the urgency slider from the
interface. If that's done; urgency gets a value of "1" hard coded for
all items. And the entire rest of the program will run "unaffected" and
a newbie would be less "challenged".

The stuff we think up as to be like that; optional and not obtrusive to
the interface....

Other than that; I love to see the steady stream of ideas; it's very
very refreshing....
Bob Pankratz

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