[rmathes]

I use my own version of GTD processing, and as such, I like to assign tasks due dates so that I'm not seeing everything on my plate but just seeing that which I need to do today.

The way I define what needs to be done today is any task with a due date of today prior. Is there a way to create a view/perspective where ALL I see are my tasks that are currently due?

I know I can click on the bar that has the different filters and select due, but then I still see everything, just sorted by due date. I can collapse everything due from tomorrow out, but I still see the word ‘tomorrow’ and ‘within the next week’, etc... and what is due today is separate from what is due before today (ie, overdue).

So, is there a way to just see my currently due tasks in one comprehensive view and nothing else?

[eronel]

The short answer is no. You can set up and save a perspective with tasks grouped by due date, and it sounds like you have already discovered that. If you want to check others' solutions to this, there are numerous threads covering this topic. See for example:

http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=4369
http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=5096
http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=5036
http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=5235

Hope that helps somewhat.

[rmathes]

yep.

In my mind, this is a shortcoming.

As I compare OF and iGTD, one of my main areas of interest was comparing the iGTD concept of Smart Folders with the OF ‘view’ pane (not sure what it’s actually called).

I’m honestly not sure the view pane will allow me the focused view I really want. This seems basic to me, allow me to see ONLY those things that need to be done TODAY and NOTHING ELSE.

I’m surprised and disappointed OF doesn’t allow this.

I bought a license to allow continued testing, as well as to support OG, I love their stuff and own just about all of it. But after a weekend of using OF I'm still not sure if I'll be saying with it or going back to iGTD. If I go back, this is a big reason why, along with a far more efficient means of importing emails (not having to ‘clip’ contents but just selecting the entire email).

This app is cool, has a nice look and some great features, but this is a big hole for me.

[rmathes]

flag doesn’t work.

I need to add a task today for something I want to do on 12/14/07, and then I don’t want it ANYWHERE on my radar until 12/14/07.

I can do this in iGTD. Honestly can’t believe the due sort is the closest OF gets to it.

[Craig]

Originally Posted by rmathes

flag doesn’t work.

I need to add a task today for something I want to do on 12/14/07, and then I don’t want it ANYWHERE on my radar until 12/14/07.

I can do this in iGTD. Honestly can’t believe the due sort is the closest OF gets to it.

Are you using start dates? If you know in advance the date you want the task to pop up, I would think a start date would solve the problem.

[rmathes]

Craig.....does using start dates offer viewing functionality different from due dates?

I’m assuming I can get the same view I've got now if I use start instead of due dates and change the selector to specify how I want to construct the perspective.

But I'm still going to get lists for tomorrow/next week/next month, and my list of currently due will still be separated by current and prior. I don’t see how this changes anything.

[tokyowagon]

I couldn't agree more with the sentiments expressed by rmathes. The ability to see only what is due today and nothing else is an obvious feature who's ommission seems rather strange.

[Toadling]

Originally Posted by tokyowagon

I couldn't agree more with the sentiments expressed by rmathes. The ability to see only what is due today and nothing else is an obvious feature who's ommission seems rather strange.

I don't get it. Why not set the view bar filter to group and sort by due date? That shows what's due today, what's overdue, and what's coming up down the line. Anything you don't want to see, just collapse. If you save the view as a perspective, it'll remember the expanded/collapsed state of each section.

This seems just about perfect to me. I don't see the problem, and certainly no "obvious omissions".

[EternalLearner]

I, too, agree strongly with rmathes. I read this thread today because I bought OF a few weeks ago, and have continued to be frustrated by my inability to get it to Focus on Today or get some sort of Today view as described above. Otherwise I love this application.

I was hoping that by the time I got to the end of the thread I would see changes have been made, but evidently not yet. Should I submit an email feature request?

[brianogilvie]

Originally Posted by Toadling

This seems just about perfect to me. I don't see the problem, and certainly no "obvious omissions".

Like Toadling, I don't see the problem. And at the risk of sounding like a zealot: if you have more than a few things on your "due today" list, you may have a bigger problem. In some jobs, you're handed stuff that is due immediately, or nearly so, and you don't have a choice. But if you don't have one of those jobs, then having a long list of things due today might indicate that you have a problem with procrastination.

I know I do, and one thing that I've found helpful about OmniFocus is that its "due soon" category helps me focus my attention on what I need to get done before it becomes urgent. That, and regular reviews, have helped me tame my tendency to procrastinate.