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Originally Posted by RobTrew View Post
The terms "Projects view" and "Contexts view" are convenient but misleading. What we really have (and need) is a planning perspective (inbox, singletons, projects), and an execution perspective (contexts plus a "context unassigned" list).
Point taken! Nothing like a 'by definition' assertion to stir the vitals, is there? :)
 
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What we really need is for Singletons to be their own category of action (aesthetic and real) to set them off from the other types of actions (next actions, non-next actions, inactive actions). That way, you could change the color of Singletons to, say, blue, and know at a glance that they're different from Next Actions and non-Next Actions. Or you could create a view that would include Singletons and Next Actions.
I started to reply to say that this is how they work now, but then I double-checked and realized that they actually don't yet. So instead I'll just say that yes, that's the plan: singleton actions will have their own style (probably with a default color of blue).

Other than this distinctive styling, we plan to (but don't yet) treat singleton actions as next actions. (That way, you can work your way through everything you have on your plate by looking only at your next actions.)
 
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I started to reply to say that this is how they work now, but then I double-checked and realized that they actually don't yet. So instead I'll just say that yes, that's the plan: singleton actions will have their own style (probably with a default color of blue).

Other than this distinctive styling, we plan to (but don't yet) treat singleton actions as next actions. (That way, you can work your way through everything you have on your plate by looking only at your next actions.)
If I understand you correctly, then this sounds like the fix I've been looking for. :)
 
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singleton actions will have their own style (probably with a default color of blue).

Other than this distinctive styling, we plan to (but don't yet) treat singleton actions as next actions. (That way, you can work your way through everything you have on your plate by looking only at your next actions.)
This sounds good. I don't mind having them all designated as next actions (a different color is nice). I only objected to the first one being designated that way.
 
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... the plan: singleton actions will have their own style ...
we plan to (but don't yet) treat singleton actions as next actions. (That way, you can work your way through everything you have on your plate by looking only at your next actions.)
Excellent!

This is exactly what I want, though personally I don't care about the style.

What I need is a way to view what's currently on my plate. My plate has all sorts of actions; I need to see them all.

--Liz
 
Agree -- this implementation would be excellent.

Also, in response to your comments, I've reconsidered my original statement and recant the assertion that next actions and singletons should be considered functionally separate. Having the option to color them differently is still useful for me, but considering them categorically different would only add unnecessary complexity to the system.
 
I think having the singleton projects how they are now works for some (I'm not 100% caught up on on all their current features) and I'm not against having a feature activated within preferences that allows you see all singletons in one left-pane item....(not mandatory though, please)

BUT, is there any way single actions can exist within folders without being converted into a project or having to live in a segregating singleton list? I currently use folders as a way to organize different responsibilities of my job and life....(i.e. Work, Personal, Financial, Reels, etc.) that do not really need GTD "action" verb titles. They are just organizational tools. At least that's what I see folders as being. And sometimes there are single actions that should be able to live within those organizational divisors. It seems like it's a little excessive to have to make a singleton bucket project within every folder that has single actions just so you can have them viewable in context....where ideally many thing should be done...especially single actions that can be done in contextually similar groups fairly quickly. (excuse the run-on sentence and elipses). I mean what if individual documents within a Finder folder had to be in a "Single Documents" folder within that original folder? Can't the project and single actions live peacefully together directly within folders?

I know they can exist within project together, but then some of the parallel/serial visible feedback features are lost, and it doesn't look quite "right".


Beau
 
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is there any way single actions can exist within folders without being converted into a project or having to live in a segregating singleton list?
The short answer is no, but you are not alone in wanting the ability to do that, for example -- http://forums.omnigroup.com/showpost...8&postcount=52
 
This single-action bucket thing is bugging me again, 'cause I just realized I can't put a single-action on hold, nor can I give it a date in the future and have it disappear into the pending filter.

Treating the bucket as a project means the items inside of it are second-class citizens to my projects.

What is the justification for not being able to put a single action on hold, or being unable to mark a single action as pending by giving it a date in the future?

Jason.
 
 


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