One of the features of the iPhone OF app that I've been using more and more is the ability to create a multi-step action. I typically do this for tasks that are already part of a project that need more than one step, but don't merit becoming projects themselves.
I'm wondering if the actual creation of multi-step actions could be handled better for the iPhone client, as the current implementation is somewhat clunky.
Here's how to create a multi-step action today in the iPhone version of OF:
This is a lot of stuff to do to do what should be a simple process. I propose the following change to how multi-step actions are created.
This seems more intuitive to me. Thoughts?
I'm wondering if the actual creation of multi-step actions could be handled better for the iPhone client, as the current implementation is somewhat clunky.
Here's how to create a multi-step action today in the iPhone version of OF:
- Start by looking at the actions for a project. Identify an action that needs more than one step.
- Add this new action to the project (this new action is a peer to all the other actions in the project).
- Tap the new action to edit it
- Tap the little folder icon in the lower right to bring up the Move Action screen
- Under "Move Inside Another Item" select the parent action you wish to move this action into. This changes the parent action into a multi-step action
- Tap the back arrow in the upper left which brings you to the new multi-step action. You see one item in the list
- Add additional steps here if you want
- Tap the back arrow again to go back to the project view
- If you want to make the multi-step action sequential, tap Edit, then the multi-step action and change type from Parallel (the default) to Sequential
- Tap Back
- Tap Done
This is a lot of stuff to do to do what should be a simple process. I propose the following change to how multi-step actions are created.
- Again, start by looking at a project's actions
- Identify an action that needs more than one step
- Tap the action
- Tap the folder in the lower right
- In the Move Action screen, under "Convert to Project" there would be a NEW option to "Convert to Multi-Step Action"
- Tap this new option
- Specify whether the type is sequential or parallel
- Tap the back arrow to go back to the project
This seems more intuitive to me. Thoughts?