[drdrang@gmail.com]

With the change to a 5:00 pm default due time, I find that the default is often just what I want when I add a new task. Unfortunately, just hitting the Save button in the Start & Due Dates screen isn't sufficient; I have to roll one of the date dials away from the default and then back to it to get the default to "take." Shouldn't the default value, rather than None, be preloaded into the due line when the Start & Due Dates screen comes up? The way things stand, having a good default value saves me very little time, because I have to mess with the dials anyway.



Here's a longer explanation of the problem.

[curt.clifton]

Interesting. I find that this problem only happens when I want to set the due date to today. Just tapping any of the Next buttons is sufficient to fill in the due date/time field (as is rolling any of the wheels, as you noted).

[drdrang@gmail.com]

Yes, the problem disappears if you change anything: date or time.

[curt.clifton]

I'm not sure that this is a bug. It seems like a design decision to me. The UI lets you tunnel into the Due Date setting without accidentally changing anything. You have to make a conscious decision to set the due date after you've tunneled into the details. Presumably, most of the time the due date will be other than today, in which case the default due time is a time saver.

[drdrang@gmail.com]

I agree that it's probably a design decision, I just think it's a poor one. I've already consciously chosen to add a due date by going to the Start & Due Dates screen; if the default date and time are OK with me, why should I have to artificially make a change and then change it back?

And if I were to get to the Start & Due Dates screen by accident, there is a way to back out: tap the Cancel button in the upper left corner.

[Nicolas_Thomsen]

I´ve already written to OF about this before.
I think that it is a really bad and ilogical decision.

If you press due date it is because you want to set a due date.
Why would it remain blank when I am already showing that I want to pick "some" due date?

If this was logically designed it would automatically pick "today" when you press due date.
People who want to pick some other due date will have to use the "date picker" like always, so for them there would be no difference.

But for people who want to pick "today", it would save them a couple of seconds every single time.

It is such kind of optimation that Apple is known for and I am really puzzled why Omnigroup has changed that yet.
It doens´t take anything away from the functionality and it helps people who want to pick "today".

[Brian]

I'm not an engineer, so I can't comment on the "bug or feature" question. Either way, though, if folks would like to see this changed, they'll want to send email to the support ninjas. Thanks!

[Ken Case]

Originally Posted by drdrang@gmail.com

I've already consciously chosen to add a due date by going to the Start & Due Dates screen…

And if I were to get to the Start & Due Dates screen by accident, there is a way to back out: tap the Cancel button in the upper left corner.

That seems reasonable to me. We'll look into it.