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2008-07-16, 08:34 PM
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2008-07-23, 05:17 PM
Brian - Thanx!!!!
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The option does need to be there to either use time or not, as even 30 minute increments are a pain if you don't want times at all. Inheriting a setting from the desktop would be fine for me, but not for those who don't sync. I agree completely that it should be impossible to set a due date in the past, or earlier than the start date, as now.
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Member
2008-07-23, 07:00 PM
Umm, easy suggestion - why not be less greedy and drop the rapacious price. Look at 1Password developers - an application that actually works and is truly critical and they are giving away their iPhone app. Not only have I bought their software myself but getting my friends to buy it too.
I think it probably helps that they are business savvy and know they will get a lot of buyers of their desktop app.
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2008-07-24, 06:05 AM
Some suggestions:
iDisk syncing sometimes does not ask for the password - this seems to be hit and miss and on the misses it is impossible to sync because it will throw you the permission error - because you did not enter a password. Perspectives - the sooner this comes to the iPhone the better! You could add in the preference a perspective preference to enable or disable certain ones from the main screen and then also have a folder Perspectives that you could have all of them located there. When perspectives get added perhaps add the option to disable due soon and the other ones so we have complete control over what is on the main screen based on our usage.
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2008-07-24, 09:11 AM
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OTOH, the iPhone app should be able to trigger an alarm to notify you that something's to be done now or in X minutes. Then having such a granular level of time might make some sense. My desire for less granular time has to do with how long it takes me to set the time, and having to do that for each action. The idea should be to make it as easy as possible to enter actions while out on the run. What are some other ideas for making the iPhone app more useful given the different contexts in which it is used?
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2008-07-24, 10:45 AM
First, thanks for a great portable version of OF. I really enjoy using OF on the iPhone, especially the location based contexts.
I n:th the suggestion to make time on the due page optional. Or even removing it completely. I rarely have a set time to complete a task, and so it feels very arbitrary to have to input a time every time I add a task to the inbox. Also, is there a way to add a text note to a task. Right now I only seem to be able to add photos and recordings. Being able to add notes to tasks is an absolute must for me, and I really miss this functionality.
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Expanding on "I think OF is the wrong place to schedule tasks that finely", I personally think that if you're actually sitting down to prepare yourself a plan for the days work, which many time management schemes recommend as a way to avoid procrastination (don't know about GTD as I never finished the book!:eek:), you should do it in a diary so you can see the plan laid out in front of you. In Outlook I used to drag tasks to time slots on the day view, and it really worked to get me working hard. So I think times are a very specific tool that doesn't fit with the way I use OF. You could argue that if you are going to schedule start and due dates, then why not schedule start and due times as well (after all, what's the difference other than accuracy?), but it just doesn't work in practice for me. I only know what time I'll work on something the day I'm going to do it, whereas I know what date I've got to get it done by well in advance. Yes if something has an actual deadline of 10am on a given day, OF should be able to reflect that, but I'd expect that to be the exception rather than the rule. Now, if OF had a graphical "today's schedule" view, the argument would turn around completely for me. Plus I don't think we should get too hung up on OF being a strict GTD app. One of its strengths is that it can be tweaked to fit lots of time management techniques. Quote:
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- Voice notes directly into the inbox (pick up iPhone > press a button > say "call John" > done - it's in the inbox. - Templates, such as "Quote for......." that set the context and/or project and other items to a predefined value. See Pocket Informant for a near perfect app that uses these. - Ability to add e-mails from Mail directly into the inbox. Yes I know, technically unlikely. I could go on............. ;) Mark Last edited by MacBerry; 2008-07-25 at 10:47 AM..
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HTH Mark
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