Contexts
brian
via web
Hi,
Either a suggestion or question depending - putting in contexts like Home / Online / etc is a bit unclear (not really obvious that the second box in the New Task window is for that), and I'm not seeing an obvious place where I can search for it?
Also having a way to Flag an item then filter out the flagged items would be terrific.
Last but not least a "due soon" would be perfect, seeing what tasks are due today, tomorrow and within the next week.
I may be trying to make this into Omnifocus, but I think these are pretty standard GTD features.
Will continue testing, thanks and take care!
Cheers,
Brian
2 Posted by ollie on 14 Dec, 2009 10:06 PM
I agree about contexts - I'm not seeing them anywhere and would like to track that. Particulrly for mobile access, the ability to focus on @Calls and my lists (e.g. shopping list!) are v important.
Support Staff 3 Posted by Christiane Magee on 16 Dec, 2009 02:54 PM
Hi Brian... thanks for your comments.
The tags = contexts and perhaps the labeling can be improved on the new task/new project windows to make this more clear. Duly noted.
The global search of a specific tag will provide search results of tasks and projects containing that tag. Perhaps it's a question of being able to differentiate between searching for tags vs task/project name when you are searching. Is that something that you feel you are looking for?
For DUE SOON. You can go into the NEXT view and click on DUE. You will see a list of all items that are due in order of due now -> due in the future. We will be improving upon this view and making some divisions such as DUE TODAY, DUE THIS WEEK, DIE THIS MONTH etc... to help make this view a little more friendly when scanning all your due tasks.
Ollie... as for the mobile app it is still in it's simple phase. Agreed that the ability to focus on specific tags/contexts is super important and useful when you are on the go... so 100%, this will be improved upon.
thanks!
4 Posted by brian on 16 Dec, 2009 03:03 PM
I didn't even think to use a search function to filter by context, but does make sense once explained... it's good to have the flexibility of doing something like "Home, Online" though I can't see myself using more than one tag (would use it like a context). Being able to search only with tags might be nice though seems a bit counterintuitive... additional labeling might help here.
Will definitely be great to have that quick ability to filter by context on the mobile... having to hit the search button and typing in a context/tag would be pretty awkward. Whatever solution done here could be transferred into the non-mobile version also.
Thanks!