Automatically Hide Empty Inbox (or move inbox)
I'm sure some people use the inbox more than I do, but I personally do not use it often, and (like in Remember The Milk) I find it slightly annoying that it stays on the menu on the left when I almost never have tasks in it. I have two ideas. One, just an option to simply hide the inbox if it's empty. COLLECT and Inbox would hide when the inbox has no tasks (though I could see this would raise the problem of not being able to create tasks in the inbox if someone didn't want to organize them into focuses immediately). Another idea I have, is that maybe it could be moved somewhere else. Maybe it could be more of a popup-type menu or something with a button on the top black bar, which would give you the idea of "okay, my inbox is totally different from my focuses, and it's just there so I can get stuff out of it and organized somewhere else". It would also save vertical screen space on the left, and I think it would look nice if "today" was on the very top since Nirvana focuses on it so much.
I understand these are slightly weird ideas with their disadvantages, and I'm being picky, but I'm just trying to throw ideas out there. I'm happy with Nirvana the way it is, I just like ideas. :P
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2 Posted by Proximo on 19 Aug, 2010 12:57 PM
@thenickperson,
I read your other post about hiding the list on the left.
Nirvana is a GTD application and the Inbox is one of the most important buckets in GTD. The inbox should always stay front and center.
I don't want to make any assumptions, but It sounds like you don't practice GTD and that's fine. Maybe this is why Nirvana seems weird to you. If you do practice GTD, I apologize.
Nirvana is built on GTD and the things you are asking for would eliminate the purpose of the application. It's like having a Baja Off-road truck and asking for the tires to be replaced with street tires.
If you do not practice GTD and would like to learn more about it, we are here to help, but ultimately you should read David Allen's two books on GTD.
Getting Things Done by David Allen
and
Making it all work by David Allen.
We are here to help you in any way we can, so please don't take this the wrong way. I am just trying to figure out where you are coming from and if you understand that Nirvana is a GTD application.
Look forward in your feedback and welcome to Nirvana.
3 Posted by thenickperson on 19 Aug, 2010 08:54 PM
Alright, thanks. Nevermind I guess.
4 Posted by Proximo on 20 Aug, 2010 07:14 PM
@thenickperson,
PLEASE understand that I am nice person here and did not want to come across in any other way.
It's hard to say what I want without sounding a little mean.
You have great ideas. But certain things in GTD are vital such as the Inbox. The inbox in GTD is considered a mind dump bucket and it's extremely important to how everything works.
I am seriously here to help you understand GTD more if you like. I am not saying you don't know some of GTD, but if there is ANYTHING I can do to help answer your questions or give you some good links on GTD, please let me know.
The more ideas we have, the better. You certainly have some good ones which I have read on other post.
Take care.
5 Posted by thenickperson on 20 Aug, 2010 07:25 PM
It's alright, I understand. No offense taken. :P
I get it now, I just haven't really used a GTD system before Nirvana, coming from Remember The Milk, which is more of just a todo list.
And thank you, I appreciate it.
David McLaughlin closed this discussion on 09 Feb, 2011 08:59 PM.