Owen-2 wrote: > > I had seen that column when I was experimenting, and dismissed it after > trying to work out what it was for. >
Until very recently I, too, was unsure about the date column but now, it makes good sense. > I just went back and experimented with it again. I clicked on Dashboard > and then on Starred, and got a list of my tasks. > Correction: that's not necessarily a list of tasks. Clicking Dashboard then Starred presents a summary table of dashboard items that are starred. Stars can apply to items that are within or without the calendar, with or without an alarm, with or without an address. > scheduled and unscheduled items are separated, but not in any fashion I > can imagine anyone finding useful :) > To view scheduled items: 1. click Calendar. To view unscheduled items alongside (not mixed with) scheduled items: 1. click All 2. click the icon at the head of the schedule column (if that's what it's called) (to the left of the Date column). > What's more the Date column contains two logically different kinds of > entries … > It's actually more than two, but it shouldn't be a problem :) I have edited <http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/DashboardIcons> to give a better indication of what's shown in the Date column. AFAICT we see: 1. the date of the event or alarm (whichever is sooner) or 2. the date of edition/sending (if the item is neither scheduled nor alarmed). Contrary to http://n2.nabble.com/Unscheduled-%27to-do%27-lists.-tp2860329p2888895.html what I first thought : the second behaviour is actually very useful. For example: last week I took notes during a meeting, then after the event I saw the order in which notes were added. Observation There could be a clearer relationship between what's in the date column, and the one thing (one of three or more things) to which that date relates. Suggestions/thoughts I wondered whether we might colour code both the date and the alarm icon, where there's an equation between the two; or colour code both the date and the clock icon, where there's an equation between those two. However: Chandler is already very colourful in other ways, so I doubt that colour coding is ideal. Maybe the summary table columns should be presented in a different order? So that cr or ed appears alongside the date, when that's what's meant by the date, and so on. Other thoughts, anyone? -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Unscheduled-%27to-do%27-lists.-tp2860329p2931771.html Sent from the Chandler users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list unsubscribe here: http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-users Chandler wiki: http://chandlerproject.org/wikihome
