Hi Manuel, As a Palm os handheld user since the original Palm came out in 1998, I have found all of it's apps useful except the To Do app which as you describe is not useful in practical life due to the very reasons you describe.
I would fully agree with your line of thinking here. Furthermore, I would go on to suggest that Checklists should be able to be embedded within Memos using a simple protocol similar to adding bullet lists. In the Palm the bullet list for example is added by doing a diagonal stroke from top left to bottom right and then tapping a dot. A check list item might be added in some similar fashon on handhelds and keyboard shortcut within individual memos. This would allow us to say attach a memo to a calendar event such as "Wife's Birthday Party". Within the memo, we could then form a check lists as needed in free form style as you describe. I would find this type of approach to To Do lists rather than a generic To Do list app which over the past seven years of Palm usage has been utterly useless to me. Regards, Selva --- Manuel Renz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I want to write a bit about the sub task thingy > which is still marked as > "Debatable Feature" on > http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Chandler/TasksFeatureList > I did a quick search on this topic and here are some > links that may be > interesting, too. > http://archive.neotonic.com/archive/osaf-design/msg/893 > http://archive.neotonic.com/archive/osaf-design/msg/457 > - this link > mostly talks about higher features > > So first of all you can call this feature > "Checklist" and this is IMHO a > better description of what we are talking about. > Imagine you have to prepare a little party in a few > weeks. What sense does > it make to have 10 different tasks which all deal > with this party, mixed > up wiht all other tasks? Isn't it better to have a > checklist? Furthermore > I do not want to set up a project with all its > complicated settings. > > Example: > > [ ] invitations for party > [ ] Party - buy drinks > [ ] buy ink for printer > [ ] select music for party > [ ] get tickets for cornerstone fest > [ ] ask John for help preparing the food (party) > > vs. > -[ ] buy ink for printer > -[ ] Prepare party > -[ ] invitations (needs ink) > -[ ] buy drinks > -[ ] select music > -[ ] ask John for help preparing the food > -[ ] get tickets for cornerstone fest > > and vs. > -[ ] buy ink for printer > +[ ] Prepare party > -[ ] get tickets for cornerstone fest > > > I know that this may be a intersection with project > management, but life > consists of hundreds of little projects. > But those everyday life projects do not need a gant > graph and a detailed > costs coverage. > > An dependencie in the example above would be, that > before the inviatations > can be checked as "Done!" the "Buy ink" task has to > be finished. But the > "Buy ink" task has nothing in common with the party > invitation, itself. > > The next point is, if we do not have sub-tasks, or > better call it > checklists, you have to mention the buzzword in > every task title to get a > quick overview. Or you have to set up categories, > which in this case is > not a practicable way to get it done, till you get > an obsolet categorie > when the party is over. > > I think a "checklist" is a more everyday life > approach. When implementing > this feature of course it is a sub task. > But it is possible to provide a different UI view > for the same feature. > You can do it the classical way with a tree view > and the "Sub taks" > terminology or you do it with a "Checklist" that > contain tasks and of > course other "Checklists". > Despite that it's really the same feature as it's > available in todays > software, the new named feature offers an easy way > to manage your > day-to-day projects. > > Okay I hope you understand what I mean. And sorry > for my bad English. > > greetz & blessings > Manuel Renz > -- > ======================================================================= > | teleware-ITS Ziegler & Renz GbR Tel: 07144 > - 831298 | > | Schillerstra�e 11/1 Fax: 07144 > - 831250 | > | Kirchberg / Murr eMail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing > list > http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "Design" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/design
