Meg seems to be the only native English speaker among us... How about we launch a poll at GTG blog and ask the users what do they prefer?
Cheers, Radina PS: Apart from this legal connotation, for me personally "actionable" is a mouthful, like having to chew on an oversized gum... :P On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 22:27, meg ford <[email protected]> wrote: > "Actionable" is used in the book as an adjective ("Is it actionable?" > p. 51 of the 2001 English edition), but as a title, you would be > implying that it was a noun, which it is not. The primary meaning of > the adjective is the legal meaning > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/actionable. Is there any > place you see it used in the book as a noun? I see "Next Actions", and > "actionable tasks" (as Bertrand mentioned) but not "Actionable". Also, > "actionable tasks" is never used as a category or header in the book, > perhaps because of the ambiguity surrounding this use of the English > term. > > Meg > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Bertrand Rousseau > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2012/4/1 meg ford <[email protected]>: > >> The primary definition of "Actionable" in English a legal term meaning > that > >> you can get sued/criminally tried for doing what you are doing, though > :) > > > > Well, we sure don't want to imply that our users perform tasks for > > which they may be sued. ;-) > > > > I'm not an English native speaker, so as far as I am concerned, my > > first encounter with the word "actionable" was through GTD and task > > management. Could you (and anyone who knows) tell us if using this > > term is misleading? > > > >> The timeline approach to simplifying complex tasks is outlined by Brett > >> Victor in this article (http://worrydream.com/#!/MagicInk). > >> > >> Meg > >> > >> > >> 2012/4/1 Izidor Matušov <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> Am 01.04.2012 06:15, schrieb meg ford: > >>> > >>>> Also, on the subject of subtasks, do you think it would be interesting > >>>> to have a "Timeline" view where users could add and view subtasks as > >>>> connected to specific tasks? Rather than defining them as a "thing", > we > >>>> could organize a larger task as consisting of smaller tasks, and > combine > >>>> it with the calendar function (so users would be adding and editing > >>>> subtasks, maybe by drag and drop) along a line that contained the main > >>>> task, and wouldn't have to use separate actions to define when, etc. > I'm > >>>> not sure how to accomplish this in GTK, but I think it would be nice > to > >>>> allow the user to define many aspects of their tasks simply, treating > >>>> each task as an object rather something which is defined through a > >>>> complicated series of actions via drop-down menus, pop-up windows, > etc. > >>> > >>> > >>> There is a bug/feature request for that: > >>> > >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtg/+bug/495475 > >>> > >>> We need somebody who designs and implements that ;) > >>> > >>> > >>>> Can these actions be called "To Do"? That would go along with the > >>>> name (To Do and Task Manager), and the HIG says that strings should > >>>> be as short as possible. > >>> > >>> > >>> I am against calling them "To Do". Every active task is "To Do" but we > >>> want to say that you can do it right now. In my opinion, we should > stick to > >>> "Actionable" from GTD or "Next Action" from other ToDo managers. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Bertrand Rousseau > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~gtg-contributors > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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