Thanks. That first answer helps - I would still prefer a new type of item that does it automatically, but I hadnt previously found the skip occurance feature.
I should post here more often. On Sep 3, 2:12 am, pottster <kenwarren...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ref new features: > > 1. Just multiple select/Control+k/skip up to current. Beyond that > you're into calendar demarcation i.e. ignoring "holiday" or non- > working days - a big change. > > 2. Notes - I convert a task to a folder and use the notes section. > Beyond that you really need a different program - I use CintaNotes for > text and OneNote for everything else. > > On Sep 3, 5:37 am,Someguy<gord.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Okay, what I like about MLO > > 1. I like that it is small and fast and stable. > > 2. I like that it has a file based model and is not a front end for a > > website. The new cloud is a good compromise between a system that sits > > out on a website, in accessible when I am at work and with my data out > > on the internet, and something so file bound that I cannot easily keep > > multiple devices on the same todo list. > > 3. The fact that I can hid many features - I think you have everything > > I could want (except my suggestions below of course) and numerous > > features that I find clutter things up - that i can turn these off, > > means that is not a problem. > > 4 - The new blackberry version. Now the product suite is complete for > > me. the outlook sync is not as good as the full client on the BB. > > 5 . Hide this tree from the todo list. Very good feature - required > > to use MLO for checklists and other things that are not, strictly > > speaking, to dos. > > 6. Rapid task entry. Wonderful feature. > > > New features I would like to see. > > > 1 A type of task that has a recurrence pattern, but that does not > > regenerate, instead it just moves to the next instance. The purpose > > is for routine checklists. If i have a checklist to say, check my > > inbox and voicemail every morning, I don;t want to have to click done > > 7 times when I come back from vacation, I just want it sitting there > > again, to be done monday morning when I get back. > > > 2. "Notes" items. so that not all list items have to be checklists. > > As such, you could use the tool as a kind of hierarchical database. > > For us disorganized types, to have a list "things to know", containing > > say the right furnace filter size, or the prescription number for our > > drugs is handly - but you dont want it marked complete by accident and > > deleted. Another tool I used for a while had an inheritance scheme, so > > you could say that any item under this branch should be a note, and > > appear without a checkbox. Very handy for quickly gathering data. > > > 3. Scheduled synchronization with the cloud. An option that synced it > > on open, or every 15 minutes when idle, or after every change, or > > something like that. Something so I could know when I left work, that > > whether I remembered or not, at home, it would be in sync when I got > > there. > > > 4. In the Blackberry version, you need to have a preference to have > > the application minimize on exit instead of close. Or, alternatively, > > have a hotkey that minimizes it. The lack of this feature is quite > > annoying. I use my blackberry with the calendar on the right hand > > button and as task tool, now MLO, on the left, and I spend the day > > popping around between mail, calendar and tasks. having the > > application close, and having to open the data file everytime I hit > > the left button is really slowing me down. > > > That's all i have. I have been using the desktop client for a long > > time now - I started on version 2.x about 3 years ago or more - It is > > an excellent application, if a little feature cluttered. Adding the > > BB version and the cloudsync has made it even better. Add these > > features I want and it will be perfect. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
