PS. Please can you tell me about the "moderation" that happens here. How strict / Big Brother-ish is it? And how long does it normally take for approval to happen?
On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:03:52 PM UTC, Joel Azaria wrote: > > > With the exception of #'s 1, 6, 11 and 12 MLO should match up. > > Re #1, MLO has this Rapid Task Entry box which works decently well on the > PC app (though could be much improved imo). On Android there's no analog > except for some sort of widget but these also leave something to be > desired. On iOS there's no choice but to fully launch the app and go on. > It's perhaps faster than some other apps but it's far from as fast or > efficient as apps I've used in the past. To much clicking and moving about. > > #6 should be achievable (or some variation thereof) with some > tweaking/customizing of the autoformat rules. It may take some doing to > get right but you should be able to find a happy place. > > #11 MLO has stated to some extent what security or encryption they may use > but nothing solid that I can point to. You'll have to take them at their > word that the transport encryption they use is solid and well implemented. > I don't believe there is any local encryption of the MLO file(s) > > #12 Spend an hour or too reading through this forum/board and see how > many requests are open, long standing, repeats etc. Then note how often > the devs feel compelled to respond. Then note which items the devs DO feel > compelled to respond to. Responsiveness is NOT their middle name. So much > so I've pretty much given up on reporting or asking for anything. It just > feels like a waste of time. There is a User Voice community but that too > is disheveled and an apparent waste of time as decent feature requests get > lost in a barrage of ME TOO's to overarching requests like "iPad app!". > There is no one curating the User Voice so it's just a free for all and > useless imho. There is [apparently] a Jira bug tracker but that is not for > the unwashed masses. You'll have to get selected to be a member of the > beta team (which apparently requires quite a bit of involvement - 4+ hrs a > week at last check) to have access. The rest of get to wait with baited > breath. The devs do NOT share timelines, dev milestones, roadmaps/future > plans nor anything else till it's released. Recently, in the face of MANY > MANY requests they caved and produced a few screenshots of the coming 2.0 > Android app. It looks just like the iOS 2.0 app and it took much much much > too long to get that little bit out. If responsive dev is important to you > this might be a deal breaker. It should've been to me but I rushed into my > purchase and now I'll just live with it. With any luck this dev team will > get with the 21st century at some point. Then again I'm no longer holding > my breath. > > J. > > > On Monday, November 24, 2014 3:49:00 PM UTC-5, John Smith wrote: >> >> >> Hello >> >> I am new to GTD and to MLO. I have been using a web-only app called >> GTDNext. But I am frustrated that there is no mobile app version. I am >> looking for a tool to automate GTD lists (David Allen) >> >> I am looking for a tool with the following features: >> >> 1. Extremely easy/fast data entry (using lots of hotkeys and only minimal >> use of the mouse) >> >> 2. Multi-levels of Projects and Actions (i.e. sub-projects and/or >> sub-action ) >> >> 3. Ease of changing an item between Projects and Actions (and back). >> >> 4. Next Actions - i.e. the ability to generate a queue of future Next >> Actions for a Project, but with the ability to just show one Next Action >> per Project. And as soon as you tick off an action as being complete, then >> the next action in the queue immediately pops up as the official "Next >> Action" for the Project. >> >> 5. The ability to send emails into the "In Basket" for processing >> (ideally with tags embedded in the title). >> >> 6. Ability to put Projects (and Actions) into some sort of *priority *that >> is can be sorted/reported on and which is clearly visible with *colour*. >> i.e. I want to be able to see a screenful of items and without actually >> needing to read anything, to see which are the most urgent (about 4 levels >> of priority/color would be fine). >> >> 7. "Focus" mark-up. >> i.e. Separate from "priority" to have some bright colour mechanism for >> showing "has focus" (i.e. I have decided to do this item today) >> >> 8. The ability do move projects up and down the list of projects FAST >> using hotkeys. i.e. To change the sort order of both Projects and Actions >> within projects very easily >> >> 9. Either a good web or PC application... >> >> 10. ...that syncs well with a mobile app... that works off-line (as well >> as on-line). >> >> 11. Excellent security/encryption of all my project data >> >> 12. A development team that has a history if being responsive to user >> requests. >> >> In your opinion, how well does MLO match up? >> >> Many thanks >> >> J >> >> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/aa5fc0ce-75db-4883-bb1f-15df9a8851a2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
