Hi Frank, -- Message from Frank Niessink (26.12.2009 19:22) > > > Hi Michael, > > 2009/12/26 Michael Jaeger <[email protected] > <mailto:michael.jaeger%40in-flux.de>>: > > Hi Frank, > > > > -- Message from Frank Niessink (24.12.2009 22:45) > >> I guess if this is over-engineering it is accidental over-engineering. > >> The notes that can be part of tasks and categories are the same as > >> notes that are standalone. That's why they all have categories. > >> > > I understand, but is there an actual use case for this? > > Not really, that's why I called it accidental over-engineering :-) > And like I said, when the task viewer is generalized to show both > tasks and (sub)notes then it does make sense. I can imagine having > tasks with a subnote that contains contact information for people > involved with the task. In that case being able to assign that subnote > to the "contact" category would make sense to me. > Okay, I bought it ;-).
> > Don't get me > > wrong, I am asking this because more features may make this tool more > > complicated. I do not know if you want to discuss this, but do you (as > > a user) actually use/need the possibility for (unlimited) deep > > hierarchical structures? Maybe I just don't see the added value... > > I do enjoy discussing this stuff and I like it that you challenge the > way things are. The unlimited hierarchical structures are the "reason > d'etre" of Task Coach. I like it that I can always split up a task > into subtasks and I often do. > I understand this subtasking thing, but I do not see the use in having a note on an attachment to a note to an attachment ;-). > > > Sorry, I meant: If there is a task of category A and B and the task has > > a note which is not explicitly assigned to a category, is the note then > > categorizes in A and B? > > Yes. It has "total categories" A and B. Because the subnotes are not > displayed in the task viewer this isn't very visible at the moment, > but the same goes for subtasks. If a task A belongs to category C then > all subtasks of A have C in their "total categories". Make the "total > categories" column visible to see this. > Ah, thanks, I was not aware of this column... All the best, Michael. > > > And if so, what happens if the note is assigned > > to category C, does it then belong to A, B and C or just to C? > > Its own category is C and its total categories are A, B and C. Again, > check this out for subtasks where it is easier to make this visible by > turning on the "categories" and "total categories" columns in the task > viewer. > > Cheers, Frank > >
