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An error occurred while saving the comment An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedI found a comment from 2010 in the MLO Google Group partially related to this idea (advanced filtering). Things might have changed since then:
"Feature Request: Add Computed Score to Advance Filtering"
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/G1ywSxm0V0I/AlmdPVjiR3gJcopied here for completeness:
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"The feature request is not trivial to implement in the current
architecture:
1) The computed score calculated only when todo list is created. The
algorithm should process all the tasks in a specific order. So it is
not possible to use it in AutoFormatting or Filter when any task can
be requested at any time.2) I do not understand how you can group tasks by computed score
priority which is a float number with big range.3) I can probably add computed score as a column (actually three
columns by priority, urgency, both) but it is not trivial to sync the
values for this columns at any time due to (1)A."
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedThis would be a nice usability enhancement. I also strongly encourage that approach of treating the importance of sibling tasks as *relative* importance.
I posted a related idea based on a new Derived-Importance computed field (taking ancestors into account) which would also treat sibling importance as relative:
http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/7726980--derived-importance-computed-field-taking-ancestoIan supported this idea · -
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedAbsolutely! Also, it would be great to be able to specify them in a filter rule, which we currently can't do even with the existing "Computed-Score" field.
The "To-Do ordering options" are great, but they only apply to one computed field and are can only be used for sorting, not filtering.
Here's a somewhat related idea for another albeit specific, computed field based on derived importance:
http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/7726980--derived-importance-computed-field-taking-ancestoIan supported this idea · -
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedmin time could also be a factor
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedAfter posting this idea I noticed the "Complete task and all subtasks" command (located in the menu Task -> Advanced, or in the context menu under Advanced).
I still believe the prompting behaviour could be considered a good usability enhancement because people either aren't aware of that menu item, or they just mark the task as (in)complete by habit, without considering subtasks.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedBy the way, I'd rather not use reminders / alarms / alerts. Perhaps reminders are the intended way to manage this. Unless I specifically want to receive an alert, however, I don't particularly want to manage yet another property when the Due date or Computed-Score (for "Active Actions" view) should be enough. In other words, my "Active Actions" view *is* my set of reminders.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedThanks for the great new feature! I have a suggestion for an improvement in a future version:
Allow users to mark a task as an event
http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/7260012-mark-task-as-event-for-calendar -
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedIf you are referring to a view that uses Computed-Score ordering, then you can do the following:
In options -> To-Do ordering options -> Weight factors, it is possible to modify the weight for some task factors. In my case, I reduced the weight assigned to "start date" and I got a sort order that made much more sense.
Here's the related idea that I posted:
http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/7238564-reduce-default-weight-factor-assigned-to-start-datYou may know this already, but just in case:
For each view (such as "Active Actions") you can click on "filter" at the bottom. Then, in the section "Group & Sort", click "Sort" to modify the sort order of that view or to allow manual sorting.
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Is it resolved in MLO v4?
An error occurred while saving the comment Ian commentedI've only used v4.3 so far and the user experience is very nice indeed. Perhaps the changes that were made in v4 involved a lot of UI work. Most importantly for me: you seem to have avoided sacrificing any functionality.
I obviously agree that an elegant app is better than an ugly or plain one. There are so many apps out there now that offer task management / GTD to varying degrees. Most of them, however, have a tendency to make shiny, polished apps and boast of their "simplicity" as their main selling point. Once you start using their apps you quickly discover their limitations.
MLO targets users that require more fine-grained control over their tasks. I, for one, use MLO because its feature set is superior to other apps in the same category. Dependencies, for example, is one feature that differentiates it from the others. Also, having a decent MLO windows app from which you can sync to mobile means it's much more usable compared to other products (usually only web and mobile).
Derived-Importance should also consider dependencies. If a low importance task is blocking a high importance task (directly or indirectly) its Derived-Importance should be as high as the highest importance task it is blocking.
This is similar to the following, more general idea about Computed-Score:
http://mlo.uservoice.com/forums/9235-general/suggestions/7241670-take-dependencies-and-effort-max-time-into-accou
I hope this is feasible.