Small bug worth a minor version

[Darázs Attila]

Make the following check, before displaying an action in a context on
the main screen:
IF action.has_parent AND action.is_nextaction: SHOW action

In the current version, this is not checked, and all the actions in a
project are listed in the contexts although they are not actionable at
the moment (because there are required steps in a project before
them).

This would make the project aspect of OpenLoopz usable for me (and I
guess for others too).

Hope this helps, eagerly waiting for a fix! :)

--Attila

[Attila Darazs]

I found out after some tinkering in the settings, that if I enable
Show next actions only, and mark every single task "Next Action", then
I can get something similar to the desired result. Pretty
inconvenient, but at least it works.

Dying to get a fix version for this and the "projects don't set the
new next actions" bug.

Attila

[Paul Drummond]

Hi Attila,

Sorry for the inconvenience - I know a new bug-fix release is long overdue but OpenLoopz Web is taking up all my time at the moment. I will hopefully find time to fix these bugs soon.

Regards,

Paul Drummond

[Paul Drummond]

Hi Attila,

So I am finally getting round to looking at this but I am not sure I understand the problem properly. 

Lets say I have three actions (A, B and C) assigned to the "At Home" location context and I am currently at home.  A is the Next Action.

When I look at my home screen I only see Action A under "Next Actions" - the other actions will only be shown if they are Next Actions too.

Note that this behaviour assumes the "Show sub actions" setting is NOT ticked.

Regards,

Paul Drummond

[Attila Darazs]

I understand what you're saying, but don't you think that it's much
more usable to have my actions separated in contexts on the home
screen than to have them in a "Next Action" context, regardless of
context!

The problem:
- there are a bunch of tasks in my next action contexts, that are *not
actionable* by me *at the current place*, because next actions context
disregard location contexts, and
- there are another bunch of actions in different contexts that are
*not actionable* by me *at the current time* because they are not next
actions in a project.

So basically you have two messed up list where there are a lot of
actions that is not actionable. And as I understand, the goal of this
program would be to display me a home screen that has only and all the
actionable actions at the current place and time, making life easier.

However the current implementation can even lead to DEATH! A simple
explanation follows (neither "Show Next Actions Only" and "Show sub
actions" is checked):

Let's assume I have a location context called "OnThePlane", and
(ignore that planes move, so it can't really be a location context,
for the sake of drama).

I add an action "Put on parachute" to a project called "Sky diving"
and mark it as "OnThePlane" and "Next Action".
Next, I add another action to "Sky diving", called "Jump off
airplane", and mark it as "OnThePlane" too.

Now there are too scenarios. First I check my "Next Action" list when
I wake up in the morning and see "Put on parachute". My brain is still
foggy from waking up, but I do as it says. I go to wash my teeth,
check my next actions again, and see (if next actions automatic
selection would work, which don't at the moment, of course) that I
should jump of some airplane, but I'm not on one.

Second scenarios is that I get on an airplane, the context
"OnThePlane" comes up. I have a lot of actions on a plane, so I
randomly grab one, not really caring whether there's a small (Next) to
one or not, because there could be actions without projects too, that
doesn't have (Next) behind them. So I happen to choose "Jump of
airplane" before "Put on parachute" and I plummet to my death.

Poor me. RIP:
--Attila

[Paul Drummond]

Ah, I understand what you are asking for now - thanks for the detailed
and humorous example ;-)

I have looked into providing a solution but unfortunately it won't be
feasible to provide a fix for the current 1.6.x. We are looking to
provide a more streamlined home screen for OpenLoopz 2.x which should
solve the problem or at least provide an alternative solution. More
details to come when OpenLoopz 2 is officially announced.

Regards,
Paul Drummond