congratulations!
pvonk
ThinkingRock, Midnight's Inbox, kinkless (kGTD), and a host of others
that didn't survive the initial one-day test. While knowing the GTD
methodology, my needs allow me to alter the method slightly.
OmniFocus is just about to begin beta testing, and several other GTD
apps are also new in beta, but not showing much promise. I was
looking for something to use *now*.
I have been using kinkless since it gets my job done, but talk about a
kluge!
Today I came across GhostAction and have tested it all day long. It
really fits my needs better than all the others, if you include the
need for a simple but workable interface. What works for me:
1) Reading/writing iCal (which I then sync with my Palm). I can't
tell you how many others do a partial job of syncing.
2) Regarding iCal - I love the way a project name is included in the
action title. With the others, I can't tell you how often I'd look at
an iCal todo, but couldn't remember what the title referred to (which
project). GhostAction solves that problem nicely.
3) That little calendar! So many other apps require me to type in a
due data (some of the more sophisticated ones let me enter something
like "next week"). Having a calendar where I can click on a date is
sooo much more streamlined!
4) The overall simplicity of the app! It's very much like EasyTask,
but without EasyTask's sync-back-from-iCal problems.
What additions I'd like (most are minor, though):
1) Having a start date in addition to a due date. If the start date
hasn't occurred yet, then the action is not synced to iCal. I found a
simple work-around; for all actions that I don't want to appear in
iCal yet, I assign them to the @unassigned context, and in iCal I keep
that calendar unchecked.
2) Having hierarchical projects (projects within projects). I rarely
need this, but for very large projects made up of a number of
subprojects, it would be nice to allow subprojects. Again, this is
quite a minor addition for me, and it may not work well with
GhostAction's current architecture.
3) Having QuickSilver integration. I've just tried High Priority,
but it tells me I have no iCal calendars (yes, I have lots of
calendars - I've emailed the author for help). I think High Priority
would be a nice way to add to dos, quickly. But QuickSilver is handy
in so many situations. Many of the other GTD apps I've tried have QS
integration.
If you've tried Midnight's Inbox, you'll probably salivate over its
ability to suck in emails and turn the ones you want into actions.
Too bad that app is so full of bugs, is totally incomprehensible (and
there's virtually no documentation)., and has probably more features
than I need.
So, congratulations to the author of GhostAction. Well done! And to
others who have just found out about GA and are reading this forum,
please give it a try.
- Pierre
peter
feature set to implement GTD methodologies. I would only request
Quicksilver integration.
Cheers
> 3) HavingQuickSilverintegration. I've just tried High Priority,
> but it tells me I have no iCal calendars (yes, I have lots of
> calendars - I've emailed the author for help). I think High Priority
> would be a nice way to add to dos, quickly. ButQuickSilveris handy
Jacob Wallström
On Feb 7, 2007, at 2:58 , pvonk wrote:
> What additions I'd like (most are minor, though):
> 1) Having a start date in addition to a due date. If the start date
> hasn't occurred yet, then the action is not synced to iCal. I found a
> simple work-around; for all actions that I don't want to appear in
> iCal yet, I assign them to the @unassigned context, and in iCal I keep
> that calendar unchecked.
Start dates will be implemented in a future version of Ghost Action.
> 2) Having hierarchical projects (projects within projects). I rarely
> need this, but for very large projects made up of a number of
> subprojects, it would be nice to allow subprojects. Again, this is
> quite a minor addition for me, and it may not work well with
> GhostAction's current architecture.
Sub-projects might happen in a future release if I can solve it
without compromising the simplicity or usability of Ghost Action.
However, there are plenty of other improvements that will happen first.
> 3) Having QuickSilver integration. I've just tried High Priority,
> but it tells me I have no iCal calendars (yes, I have lots of
> calendars - I've emailed the author for help). I think High Priority
> would be a nice way to add to dos, quickly. But QuickSilver is handy
> in so many situations. Many of the other GTD apps I've tried have QS
> integration.
Also a planned feature.
> If you've tried Midnight's Inbox, you'll probably salivate over its
> ability to suck in emails and turn the ones you want into actions.
> Too bad that app is so full of bugs, is totally incomprehensible (and
> there's virtually no documentation)., and has probably more features
> than I need.
Some kind of email and action integration might be a future direction
for Ghost Action, but it's not going to happen in the near future,
because there are many other basic things to fix first.
/Jacob
powerfrau21
until now was InBox, but as pvonk points out, it definitely has its
problems. Ghost Action is beautifully simple, and I've been using iCal
for a while so I love the synchronization.
I'd just like to support some earlier requests:
Start dates: I look forward to seeing these, too. At the moment the
lists in my projects are so long it's overwhelming. Hiding some would
be really useful.
Re-ordering actions within a project: Often the actions needed in my
projects don't have specific start and end dates, but they do have
some intrinsic ordering. I find assigning the 1-9 scale priorities
fiddly and ad hoc. It would be great to be able to just drag actions
up and down.
Sub-projects: Like everyone else, I'd hate to see Ghost Action
compromise its simplicity. But like pvonk, I do have a few
hierarchical projects. (I'm an academic, and large research projects
consisting of sub-tasks fall into this category). As a work around,
I've created projects with prefixes eg. "LCS reading", "LCS
measurements", "LCS presentations". But being able to see all these
subgroups in one pane if I choose would help to clarify links between
subprojects, and check there's no duplication.
Thanks for the great work.