Frustrated with viewing tasks in Android app
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Amberly
Jan 31, 2012, 10:12:05 AM1/31/12
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I'm using the PC version (just the trial until I make sure I can get
it to work for me) and the Android app.
I like being able to see all my tasks in the outline and various views
on my PC, but I want to be able to narrow the tasks down the the 10 or
so things I know I really need to focus on and get done and have them
at the top of my list.
I tried using the star feature--thought I could just have a mini-
planning session and star the ones I want to focus on and then see
them.
In the PC version, I grouped the to-do list by starred and then top
level folder and this is great.
However, on my Android app, I can't figure out how to get to that
view. And when I try the "Starred" view, even though the main screen
shows that there are 15 items starred, it only displays 4. It
displays the same items for "starred" and "active starred".
Am I missing something? I've tried resyncing.
it to work for me) and the Android app.
I like being able to see all my tasks in the outline and various views
on my PC, but I want to be able to narrow the tasks down the the 10 or
so things I know I really need to focus on and get done and have them
at the top of my list.
I tried using the star feature--thought I could just have a mini-
planning session and star the ones I want to focus on and then see
them.
In the PC version, I grouped the to-do list by starred and then top
level folder and this is great.
However, on my Android app, I can't figure out how to get to that
view. And when I try the "Starred" view, even though the main screen
shows that there are 15 items starred, it only displays 4. It
displays the same items for "starred" and "active starred".
Am I missing something? I've tried resyncing.
Lisa Stroyan
Feb 1, 2012, 10:05:34 AM2/1/12
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Something strange is going on. My Starred view and my active starred view both show the same tasks on both the PC and android.
If you sort your active actions view on android by starred, do you see the starred tasks at the top?
As a comment to your dilemma of how to isolate your most important tasks, I use goals to limit the things I need to process for today down to my weekly tasks. Then I sort my android views first by starred, second by goals, and lastly by either computed score or caption. ( Because I have an indicator of whether a task recurs in the beginning of my captions. Finally I put a project attribute on the top-level folders that I can see my tasks by toplevel folder as well, using the projects views.
If you sort your active actions view on android by starred, do you see the starred tasks at the top?
As a comment to your dilemma of how to isolate your most important tasks, I use goals to limit the things I need to process for today down to my weekly tasks. Then I sort my android views first by starred, second by goals, and lastly by either computed score or caption. ( Because I have an indicator of whether a task recurs in the beginning of my captions. Finally I put a project attribute on the top-level folders that I can see my tasks by toplevel folder as well, using the projects views.
bird...@gmail.com
Feb 1, 2012, 10:02:11 AM2/1/12
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Hi Amberly:
One of the great features of the desktop version that I use all the time is the Zoom-in. Just right click an item to toggle on. I also use it in the Android version. It's accessible by long-press on any item.
If I have items scattered throughout MLO, I then use the @context. For me, I assign the @today context for anything I that I want to get done for any given day.
Just a quick word to everybody. I've used EVERYTHING from EccoPro in the 1990s to Bonsai, Swift to-do, Outlook, and many others. MLO is by far the best, most well thought-out personal info manager I've ever used. There are so many powerful nuances that I have stumbled across that are not readily obvious. Nothing else comes close.
Birdvibe
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Amberly
Feb 2, 2012, 2:04:12 PM2/2/12
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Those are good ideas. I switched some of my tasks to goals and that
seems to be working well. The @today context is also a good idea but
would take a bit longer than just clicking the star. Either way, I'd
like to know why the front screen says I have 10 items starred but
when I open click on the starred button nothing shows up in that view.
seems to be working well. The @today context is also a good idea but
would take a bit longer than just clicking the star. Either way, I'd
like to know why the front screen says I have 10 items starred but
when I open click on the starred button nothing shows up in that view.
Lisa Stroyan
Feb 3, 2012, 12:10:52 PM2/3/12
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Amberly, I think I've figured out what is going on with your database. Go to Outline, and edit the Inbox folder. see if "Hide in todo" is checked. I'm suspicious that you have been caught by a nasty old defect, where the tutorial had this property incorrectly set.
If that isn't the problem, create a new blank profile and see if the same issue occurs.
Lisa
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Amberly
Feb 3, 2012, 1:58:20 PM2/3/12
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Well, that didn't work, but I followed your train of thought and
discovered that by erasing the context, they began showing up! I
looked in the context's properties, and the Hide To-Do was not checked
there either, so I'm not really sure what changed. Nevertheless, it's
fixed.
I'm using the GTD/Zones of Focused Action template. I only use about
50% of the fly lady system (which shows up in the Punch Lists and
Routines area), so I've tweaked things a lot.
Are there some tutorials somewhere that describe how better to use
contexts and why certain things are set up the way they are in the GTD
and GTD/Flylady templates? It seems like I'm not really tapping into
the power that is available to me:)
Thanks again,
Amberly
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> Lisa Stroyan, mailto: lstro...@gmail.com <lstro...@gmail.com>
discovered that by erasing the context, they began showing up! I
looked in the context's properties, and the Hide To-Do was not checked
there either, so I'm not really sure what changed. Nevertheless, it's
fixed.
I'm using the GTD/Zones of Focused Action template. I only use about
50% of the fly lady system (which shows up in the Punch Lists and
Routines area), so I've tweaked things a lot.
Are there some tutorials somewhere that describe how better to use
contexts and why certain things are set up the way they are in the GTD
and GTD/Flylady templates? It seems like I'm not really tapping into
the power that is available to me:)
Thanks again,
Amberly
> Lisa Stroyan, mailto: lstro...@gmail.com <lstro...@gmail.com>
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