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Scheduled tasks to next and due task to today

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joaquinmari 01/07/2014 07:48

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Hi,

It's a bit anoying to have to move manually all my tasks that start todayto the "next" box. I think that scheduled task starting today should go directly to "next" and only due tasks should go to today.

This is how it works in other apps like Nirvana and I think it's much more efficient.

Another possibility would be to make this feature optional.

Thanks.

wendy_only post on 01/07/2014 09:53#1

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@joaquinmari
Hi,

You can only set deadline to the task and set Next as its start time. In this way,the task will be stay in Next. When it is due,the task will go to Today from Next.

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joaquinmari post on 01/07/2014 13:57#2

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Thanks Wendy.

The problem is when a task is scheduled, so I don't want it to appear in "next" until the time scheduled.

Any suggestion in this case?
wendy_only post on 01/08/2014 09:18#3

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@joaquinmari

Hi,

I am sorry that I could not understand you well about what you really need.

1. "I think that scheduled task starting today should go directly to "next" and only due tasks should go to today."
2."The problem is when a task is scheduled, so I don't want it to appear in "next" until the time scheduled."

For the first one,you want the task to go to Next. But for the second,you do not want the task to go to Next. Do you mean that you want to know that task before it is due but you do not want it to be showed in Today. Is it better to be showed in Next and you also can not it before the deadline? You'd better make the task be showed in Next with a deadline but set a reminder to the task on the time that you want to know the task before deadline

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Folke post on 01/08/2014 14:39#4

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@wendy_only

GTD has Calendar and Tickler file, but nothing called Scheduled.

Many of us use Scheduled as our Tickler file. On the "start date" you can begin to review and consider the task, but it is not decided that you will actually do it on that day, maybe not even for a long time, but it would have been impossible before that date - that is why it was put in the Tickler file.

Most of these tickler items will end up as Next actions, but some can end up as Waiting for, or as Trash. So, in principle, these tickler items should arrive in the Inbox for processing, but statistically it saves clicks if they arrive straight in Next with the star (or other signal) turned on for your attention.

I suggest the feature that when you schedule a task there should be a checkbox called Calendar. If you check the checkbox the task will be shown on the calendar and will be shown on the list as scheduled for today (with red markers etc if you do not complete it). But if you leave the checkbox unchecked (default) the task should be treated as a Tickler.
wendy_only post on 01/09/2014 08:54#5

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@Folke
Hi,

Where do you plan to display the Tickler? Add one more box on the left or leave it with the Calendar but with different mark?
Folke post on 01/09/2014 11:31#6

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@wendy_only

Both ways would work equally well in practice, I think. As long as you can see the difference and look at the ones you want to see, I personally do not think it matters much if it is two separate boxes or one common "scheduled box" with some appropriate marks (and perhaps a filter within Scheduled to see just one of the two kinds or both).

If you consider other lists grouped by Box, for example Context or Project task lists grouped by Box, maybe it would be too many boxes if you separated them? I do not know. I would be fine with either solution. The main thing is that the difference is visible in some way (either by a separate box heading or by a distinguishing mark).

The main difference between calendar actions and tickler file items is the behavior on and after the "start date":

A calendared action should remain calendared for its fixed date and be flagged with red dates etc if it is not completed on time (etc etc, just like it is today). And it should be shown on the visual calendar, of course, because it has been calendared for being actually done (completed) on this day.

A tickler action should become just like any other action on the date it becomes "possible". No red dates or anything, and no clutter on the calendar, because it does not necessarily need to be done on that day.

But some form of "notification" is necessary on the tickler item's "start date", so that you will notice that you have a "new" task to deal with. The most accurate GTD implementation would be to deliver the tickler item to the inbox for processing, and you would then have to drag it from the Inbox to Next or some other place manually. The other option, which reduces the amount of dragging, statistically, is to deliver them all as "starred next", and then you can un-star them when you have seen them, unless you actually intend to try to get them done today, or you can drag them to Trash or Waiting or whatever. Both solutions are fine.
rupert_parry post on 01/15/2014 08:38#7

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+1 for joaquinmari

When I set a start time, I want it to go into "next" not "today" on the date. Before the start time, it should stay in "scheduled".

This is because setting a start time means that I can't start the item *until* this date. However, it doesn't mean that I *want* to do the item on this date. The task only needs to be "Today" if it's due soon.
wendy_only post on 01/16/2014 08:09#8

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@rupert_parry
Hi,

Thank your for your feedback.

We will consider it seriously. It is not a little issue for us.

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Folke post on 01/16/2014 09:37#9

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@wendy_only @rupert_parry @joaquinmari

This issue is also related to the whole big discussion in other threads about starring and what the star really means.

But as for Ticklers, I would like to add that while it is true that the vast majority of the ticklers end up as Next actions not necessarily to be done today I still like to SEE them arrive. I do not like things to sneak into my Next list unseen. And not all of them will end up as Next (some need to be routed to Waiting or Trash etc). So in that case I would like to have a preference setting. If there was an option to have them delivered to the Inbox (very GTD) or as Starred Next.I would choose that.

Personally
rupert_parry post on 01/16/2014 12:31#10

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@Folke Yeah, delivered to the inbox would be ideal, and in keeping with GTD.
hntopper post on 01/16/2014 14:18#11

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@wendy_only

+1
joaquinmari post on 01/17/2014 06:07#12

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+1 for @rupert_parry:

"When I set a start time, I want it to go into "next" not "today" on the date. Before the start time, it should stay in "scheduled".

This is because setting a start time means that I can't start the item *until* this date. However, it doesn't mean that I *want* to do the item on this date. The task only needs to be "Today" if it's due soon."