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Estimating task time

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Japhir 02/12/2014 09:16

Platform:Web

The windows feature to estimate how long a task would take so as to be able to plan better, or to go: I have half an hour left, what could i do in that time? would be really awesome. I'd very much like to be able add a time estimation while adding tasks with a hokey like the @ for context etc.

Example:
Do the dishes @Home ^Today #CleanHouse &Private %15 (adds the task with a 15 minute estimation.

Kind regards,

Ilja

wendy_only post on 02/12/2014 09:50#1

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@Japhir
Hi,

Thank you for your feedback!

We will consider your suggestion seriously. Now we will take much time adding this function on all versions.

Shall you need any help or have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me back.

Thank you for your support!

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Doit.im Team
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Folke post on 02/12/2014 13:32#2

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@Japhir - what you can do even now is have simple tags for Low Effort (Quick and Easy) and High Effort (long and difficult), This may perhaps be enough for your needs?

(Unfortunately you cannot see the tags in the list, so you cannot easily double-check them. and it definitely feels a bit scary to trust them, but you might want to give it a try.)
Japhir post on 03/04/2014 17:43#3

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@Folke: I currently use my tags to separate Private and non-private work. My default is no-tag=work, so that i don't have to tag most of my to do's. If I were to add Low and High Effort tags, I would also have to tag all my workrelated to-do's, resulting in much more to-do-adding-time needed.

I hope you understand this story ;). I would still vouch for a built-in timetag and am glad to see the developers respond to suggestions so rapidly.
post on 04/28/2014 17:09#4

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+1

I would also like to have a time estimation field. I wish I could define it the same way I define context (no predefined and hard coded values). An energy level field would be great to have too. That's the GTD engine (besides contexts).
wendy_only post on 04/29/2014 02:41#5

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Hi,

Thank you for your feedback. But sorry that it will not be developed in near future.