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Add time track

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chendexi 02/12/2014 18:03

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I really appreciate the new added estimate time feature. But I have a better idea. You should add time track feature by tallying the task from start time and when it complete. This can be counted automatically by counting when click "do it now" or start time. THen you can add a review windows like column or percent style or calendar table.
I assert this feature is critical because tracking time can let you review how long you spent on each tasks and realize what should do next to improve efficiency. Get thing done with long wasted time is not truly efficient.

wendy_only post on 02/13/2014 03:53#1

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@chendexi
Hi,

Thank you for your feedback!

It has not been in our developing plan yet. But we will consider it seriously.

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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Folke post on 02/13/2014 14:13#2

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@chendexi @wendy_only

I am quite skeptical to most such kinds of "mathematical" features in a personal app like Doit. I am equally skeptical of features like task progression (percent complete) etc etc.

It is easy to see where all these ideas come from. They are common in project management, construction etc. and have a vital role to play there. For example, if a building's foundation will need to be built from March 12 until April 22 it is vital to verify progress during that time, and the start and end dates as such are also vital for the planning of other work.

But when it comes to our personal tasks it is very different. The tasks are usually smaller, say twenty minutes or two hours, and progress is often very binary - either you have done it now or you have not none it yet. The task can take much longer or much shorter depending on many unpredictable factors such as difficulty or interruptions or mood. There often is no firm date on which they absolutely must be done or even a final deadline by which they absolutely must be done. Most kinds of time "numbers" are quite floating. This is natural. We live in a complex world.

My advice to Doit would be to refrain from relying too much on time related tools, because the majority of tasks are not really time based in any way at all. Instead, people need to be able to decide wisely what to choose to do now. In order to decide that, people must be able to see the relevant options they have. In order to be able to see those relevant options, people must have the means to organize it all in a clear way and have the tools to quickly limit what they need to see right now. Doit is already quite OK overall, but not great, when it comes to hierarchies (goals, projects etc), contexts, priorities, tags, filtering etc, but there is a lot of work still remaining there to make it as clear and convenient as it could be. That's what I would wish that Doit would focus on.