The review page is very attractive. I have some ideas.
It can be used as a printed to-do list.
It needs the option to display all projects, not just one.
It needs to option to sort by both project+priority (for review) and context+priority (for printing to-do list).
It should include displaying the other task attributes like date and priority etc.
it would be cute if there was a little checkbox for each.
Displaying completed tasks should be optional.
For me, the above should simply be one output option of a saved advanced search. It's more of a very useful report than a review.
As for a review, this is what I would like to see:
0. Next Action phase
Classically I should have at least one Next Action identified on every active project. It would be good to see all my tasks for each project and then pick which is the Next Action. However, Doit uses Today or Now for Next Action. Anyway it would be a good practice to prompt the user to select at least one task in each project which must be either Today or Now or !High or &Next.
1. Add attributes phase
Allow me to all the tasks that have none or too few attributes set. The less are set, the more easily the task falls thru the cracks and I don't see it. It would be great if the tasks were displayed toodledo table style with pulldown lists to quickly set context, priority, date, time required, energy level), etc.
Doing this all on one screen would save lots of time once a week.
2. Waiting phase
Display all my waiting tasks the same way so I could update if any have happened, and also further contextualize as above.
3. Someday phase
Same as above.
And then, prompt user to see if there are any new Someday projects to enter.
That would be cool and could all be accomplished with a simple table of drop down selectors. So far I have not seen any effective GTD review tool but I would consider this a first.
@Gnormal
Hello,
Thank you for your feedback.
Q1: It can be used as a printed to-do list.
A: It will be supported in the future. Please be patient.
Q2: It needs the option to display all projects, not just one.
A: For "Project Review", we will improve it.
Q3: It needs to option to sort by both project+priority (for review) and context+priority (for printing to-do list).
A: Do you mean that there could be two sorting rules and you can select one as your own need?
Q4: It should include displaying the other task attributes like date and priority etc.
A: We will do some research on it first.
Q5: it would be cute if there was a little checkbox for each.
A: A checkbox for each? So that you can choose which items need to be printed?
Q6: Displaying completed tasks should be optional.
A: Do you mean that you can also choose not to display completed tasks so that they will not be printed?
We will seriously consider supporting the features you requested above.
And for your requests for a review, here are our replies:
Q1: 0. Next Action phase
Classically I should have at least one Next Action identified on every active project. It would be good to see all my tasks for each project and then pick which is the Next Action. However, Doit uses Today or Now for Next Action. Anyway it would be a good practice to prompt the user to select at least one task in each project which must be either Today or Now or !High or &Next.
A: Later, the "Doit Now" group will also be supported in Next.
In Doit.im, Next, Today and Doit Now have their own responsibilities.
Next: Actions to be done as soon as possible but with no exact start time are put here. In general, the first step in project will be put here.
Today: If you set the Start time to today, the task will come to Today box directly. For the tasks whose Start time is set to be later than today, they'll come to Today box on the exact day of starting, and will stay in the box until you complete it.
Doit. now: Tasks that you can do immediately will come to the "Doit Now" group.
Q2: Add attributes phase
Allow me to all the tasks that have none or too few attributes set. The less are set, the more easily the task falls thru the cracks and I don't see it. It would be great if the tasks were displayed toodledo table style with pulldown lists to quickly set context, priority, date, time required, energy level), etc.
Doing this all on one screen would save lots of time once a week.
A: Batch edit attributes? In the future, we will introduce a "Process" feature, which may solve your problem.
And for a list on which all the tasks will be shown, we will consider it in the future.
Q3: Waiting phase
Display all my waiting tasks the same way so I could update if any have happened, and also further contextualize as above.
A: Now, all the tasks need to be waiting are displayed in Waiting box with the same way. Do you find that your waiting tasks are shown in different way? Could you please make some examples?
Q4: Someday phase
Same as above.
And then, prompt user to see if there are any new Someday projects to enter.
A: If should be one part of "Collect". We will add such a prompt when collecting "stuff".
Shall you need any help or have additional questions, please free free to contact us.