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Improve the task management support to Calendar

Posted on 2009-12-07 13:49 UTC by Juanjo Marin. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Desktop, Office, User Experience.

The task support included on the Calendar is pretty basic and I think is not very useful IMHO because I miss the following options:

1) I can't order the tasks, they are shown in the order as they were written. I'd like to think only once about the better order for accomplising the tasks, usually at the early hours of the day, and not every time I check the list of pending tasks. I'd like to arrange my To-Do list with some simple finger movements :)

2) I'd like to add tasks on the Agenda, in order to check events and notes that could interfere with the task. So that, I think that adding "New task" (and "New note" to the Agenda makes sense.

3) Sometimes a task precises to be done at certain particular time, and I miss the possibility of adding the start and finish times and having the alarm functionality for not missing it, like I can do with events.

4) If I don't accomplish a task, I'd like to have an easy way to reassign to another date/time. Instead of deleting the task from the previous position on the calendar I'd like to be marked as deferred so I could follow the new assigned date/time.

5) To have a pool of tasks without date assigned, and be able to assign when I have time for thinking the best date/time to do it.

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Solution #1: Starting-Due Time

Posted on 2009-12-11 19:15 UTC by Max Mikh.

In Evolution we have now only task which called "Milestone" or "ToDo" in most of TimeManaging software. Juanjo mention most important point. I want to reorganize them and add possibility to poll. Here is first one

Task need to have Start time - Due Time

 

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Solution #2: Reminder for tasks

Posted on 2009-12-11 19:19 UTC by Max Mikh.

Need possibility to add Reminder to tasks. It should be like for callendar entries. In some menu people should have possibility to add default reminder (None, and how much time before due time). I think it should be one button Turn on/off reminder. If reminder ON then active menu how much time advance due date....

Edit: It was implemented in 51-1 release....

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Solution #3: Re-assign Times for tasks

Posted on 2009-12-11 19:23 UTC by Max Mikh.

All tasks should have possibility to Re-assign Start, Due, Reminder times

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Solution #4: Visualization of Tasks

Posted on 2009-12-11 19:34 UTC by Max Mikh.

Tasks viewes (Calendars Agenda view, widgets for calendar, Task view),  should have possibility to show and sort tasks by Start and Due Date. Today view should have possibility to hide not active task (before starting time). Possibility to hide tasks without starting date.

Calendar and Agenda view should have possibility to show Calendar entry first or tasks first.

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Solution #5: Tasks need field for memo

Posted on 2009-12-11 19:40 UTC by Max Mikh.

Task need field in which user can add memo's (some additional comments). This field present in most of programs (Evolution, MS Outlook). This field useful for add information about contact phone, place or any additional information for which you don't have space in title.

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Solution #6: Add Advanced features for TimeManagment and Project Management

Posted on 2009-12-11 19:48 UTC by Max Mikh.

Add advanced possibility for Tasks which present in Project management software. Need add Project: Group of connected Tasks. It should have:

1. Conected tasks: Task chenged to active state and setup new Starting date depend from Parent Task/Tasks.

2. Add MileStones: Tasks which change state to completed when all dependencies completed.

3. Possibility to create Template projects.

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Solution #7: Add outliner style features

Posted on 2010-01-16 01:05 UTC by Alex Smirnoff.

Ability to attach "leaf" objects: another task, contacts, documents, bookmarks, appointments

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