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[Bertrand Rousseau <bertrand.rousseau@xxxxxxxxx>]

(I forgot to use "Reply to all", sorry for the re-post)

Maybe adopting a different view for task browser could help on this
(see this bug for instance:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtg/+bug/340022) I guess a combination of
workview and task sorting using due date could improve visibility for
those tasks.

Maybe we could also think about an easy way to insert reminders (i.e.:
without cluttering the editor) and put task with a matching reminder
condition on top of the list until the user "acknowledge" them (and
possibly tell GTG to remind him again later).

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Julien Baley <zhulian.balei@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "I had the idea of an automatic "@urgent" tag that would be added 3 days
> (or any configurable time) before the due date. So you would only have
> to look there.
>
> Another idea might be to have, under the "no tag tasks", a new icon for
> "Due soon tasks" with a duration that you can configure by
> right-clicking on it."
>
> I think both these ideas are fine if they could be implemented very very
> easily, but in my (very humble) opinion, they would only solve half the
> problem and they would be a "fine while waiting for better" solution.
> I'm not trying to criticize everything (as I think the work that has already
> been achieved is very good and helpful!), but I'm thinking of some tasks
> that may need, let's say, 5 days to be completed (I'm trying to organize my
> whole student semester at the moment, with several 5-month projects etc.), I
> need to be warned 5 days before, and if a task requires 20 days (oh, exams
> are soon? a big meeting in my company and I have to prepare for audits?), I
> need to be warned 20 days before.
> In this situation, I will of course not re-configure the Due soon task
> warning's duration for every duration from 1 day to 2 months.
>
> Any remark about this?
>
> However, this is perfectly compatible with your idea of the automatic tag
> @urgent, and maybe what i've just described is what you were thinking of.
> The tag could be added as soon as the "recall me X days before" is passed,
> and this would only add one field to the structure of the Task object (NB :
> I haven't had a glance to how tasks are structured).
>
> Julien
>
>
>
> 2009/3/8 Lionel Dricot <ploum@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Le dimanche 08 mars 2009 à 23:14 +0100, Julien Baley a écrit :
>> > Hi all!
>> >
>> > Sorry to flood here,
>>
>> No problem, for me it's the goal of a mailing list :-)
>>
>> > but I thought this might deserve a new thread.
>> > I've seen nothing about alerts related to urgent tasks. In GTG, I can
>> > see the "due date" and the number of days left to complete a task.
>> > However, if the task is due in 3 months but there are some sub-tasks
>> > that are to be completed tomorrow, except inspecting the whole list of
>> > tasks, I cannot see it.
>>
>> I use the workview for that. That might not be the best solution in your
>> case.
>>
>> >
>> > Is something like an alert system for "to be completed very soon"
>> > tasks that is planned to be done? (with some definition of "how long
>> > before the due date should the software recall me I have this task to
>> > be done?")
>>
>> I had the idea of an automatic "@urgent" tag that would be added 3 days
>> (or any configurable time) before the due date. So you would only have
>> to look there.
>>
>> Another idea might be to have, under the "no tag tasks", a new icon for
>> "Due soon tasks" with a duration that you can configure by
>> right-clicking on it.
>>
>> What do you think ?
>>
>> Lionel
>>
>
>
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