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[Bryce Harrington <615027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think to solve this bug we should update the default set of tasks.
Currently they include a couple tags (@money and @to_pay IIRC).

Instead, I think we should have the default task set include two more
tags:  @personal and @work.  If possible, one of the original tags
should be a child of one or the other of these, to show the tag
hierarchy explicitly.  The tutorial should also direct the user in
moving the original tags to be children of @personal or @work.

By using @personal and @work high level tags, and walking the user
through adding tags to them, it will subtly nudge them towards
organizing their projects and tasks according to this type of split,
since I think this approach enables them to best maximize the use of
gtg's features.

I could easily see people wanting to ultimately have separate backends
each for personal and work tasks, so getting them pointed in the
direction to organize tasks by @personal and @work will help get them
started in a direction that will simplify their life if/when they want
to split things into two backends.

Luca, does this make sense?  Bertrand if you're watching I'd also like
to hear your feedback on this from a UI perspective.

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Introductory task set should suggest organizing tasks in a tag hierarchy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615027
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Bug description:
[Problem]
It's not evident to newbies how best to organize their tasks.  The default set of tasks on initial start up do suggest using tags, but don't suggest much about tag hierarchies.  However, the tool is sort of designed with this organizational scheme in mind.

So even if it's not the *only* way to organize tasks in gtg, perhaps gtg could be more explicit in suggesting it.  It could help reduce some of the confusion and impedance mismatch we see from people who are still getting up to speed with the tool and have progressed beyond the "simple shopping list" stage to where they need deeper organization.

[Original Report]
I would like to be able to group my tasks per category. Take a look at "gtodo" - it's the list of categories on the bottom-left side of the windows there.

Example:

- "Household" category: vacuuming the appartment, buying cat food, painting walls, paying taxes
- "Open-source projects" category: fixing bugs in GTD, submitting Firefox extension, answering user requests
- "Work" category: repair the UPS, tidy up the server room, replace faulty patch cable in conference room

That way I could just switch to the right context and would just see tasks that belong to this context. Currently I see all the householding tasks at work which doesn't help because I'm kilometers away.