Hi, Pawel. Thanks for the thorough explanation of how you would like tab defaults to work. You present an interesting and feasible vision that would definitely simplify the types of usage you discuss.
I believe that your situation can be handled effectively with current functionality, though not quite as simply. For this example, I am assuming a view "Starred Soon" which shows starred tasks which are currently active or that have a start date in the next seven days. I'm assuming root folders named home and work, and a subfolder of home named yard. The challenge is to create a tab for each of the mentioned folders showing 'starred soon' within the particular folder then to change the yard starred soon tab to show only tasks with importance higher than 100, then change it back. Under your proposal, you would open three tabs, zoom each one in to one of the designated folders, and then set each tab's default. Then, for the "yard" tab, you would add a filter for importance > 100 and later, set it back to default. For a similar result with current functionality, you would open the same three tabs. On each tab you would zoom in to the appropriate folder. Before saving default you would save the view in each tab under a view name, such as "home starred soon" "work starred soon" and "yard starred soon", then set default on each view. For the final step, add an advanced filter to the "yard" view for importance > 100 and then use "reset view" to remove the filter. My conclusion is that this use case is easier with the proposed changes but is still very feasible without them. I also worked out an example of a use case the's feasible today and would be made much more difficult by the proposed changes. I'm not documenting it for fear of putting everyone to sleep, if anyone actually wants to read it, let me know. -Dwight Pawel Bartuzi <[email protected]> wrote: »To sum up, my concern with current MLO behavior is: » »- Locking the defaults protects the workspace completely, including »it's » filters (that's good). »- Unlocking the defaults enables me to change filters however I cannot »return to the defined defaults as MLO doesn't recognize changing filter »as » a modification of the default. »- As far as I don't change a view for a workspace I cannot set another »default neither - even if I changed the view dramatically using »filters, »the MLO doesn't recognize it as anything that can be a new default and »the » "set default for a tab" option is greyed out. »- If by accident I break my tab setup and want to undo the changes the »only way is to reset the view - but that wipes all the additional »filters » and I have to setup the tab from scratch. » »In my opinion the help file describes the behavior as it should be »coded as »it is very simple and logical approach: » » 1. I start with the views that are defined by their filters. » 2. Then I create additional workspaces by finetuning the views (with, » for example, additional parent filters) and the tabs remember the » additional settings I defined - including filters. » 3. If I am content with a tab I defined I can save it's default »configuration so when I am lost with changes I can always return to the » » default as I defined it. » »That way tab defaults serve important and useful role - I can look at »different aspects of my outline using one set of views with additional »settings/filters remembered by tabs/workspaces and my configuration is, »in »a way, protected because I saved the defaults. If a defaults for a tab »don't include the view's filter then every time I change anything - »like »number of days to show completed tasks or the contexts included (just »to »check something) - I have to undo the changes manually which is boring »and »troublesome. And resetting the view wipes the filters (for example the »parent filter) completely, so I have to setup the tab from scratch. » »To put it in another way, for me: » »- the whole strength of tabs is that I can define additional filters »for »already defined views and the tab remembers that filter - so when I »want to »see only my work tasks I don't have to set parent filter for a view »again » and again, » - the whole strength of tab defaults would be that reverting to the » default I can see the tab as I defined it - including the filters. » » »-- » »Pawel » »-- »You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google »Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. »To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send »an email to [email protected]. »To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. »Visit this group at »http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. »For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
