RE: A first impressions with using MrProject

>> 1. The graphical representation of the task in Gantt graph should be
>> highlighted as well. You could easily loose track of the order when
>the task
>> doesn't start right from the start of the project. 
>
>Yep, good idea.

Filed as enhancement to bugzilla. 

>> 2. It could be fine, if you could manipulate the task from graph as
>well.
>> For example rightclick on it with mouse, etc. 
>
>I've thought about this too, and started implementing it a while ago but
>never got the time to finish it.

Filed as enhancement to bugzilla. 

>> 3. Perhaps should there be a quicker way to assign a ressource to the
>task ?
>> Not via task properties, but instead right from the pup-up menu ? 
>
>A toolbar button and menu item that brings up the task dialog with the
>resource page active could make it easier. Having a list of resources in
>a popup menu would not be feasible though, considering that the list
>could be huge.

You  are probably right. Didn't filed. 

>> 4. You cannot set task to start from random moment in time. It would
>be
>> great, if one could move the task with mouse (perhaps with middle
>button ?)
>> in time to start earlier or later. At the moment I would need to put
>> addtional task in front of it and sent the task to depend on it and
>set a
>> lag between end and start. Not a very good way. 
>
>You can do it, using constraints, which you can set in the task view. I
>agree that we need a better UI for it though. It has been planned for a
>while.

Which version you are talking about? 0.8pre ? 

>> 5. If you have a big task and many subtasks under it and if you have
>some
>> external task, which depend for one of the subtask to finish to start,
>and
>> when you collapse the main task, so that you do not see subtasks
>anymore,
>> the dependency link is not no longer displayed in Gantt graph. 
>>
>> Would it be possible to still display the link in some form to
>indicate that
>> the other task depends on the big task ?
>
>Good idea, we need to come up with how to visualize it. Any ideas?

Filed as enhancement. My idea is that the link could be displayed in
collapsed view in the same place as in expanded view ? If the subtask
finishes in the middle of the super-task (is this a correct name for the big
task, which "covers" the other sub-tasks ?) the link would come out from the
middle of the big task and go to the other task. 

Or should I make a drawing to explain myself better ? 

>> 6. When it comes to actually showing the project to others, I
>currently have
>> only option to hook up projector to my laptop and actually show the
>running
>> program, or to make screenshot of it and print it out. I know you are
>> planning the printing functionality before 1.0, but perhaps it would
>be
>> simpler to have some sort of HTML export possibility and then printing
>from
>> the browser instead ? In HTML you could have some JavaScript pop-up
>windows
>> also, so that when people look at the project with their browsers they
>could
>> get additional information from tasks (perhaps the notes section ?)
>and from
>> ressources. 
>
>We are making good progress on printing, so you won't have to wait too
>long. A release with printing is scheduled for early February.
>
>Also we have a read-only web front-end scheduled for mid-March.

OK, thats good.