Re: An idea: browsable tasklists

Hi Tor,

I really like this approach.  It would allow check project specific task lists
into a version control system, which I think is very useful.

You could deal with the con you mention by:
- Create a project specific option that can be set to the name of a task list
file (or files).
- When you switch projects read this file to set the project task list.

I think you then have the best of both.

Cheers,
Brett.





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I had an idea this weekend that I'd like feedback on.

Remember how I was trying to get "project specific tasks"
accounted for in some way? I thought users would mark specific
tasks as project specific, and then when you switch to a project
its tasks are merged into the tasklist.

Here's an alternative idea.

Users will probably want to store the project specific tasklist
along with the source files in the project content anyway (after
all, the tasklist file is source data, not generated).

Let's say I do the following:
  -- I recognize tasklist files -- assign a new icon to it etc.
     That way, when you browse your project/filesystem content
     in the explorer, you see your tasklist file along with your
     other files.
  -- Add actions to this node allowing you to Import a tasklist
     into your current tasklist, OR, Open the tasklist in a new
     window! Editing this window then edits this tasklist.

Thus, for each project I can have a unique tasklist. I can
open it, just like a source file, and view/edit its tasks.

Pros: Allows finer-granularity than projects; I can have
five tasklists per project for example. Nice to "view"
tasklist files (since they will be part of the project source
content) and be able to operate on it.

Cons: Not as integrated; if you switch projects nothing happens;
you have to deliberately open the tasklist file.

Opinions on this?

-- Tor


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