Medvedev91
feature: task compartmentalization
I would like tasks to be tied to a specific activity. So when I create a task in my "work" activity and then switch to a different activity, I don't see that task anymore. But when I go back to "work", I see my work tasks.
What are your thoughts on this feature request?
Do you mean, while the "Work" activity is running, you want to see only "Work" tasks on the home screen?
Do you mean, while the "Work" activity is running, you want to see only "Work" tasks on the home screen?
Yes, exactly.
Also, maybe at task creation time assigning the activity to the task could be optional so if users don't necessarily want to make that decision yet they can postpone it to when they want to work on the task. But then you'd have to have a section for the activity-specific tasks and "all" tasks.
Here's an example of tasks on the home screen:
Work Tasks:
- answer emails
- feature X
Uncategorized Tasks:
- grocery shopping
- book doctors apt
This UX is less clean IMO and it doesn't matter either way to me whether we enforce activity categorization at task creation time or not. I just want to be able to have the option of categorizing the task without having to start it, and I want the task to be hidden until that activity is active.
At the moment you can do categorization via task folders.
I like task folders, and I find them useful. But they don't offer the type of compartmentalization that I'm looking for.
For comparison, the TMRW folder filters all tasks for only ones that have tomorrow's date assigned. While I want ability to filter like this folder, I would like a view that only shows tasks that are assigned to the same activity as the activity that is active currently.
Here's an example use case for the feature I desire
Let's say I have two activities: Work and Exercise.
- The
Workactivity is active. - I add the following task:
review emails - when I click the 'Save' button, a popup appears:
Where do you want to save this task? Work, Exercise, or Uncategorized? - I click on
Work - on the home screen, the task
review emailsappears under a collapsible headingWork - I add another task:
go for run - when I click the 'Save' button, a popup appears:
Where do you want to save this task? Work, Exercise, or Uncategorized? - I select
Uncategorized - on the home screen, underneath the collapsible heading
Work, is another collapsible heading namedUncategorized Tasks. Underneath that heading is the taskgo for run - I click on
go for run - I am prompted to select an activity for the task, exactly like what would happen in the real app
- I select
Exercise - The activity changes to
Exerciseand I see two collapsible headers:Exercise, andUncategorized Tasks. Both of which are empty - After my run, I switch back to the
Workactivity. I see two collapsible headers,WorkandUncategorized Tasks. Under theWorkheader, I see the taskreview emails, and nothing underUncategorized Tasks - I select
review emailsand the task is immediately started without prompting for activity type
Like I said earlier, we're basically giving the user the option to categorize their task at 'task creation time' rather than only at task start time. And if the user wants to wait to categorize the task until task start time, they still have that option, as you saw in my example.
Does this example help you understand my feature request?
Thank you for the detailed explanation. Did I understand right, you want to have like activity filters for tasks on the homescreen?
Thank you for the detailed explanation. Did I understand right, you want to have like activity filters for tasks on the homescreen?
Yes, exactly. But I only want to see filters for for the current activity and "uncategorized" activities