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Posted by Ken
Jan 8, 2016 at 06:03 AM
I think that I am running into an issue with everything on one page. In my original arrangement of one project per page and a folder on each page named “Tasks”, I could easily see all of my tasks in all of my projects, and sorted by project, when I selected the tag “Tasks”. This allowed me a quick overview of all tasks in all projects,, and I could then further sort by my priority tags to see urgent tasks if I wanted to.
On one page with each project as a folder containing a sub folder called “Tasks”, the items beneath these folders, my actual tasks, no longer show up in a hierarchy in the tag window. They are now just a list of tasks that are out of context. Is there some way to have these display inthe tag window in a hierarchy like my original set-up?
—Ken
Posted by donleone
Jan 8, 2016 at 10:07 AM
yes, that is a good point.
RightNote splits by default
the tag results view
by their respective pages
that they are found on
which is a “nice” quick overview feature
but limited in the sense
that it is only able
to show the results 1 level deep.
(although you can tweak it a bit
by clicking the upper tag-combos
for a further drill down etc…
but i actually never came to use that)
in a ONE PAGE setup
that “page” division is gone
and all the tasks appear
instead in a big long list,
which of course less useful,
especially when you have many
similar named tags in various projects.
- - -
Now, here is instead a
ONE TREE SOLUTION
that i would personally use:
here a screenshot of a possible look:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vslpo7ok3gl47iw/tasks_overviw_by_tree_filter.JPG?dl=0
since why not instead of tags
just use the filter function
(by just Ctrl+F in the tree)
as the filter is unique in the sense
that its result view perfectly retains
all the folder structure
+ the coloring
+ the icons
+ the fonts
just as they are
in the tree itself.
so that you would only have to
type the word “task”
and INSTANTLY get an overview
of everything task related
and instant sub-divided
by their project and urgency
or whatever else folder sub-division you like.
for that to work,
you would only have to adapt
to include the word “task”
right before each task
(as i did in the screenshot
so to make them ALL appear
by the filter word “task”)
furthermore
this view has also many superior ADVANTAGES
versus the quick, but limiting tag results view:
- as you can actually MOVE and DRAG items
from one folder to the other,
even while in this filtered view !
- you can actually re-name or change icon
or do whatever formatting you like
even while in in this filtered view
- and you also get the full coloring and icons
all fully retained in this view,
which once again you would not have
in the tag results view.
there is no other way currently
that RightNote can be optimized
for tasking.
greetings
donleone
Posted by Ken
Jan 8, 2016 at 07:22 PM
Thank you again for offering up a solution! It does solve a few issues, but I am realizing that I am then bumping up against an issue that I raised with the author of the program when I first purchased it. You cannot combine search and tag features to find items. So, I can use your method and get a list via the search command, but I cannot further refine it with a tag filter. I suspect that there are workarounds, like the labels that you added to each task, but I have never found those solutions to easily fit into my work flow in the long term. I know somebody would say to change my work flow, but I have always believed that for the most part, tools should fit into a reasonable work flow, and that work flows come out of how we think about and organize data. I am not opposed to change, but it needs to make sense to my brain if it is going to be successfully incorporated into my daily work environment.
I need to mull this over for a bit before deciding what makes sense. I would say that I miss my beloved Ecco, but it has been quite some time since I was able to use it, and I suspect that the nature of my work has also changed. I am not sure what is the solution, but I know that at work, few programs that I have evaluated in the past two years seem to fully click with me. But, your advice has at least given me more options for consideration, and that has been very helpful.
Thanks again,
—Ken
Posted by donleone
Jan 8, 2016 at 07:57 PM
as much as i love RightNote
it is not really designed for
to be a true task manager.
for where it truly shines
and what it is more meant for
is to be more an ultra stable
multi-GB capable (SQLite)
multi-filetype storing
multi-tagging powerhouse (up to 20K tags possible then it crashes)
all in one storage database
that will load insanely fast
even with tens of GBs of file size
and most importantly which has
NEVER ever crashed on me
with now over 20K of files in it.
so that for more specific
ultra filtering,
ultra custom views saving,
and advanced tagging
and the combining of this all
as you wish
i would honestly suggest
my 2nd favorite program
that is exactly specialized
for task management
called:
MyLifeOrganized
http://www.mylifeorganized.net
for in that one
you should truly be able
to lay out YOUR workflow as you wish
for it is the MOST flexible task manager of all i know.
and i would myself use it
instead of RightNote
IF it only had
- a better file storage ability
- a far better Rich Text notes ability
- and an internal spreadsheet ability
as RightNote has.
but if you don’t need these features
and are mostly focused on tasking
then i would SURELY explore
once MyLifeOrganized.
greetings
donleone
Posted by Ken
Jan 8, 2016 at 08:44 PM
MLO seems to keep chugging along. I considered it a number of years ago, but have not looked at it recently. It may offer what I need, but it does not appear to be a no-install/portable so I will not be able to use it at work because of IT restrictions. I like that you have not had issue with RN and that is always something I appreciate (although the program did lock up on me right after purchase a few times). It is wonderful to have so many choices, but I am feeling a bit like “water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink”. I truly believe that I am capable of being more organized, and hopefully more efficient, but the path there does seem to be a bit elusive on some days. I am going to reconsider RN setups over the next day or two to see if I can find something that makes sense to me.
—Ken