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Desktop version (Windows/Linux/Mac) of Task Coach

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  1. I write a lot of notes for each task and even though I am using a 22 inch screen, when I rest the cursor on the task to preview the notes I cannot see them all. At present you only get one column of preview notes. Could you have the preview notes extend into an additional one or two colums?

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  2. It would be helpful to assign one or more categories to efforts. Possible use: I'm working as a consultant and have set up the project plan in TC. But the billing for my working time is split into "onsite", "remote" and "travelling time". So I would assign a special category to the effort that I'm creating for tasks.
    This feature would make TC even more flexible.

    85 votes
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  3. I'd like the option on the Edit Task Pane to create subtasks from there, rather than having to select the task, and then Create new sub task.

    Probably heresey I know, but something similar to the way Project allows you to create tasks...

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  4. I'd love to see widget like buttons that can float on the desktop at all times so that with one click I can start/stop tracking effort.
    this would help when I am doing many different jobs at once and changing from task to task often.
    Perhaps the ability to create unique widgets depending on the tasks I am working on at any given time

    4 votes
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  5. It would be great if the backup file could be zipped,
    because I often have a 50Mbytes folder with a 150Kbytes file

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  6. Hi,
    Currently , on right clicking any task ,category, etc. , we can open all attachments at once .
    It would be better if there is a feature to open any single attachment of our choice.

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  7. It would be great to accept a link to the directory taskcoach-templates. I use Task Coach on different machines , with different os (linux, win), and want to have only one directory for the templates. Unfortunately, Task Coach on Windows doesn't accept a link for the Task Coach template directory.

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  8. Feature Requests item #2817422
    When you have chosen list view, the layout becomes rather cluttered if you have subtasks. I use Task Coach according to the GTD approach. I use the contexts Inbox, Next action, Waiting for, Projects, Someday/Maybe and Reference. Say that I have a project consisting of a task with sub-tasks. Some of the sub-tasks are defined as next action, some are in the category waiting for and so on and so forth. If i click the category "Next action" I only want to see the sub tasks that I have defined as "Next action". The projects (parent…

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  9. It would be very neat to see Task Coach support Evidence Based Scheduling. Evidence Based Scheduling would allow users to improve their ability to estimate when a task would get done.

    See the following for an excellent description with graphs.

    http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/26.html

    6 votes
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  10. When tasks are numerous, finding a newly created task can be difficult. The focus should be on the new task.

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  11. When right-clicking on the icon in the tray, it is currently possible to create tasks (and notes & efforts). I often realize I have more subtasks when I am in the middle of a task, so it would be great to have the same Task-PopUp you have for the possibility to "Start tracking effort" and being able to create subtasks under an existing task/subtask.

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  12. To include a list of the last 10 most used task. There are tasks I use much more often than others.

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  13. When I send an HTML list of tasks, my correspondent do not see that it contains a tree

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  14. assigned task & receive task completion update from email

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  15. I would like to see a "keyboard shortcuts" option in the preferences menu that allowed the user to use any desired key for an action.

    For instance i would prefer to use <cntrl-UP> to increase a task priority instead of <cntrl-I>. Or assign <a> to open attachments...

    Thanks again for the great software. I'll pledge 5 EU for implementation.

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  16. In the "task square map" I would like to see the total time for each "task folder" (those that have subtasks), so I can quickly have an idea of the total time I spent on a project. Moreover, it would be great if the name of the "folder" would always be visible.

    6 votes
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  17. When I define a task, I have it with plenty subtasks, some are really tasks some are not really tasks. I would like to have only some of those tasks synced by SyncML, for example giving them a tag (sync).

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  18. Currently, clicking a recurring task deletes the "today" version and creates a new task at the next occurrence. For my peace of mind, I'd rather be able to look at my tasks list and see that I have in fact completed the recurring task, and haven't just accidentally moved, deleted, or edited it.

    17 votes
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    We will almost certainly NOT make duplicate tasks for recurrence, although I know some people may like that idea. Instead, to address this concern, we will consider creating some sort of log of completions, as I mention in my comment below.

  19. 7 votes
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  20. Because I color-code the background of tasks based on their categories, it's hard to tell at a glance which task is currently selected--especially since the "highlight" color depends upon the task's "background" color. There ought to be some way to see which task/category/whatever I have selected without relying on color alone.

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