TOPIC: Add multiple actions while processing a thought

This is a duplicate posting of http://www.trgtd.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3413, but that's in the non-member section.

Often when processing a thought, there are multiple actions associated with the thought.
I also may need to create a project and then add multiple actions to it.
This is inconvenient right now: I must process the thought, go to another screen (for example the project screen or actions screen), add the actions, and then return to processing thoughts.
Others are running into this as well. People I work with run into the problem, and here are some examples from the forum:
http://www.trgtd.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1312
http://www.trgtd.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1734

Here is a (hopefully) simple solution.
The green arrow at the top of the process thoughts screen does two things:
1. Processes the thought - creating an action and/or project
2. Deletes the thought from the inbox

The proposed solution is to create another button (for example a blue arrow) that only does one thing:
1. Processes the thought (same as above)
But the blue button does not delete the thought - it leaves the thought in the inbox.

So then when I start processing a thought and realize there are multiple actions,
I'll create or select a project, add an action, and then press the blue button.
For the the remaining actions, I'll select the project that I just created, and add another action to it by:
pressing the blue button if there are more actions to enter, or
pressing the green button if it is the last action for this thought.

For bonus points, TR could remember the project when I'm still working on the same thought.

Thanks!

+1

Can you add this to the list?

ThinkingRockFans.uservoice.com

Thanks

Hi Malcom.
Has Claire approved that way to track suggestions/features?

bposert wrote:
Clair has her plate full without trying to come up with a consolidated feedback mechanism.

Approval from Clair would require her to look at something and make a judgement about it before its fully fleshed out.

If you've been to thinkingrockfans.uservoice.com then you've seen how easy it is for ideas to bubble up to the top.
However, it's going to take at least 2 weeks and about 20 users before we start to see real value out of the tool.

My hope is that I can turn the uservoice site over to Clair.

I asked you to add this to the list is that as a user I only have 10 votes, and I used my 10 votes to populate the list with the top 10 ten ideas. Your participation would take us up to 4 users on the tool.





Maybe it's just my American outlook, but if we waited for approval for everything, nothing of real value would ever get done.

MalcoLm

Multiple actions for one thought is now available in version 3.3.