Comments on: Things 1.3 Brings Support for Mixed Projects

By: Jürgen

Jürgen — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:42:58 +0000

@Stuart, Dave, Andrew, Nic: Yes we plan to add repeating tasks to projects as well.

@Lantrix: Thanks for pointing this out. We will update the keyboard shortcuts pdf asap.

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:31:52 +0000

The mixed project feature is great but there is still no option to add repeating tasks to a project, is this a planned feature? I was kind of expecting it to be included in this release as it is of type “scheduled task”

By: Joel Anderson

Joel Anderson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:33:42 +0000

I’m delighted with the “Mixed Project” functionality. Its absence was my only misgiving about Things (and I’ve been asking for it for a while now). Very nice not only to see the change arrive, but also to read Jürgen’s mea culpa about regretting not doing it before. You all not only deliver a great product; you’ve got real class. “CulturedCode” indeed!

By: RA

RA — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:32:41 +0000

@jayare—got it. Thanks.

By: Step

Step — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:24 +0000

Wonderful! It’s very likely I’ll use these new features thoroughly today, and if not certainly in the coming week. Glad to see the explanation in the blog as well. Thanks CC.

By: MrSteveee

MrSteveee — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:47:50 +0000

Thanks for the update! This is a very welcome addition to the project management implementation of Things.

By: Lantrix

Lantrix — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:45:01 +0000

Will there be any change to the Keyboard Shortcuts or is it just wording on the page referring to the to-dos from projects that can't be scheduled.

By: sm8500

sm8500 — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:39:24 +0000

Thanks a lot for this release. It doubles the value of Things. – And I guess, with one stroke it (more than) halves the accumulated amount of frustration of all those who had to wait for so long for a life sign of CC.

Please keep going! But don’t hesitate to also improve your communication policy.

By: jayare

jayare — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:06 +0000

RA, a scheduled task would be something you can’t do until the date that it’s scheduled. A task with a due date is something you could (and should!) start working on before it’s due.

For me, a dentist appointment would be a scheduled task, and doing my taxes would be a task with a due date.

By: RA

RA — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:12:45 +0000

Seems great, but as a relatively new user, I’m still trying to wrap my head around the difference between:

(a) A task with a due date

…versus…

(b) A scheduled task

I think I get the general concept—that you may not want to see or worry about scheduled tasks until they are due—but it’s not totally clear to me (yet).