Long lists, need sub-list or nested list
johnsdr says:
My lists are becoming so long, I need to be able to make a sub-list so that I do not have to review all the items on my list each time I need to review what I need to do. I need to be able to make my lists shorter somehow. Nested lists would be nice.
mstori says:
I also would very much appreciated nested lists. In particular I would like to be able to create task dependencies easily within the interface.
I've read through the thread at http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/1366/ and this is a good explanation of the "dependency issue"
wcitypoe says:
I do not know if this functionality would also fall under the "nested list" functionality, but what I'm falling into very often is stuff where I don't want to see "next steps" until I've accomplished tasks they're dependent on.
For example:
1) Locate grocery store nearby me.
2) Call grocery store to see if they have peanut butter.
3) Go to grocery store after work and buy peanut butter.
4) Confirm I have bananas in the house.
5) Make fried peanut butter and banana sandwich.
6) Practice Elvis impression as I eat fried PB&B sandwich.
In the above (hopefully humorous) example, I would like to make these reliant upon each other -- i.e., I only see #2 after #1's checked off, etc. Of course, this could rapidly get complicated ... but as it stands, I'm using an unpleasant alternative of writing "(Follow-up: [second task name].)" in the text of the to-do , which I don't want to do.
I also considered the suggestions and comments to manipulate the current interface in order to try to make it work for those who want the nesting feature, but have to agree with the others in the thread who point out the ways in which the current situation is less then ideal.
Most of all I really appreciate the thread http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/1885/ as the entire write up describes features and uses which would make RTM really functional for me.
I've read through the thread at http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/1366/ and this is a good explanation of the "dependency issue"
wcitypoe says:
I do not know if this functionality would also fall under the "nested list" functionality, but what I'm falling into very often is stuff where I don't want to see "next steps" until I've accomplished tasks they're dependent on.
For example:
1) Locate grocery store nearby me.
2) Call grocery store to see if they have peanut butter.
3) Go to grocery store after work and buy peanut butter.
4) Confirm I have bananas in the house.
5) Make fried peanut butter and banana sandwich.
6) Practice Elvis impression as I eat fried PB&B sandwich.
In the above (hopefully humorous) example, I would like to make these reliant upon each other -- i.e., I only see #2 after #1's checked off, etc. Of course, this could rapidly get complicated ... but as it stands, I'm using an unpleasant alternative of writing "(Follow-up: [second task name].)" in the text of the to-do , which I don't want to do.
I also considered the suggestions and comments to manipulate the current interface in order to try to make it work for those who want the nesting feature, but have to agree with the others in the thread who point out the ways in which the current situation is less then ideal.
Most of all I really appreciate the thread http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/1885/ as the entire write up describes features and uses which would make RTM really functional for me.