Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.

'Out Of Gas'


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§ ita § - Nov 08, 2012 7:38:57 pm PST #21457 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If it's not on Android, I'm not interested--it's Wunderlist I'm checking out.

But why do you think it's bullshit? I always want to know dish.


le nubian - Nov 08, 2012 7:40:02 pm PST #21458 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

because it is a waste of time. if it wanted a pretty list. I'd use the papyrus font in multicolor!

seriously, it is more design over function. OmniFocus is better if you are going to go all in with cash for a to do list.


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2012 7:43:08 pm PST #21459 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What does OmniFocus have that's worth paying for?


le nubian - Nov 08, 2012 7:52:10 pm PST #21460 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

it is pretty good at multiple sets of tasks and a more complicated situation.

I think simple lists are probably ideal for most situations, but this summer I had to keep track of a lot of to dos and different "projects" and OF was good for this. Syncs with iphone and ipad and probably android too.


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2012 8:20:21 pm PST #21461 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So far, Wunderist on my tablet far exceeds Astrid in terms of UI and ease to use--I'll give it that. But I'm already missing some functionality, like telling me how long to wait before deciding to nag me, or having a 5-setting priority division.

I fear, despite how quickly I just added in so many of my tasks, that it will not allow me to do the things I am taking for advantage so far. Sheeit--for all this simple, not tripping over the line into skeuomorphism., I can't work out how to set up a recurring to do. It's gotta be there somewhere. I'm going back in! IF you don't see me nattering in 5, I may be lost forever.


Liese S. - Nov 08, 2012 8:33:44 pm PST #21462 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I tried Wunderlist, but it didn't twig me, somehow. I suspect my problem is that I started with Astrid, so now I just want any other program to be Astrid, but without Astrid's problems.


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2012 9:06:37 pm PST #21463 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, without recurring tasks it's too much work for me. And, so far, looking for it is also too much work for me.

So I'll stivk with Astrid, until something comes along that blows it out of the water for a similar price.


omnis_audis - Nov 09, 2012 8:56:24 am PST #21464 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

o_a, if your machine is an HP, this is how to turn off the dock: [link]

So I finally had a little time, and dug around and found the little check box to turn it off (thanks Deena!). Then did the million Windows updates. Apparently one of them was updating the stupid dock. And apparently that preference was not saved, and the interface for the dock is completely different. The hunt begins again. ::sigh::


Typo Boy - Nov 09, 2012 9:24:25 am PST #21465 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

I have an XP netbook which I had turned off for a few weeks. Since I'm presenting tomorrow I turned it on to update virus defs and windows updates. And when I went into windows updates, it said there were no priority or security updates to download. Hmmm. I seem to remember at least one update where I had to reboot in the last few weeks. Shouldn't an XP machine which has been turned off the past three weeks have found at least one microsoft update?


omnis_audis - Nov 09, 2012 9:25:59 am PST #21466 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Found it. Let's see if it sticks this time. Gosh, that dock is annoying, and a processor hog.