Taking the filter down to the action level is indeed helpful and is planned for one of the next releases. Thanks for the input on the date fields. Some minimal wording is allowed (like “tomorrow”) but it could be better.

@Clive Walters:

Thank you for the suggestions. Recurring items are on the maybe list at the moment, but may be upgraded soon. Direct links to files would be great and is on the brainstorming list.

I agree that an inventory of items that are expected from others is necessary and that after an action is taken to check on that item, something still needs to exist to track that open loop. I just don’t keep those items in a “waiting for” context, because they are not actions and “waiting for” isn’t really a context in my opinion. This sort of hits at the difference between lists of actions and lists in general (like goals, inbox prompts, and in my case waiting-for items). Given Actiontastic’s strong slant toward the physical action items, I have been looking at ways to augment this while still keeping the app focused. One of the next updates will address this.

1. When looking at contexts, why do actions from paused or future start date project show up in my actions for a context. If the project is on hold, why don’t the action inherit that pause or start date?

2. I’d like to put a start date like “3 days” or “next week” and have it translate that to a date for me.

3. Just started playing with this app. Looks nice, simple, and well designed. Kudos.

It just doesn’t work in practice.

If I am waiting for someone else to do something in order for a project to move forward, this indeed requires me to chase the person, so “Send James e-mail reminder about his draft proposal” is useful, but it doesn’t really help me moving forward the project. I can send the e-mail, but I still don’t have James’ draft. And after sending it, I need to log another action for me to check my inbox for a response? This isn’t very efficient.

The only thing that makes the project move forward is for James to “E-mail me the draft proposal”. That’s what I want to see on my Waiting for… list, so I can take whatever action is suitable or convenient. In any case, until James e-mails me the proposal, the project is incomplete, the loop stays open.

The missing dimension in Actiontastic is that of the “delegate” or “actor”, apart from Context and Project. A third view, with same UI as the other two. That should do the trick, I think.

I have been using NoteBook (CircusPonies) to do GTD, but am hitting its limits. Currently I am trying out kGTD for OmniOutline r, but it doesn’t do the delegation well either. Actiontastic looks great and I am looking forward to the next release (with delegation features :-))

A hierarchy in projects listing, with folders.

Dragging the order of projects. Higher in the list yields a larger font, og maybe just a darker font color. So the bottom project becomes light grey text.

Thanks for the input on the dates. I am working on the basic date pieces for nearest possible release — 0.8.3 or 0.8.4.

All options on the table, just make the simplest ones the preferred. (See: Mac OS X’s standard Save Panel layout.)