[chandler-users] tasks missing???

[Andre Mueninghoff]

OK, I agree with Rich. Where did New > Task go?

As I had replied initially below, it is my understanding Tasks were 
converted into Starred Items, but perhaps that is not actually or 
exactly the direction of the application. I'm confused. Was my initial 
understanding correct? If so, why was New > Task removed from the Item 
main menu and the Item context menu instead of being replaced with New > 
Starred item? Thanks goodness, "/T" ("/task") in the Quick Entry (QE) 
box still works to produce a task-stamped, excuse me, star-stamped item. 
Is there a plan to remove the ability to create star-stamped items via 
the QE function? Creating a new star-stamped item via a menu path now 
requires an additional click of the mouse to add the star stamp to the 
new item, which is particularly painful if said menu item was reached 
via the keyboard only.

It seems to me that removing from the menus the ability to create items 
with one of the possible item stamps effectively dilutes the advantages 
of the metamorphic item design I have always associated with Chandler's 
core innovative value. Would someone be able to clear this up more 
effectively and completely than I did below?

Andre

Andre Mueninghoff wrote:
> Hi Rich,
> 
> The task stamp was changed into the starred stamp. As I understand it, 
> the intention of this was to provide a way to more generally tag items 
> somehow, whether to signify "taskness" or otherwise. For example, the 
> Mozilla Thunderbird email client allows one to "star" email items. As a 
> long time Chandler user, I welcome the star, because the previous check 
> mark icon needlessly communicated (to me) that the item was "done". 
> However, I would agree with a point of view that the conversion from 
> task-stamped item to star-stamped item might have been implemented 
> beyond the point of helpfulness.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> Andre
> 
> Richard C. Rath wrote:
>> I have looked all over chandler for tasks...I can not find the icon to 
>> add them, and the add item menu allows adding emails, notes, and 
>> calendar items but not tasks.  Where do I add tasks?  or change things 
>> into tasks?  Sorry if this is a bonehead question, but I have read the 
>> tutorials and faqs and can't figure out how.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rich Rath
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