[chandler-users] An answer to "In Chandler, nothing is ever overdue - Part 2 of 2"

[Allan Day]

Hi Mimi,
> I think the point I'm trying to make here is that if you don't have a 
> very specific date in mind, then assigning any kind of timeframe is 
> perhaps futile ;)
Seems reasonable! Seriously, I wholeheartedly agree.
> Still, I'm not opposed to people defining their own triage statuses 
> and doing this kind of 'fuzzy timeframe' assignment (Next Week, This 
> Month, In 3 months, Q1, Spring Semester, Summer, etc)... See bug for 
> more details: https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11322
Looks good!
> It's more a matter of what direction the app pushes people in, right 
> out of the box. But eventually, we should be flexible enough to 
> support people who do want to organize their items this way. Also, 
> there is something appealing about starting out with just 3 states for 
> status even if eventually, people find they need more.
That makes a lot of sense. Starting off with a smaller number of 
statuses is clearly the way to go. Personally, I am also keen to see the 
ability to add extra user defined statuses, but the number of defaults 
you have selected seems right to me.

Thanks for you messages, Mimi! I appreciate you spending the time. It's 
really interesting to have these discussions. :)

Allan