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Simple Addition to Search to implement "next action"

justin.constant says:

I was wondering if you could add a search term that returned the 1st item in a list. Since the sorting is saved for each list, you could have something simple like:

whatIsFirst:"list"
Would return the first item on the list based on the current view.
Or maybe...

whatIsFirst:("list","sorting method"). That way you could set the determining factor.

Also, another possiblity would be to allow special terms such as allLists and allSmartLists.

whatIsFirst:allSmartLists AND NOT list:unworthy

would return the first item on every smartlist and then people could selectively leave out certain lists.

Just an idea

Posted at 6:55am on April 25, 2008

bzpilman Pro says:

That's a neat idea. If it came along with more custom control over sorting, it would be a killer feature!

Posted at 12:51am on April 26, 2008

xynetha Pro says:

I love it! +1!

Posted at 7:39pm on April 28, 2008

rajjan Pro says:

Excellent idea! Good thinking!

Posted at 8:41am on April 29, 2008

ranbarton Pro says:

Anything that adds weight to the goal of customized multi-criteria per-list sorting is fine by me.

Posted at 4:34am on May 6, 2008

pgogineni Pro says:

Great idea.
We were discussing something like this here:

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/4293/

trying to figure out what the pitfalls and advantages of a search similar to this would be.

Posted at 1:17pm on May 6, 2008

janvanderploeg Pro says:

+1

A ‘Next action’ function, something that gives me the possibility to arrange tasks in time-order or set up dependencies, for me would fill the missing link for my ‘Getting Things Done’ principle setup in RTM. Then I can order my 'Someday' list for example..

But I’ll understand it’s a difficult feature, witch might be hard to implement.

Posted at 12:57pm on May 16, 2008

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