Re: [Evolution] Tasks % complete idea

[JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com>]

On 11 Feb 2001 15:27:04 -0500, Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> I was mentioning this sort of thing before but for the % complete entry
> of the todo (tasks) list, It would be great if I could type in 21/64 and
> have that become 33%.  (21/64=.328125)
> The reason being, for reading assignments in school I know how many
> pages I have to read and how many I've read. Currently 21 of 64. I'm
> sure there are other tasks that could be entered much easier as a
> fraction.

Well, I'll file this as a feature request, but to be honest i don't see
this as a priority.

> Also, I've noticed there isn't a field for estimated time required. That
> would be nice. Then a summary could say ``you have x hours of work to do
> today'' or the % complete column could say ``20% (3 hours to go)''

Well the duration field in the icalendar is mutually exclusive with the
due field.  There is a funny inconsistency with the spec I believe.
I've sent mail to get clarification.

> Also, if a big (time consuming) asignment were comming up, Evolution
> could be smart and highlight an item due in 5 days requiring 2 days work
> before something due tomarrow requiring five minutes time.

Do you have any ideas for the heuristic to determine the ordering?

-JP

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