eFMer - BoincTasks and TThrottle forum

BoincTasks For Window, Mac & Linux => Wish List => Topic started by: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 05:56:54 AM

Title: deadline option
Post by: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 05:56:54 AM
it would be an interesting, to have an option to make the dealine date and time show up as a countdown
Received            4/12/2010 2:24:47 PM
currently                             ‎Wednesday, ‎8 ‎December ‎2010 ‎ 4:51:15 pm (UTC+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Report deadline         17/12/2010 6:24:55 AM
do a basic calc when work unit arrives, then let it count down. (months:dd:hh:mm:ss) or (ddd:hh:mm:ss).
could help with deadline warnings
cheers
DskRbt
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: fred on December 08, 2010, 07:42:53 AM
Quote from: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 05:56:54 AM
it would be an interesting, to have an option to make the dealine date and time show up as a countdown
Received            4/12/2010 2:24:47 PM
currently                             ‎Wednesday, ‎8 ‎December ‎2010 ‎ 4:51:15 pm (UTC+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Report deadline         17/12/2010 6:24:55 AM
do a basic calc when work unit arrives, then let it count down. (months:dd:hh:mm:ss) or (ddd:hh:mm:ss).
could help with deadline warnings
cheers
DskRbt

You mean a deadline column that displays the remaining time to the deadline?
Are there others who think this is a good idea?
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 08:33:49 AM

You mean a deadline column that displays the remaining time to the deadline?
Are there others who think this is a good idea?

yep that's it. but the same column, either deadline(date) or deadline (timeto)
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: Pepo on December 08, 2010, 01:51:33 PM
Quote from: fred on December 08, 2010, 07:42:53 AM
Quote from: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 05:56:54 AM
it would be an interesting, to have an option to make the dealine date and time show up as a countdown
Report deadline         17/12/2010 6:24:55 AM
do a basic calc when work unit arrives, then let it count down. (months:dd:hh:mm:ss) or (ddd:hh:mm:ss).
could help with deadline warnings
You mean a deadline column that displays the remaining time to the deadline?
Are there others who think this is a good idea?
The same column, just a user-definable format. Well, considering once a feature-full application... it indeed does have sense. Sometimes it can be more straightforward to compare number of estimated work hours with hours to deadline, as with a datetime.
(Maybe just with lower priority than my ideas?  :D ;D :-X)
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: fred on December 08, 2010, 03:20:54 PM
Quote from: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 08:33:49 AM
yep that's it. but the same column, either deadline(date) or deadline (timeto)
Added to the list.
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: fred on December 08, 2010, 03:22:09 PM
Quote from: Pepo on December 08, 2010, 01:51:33 PM
(Maybe just with lower priority than my ideas?  :D ;D :-X)
The priority is only an indication. Sometimes I pick one high and low, or whatever. ;D
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 11:20:28 PM
thank you for your time and consideration
P.S. AWESOME
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: Pepo on December 09, 2010, 09:41:50 AM
Quote from: fred on December 08, 2010, 03:22:09 PM
Quote from: Pepo on December 08, 2010, 01:51:33 PM
(Maybe just with lower priority than my ideas?  :D ;D :-X)
The priority is only an indication. Sometimes I pick one high and low, or whatever. ;D
Sure, the best priority indicator (to choose some task) is usually a momentarily mood ;)
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: jjwhalen on December 09, 2010, 09:47:25 AM
Quote from: dskrbt on December 08, 2010, 11:20:28 PM
thank you for your time and consideration
P.S. AWESOME

To quote the great Smokey Robinson:
QuoteI'll second that emotion.
:)
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: Pepo on December 24, 2010, 05:20:30 PM
The more often I think about this, the more I'm convinced about its usefulness. And not just user-selectable deadline format, but also the estimated time to crunch could optionally be displayed as a date-time?
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: fred on December 24, 2010, 05:55:03 PM
Quote from: Pepo on December 24, 2010, 05:20:30 PM
The more often I think about this, the more I'm convinced about its usefulness. And not just user-selectable deadline format, but also the estimated time to crunch could optionally be displayed as a date-time?
Like a deadline time maybe.  ;D
Title: Re: deadline option
Post by: Pepo on February 09, 2011, 10:39:43 PM
Quote from: Pepo on December 24, 2010, 05:20:30 PM
The more often I think about this, the more I'm convinced about its usefulness.
dskrbt, thanks for the idea. Now I'm using just this relative (countdown) time format for deadlines. (And on my slow host, I've mostly negative values there ;D)