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Allow users to select their time zone, and then shift dates accordingly. Low priority because MF currently only...

Allow users to select their time zone, and then shift dates accordingly. Low priority because MF currently only supports whole-day tasks, so the only improvement would be defining 'today' and remaining/lapsed times correctly.

now that description has been expanded to allow lengthy entries,consider adding a tagline field so...

now that description has been expanded to allow lengthy entries,consider adding a tagline field so organisations/projects can have a snappy entry for use in short lists.

consider how the process from answering a call moves to becoming an assigned user.

The essence of the problem is...

consider how the process from answering a call moves to becoming an assigned user.

The essence of the problem is that there are currently two gateways to accessing a task. It is either public and anyone can assign themselves, or a call has been issued and someone can answer the call and/or assign themselves to the task.

That a person can assign themselves to a task in some sense devalues the call process for the task owner.

For fully open projects, a call is not necessary to make a task public and for someone to find it and assign themselves.

Perhaps it is necessary to add a assignment approval step? Certainly there could be a project setting for "require approval for assignments". This sounds like an enhancement of the untrusted assigned user role.

Allow owner of a call to respond to received answers in different ways. Currently only un-logged email is possible.
...

Allow owner of a call to respond to received answers in different ways. Currently only un-logged email is possible.
- Record a flag that an email reponse has been sent
- accept or deny a response
- defer?

Persistent login with 'remember me' feature. Take user to "my home' on page load. That is, default page is...

Persistent login with 'remember me' feature. Take user to "my home' on page load. That is, default page is /forge/index when logged in, and /public/index when logged out. Need to allow logged in users to visit the home page too though, so might need a don't redirect flag.

http://jaspan.com/improved_persistent_login_cookie_best_practice

Allow tasks to be categorized, mainly of use for completion.

For instance,
Complete, Fixed, Closed, Will not...

Allow tasks to be categorized, mainly of use for completion.

For instance,
Complete, Fixed, Closed, Will not fix, delayed, etc.

n the edit task screen,
there is an option called Date Options which has a few things in there.
Can we make one be...

n the edit task screen,
there is an option called Date Options which has a few things in there.
Can we make one be "Milestone" and have it set that when something is a milestone, it displays as that in the Gantt chart?

Record and compare actual start/finish dates against target.

Suggest duplicating some date fields, so there is
...

Record and compare actual start/finish dates against target.

Suggest duplicating some date fields, so there is

original start/end
intended start/end
slipped start/end
completion date

and for the slipped dates to be calculated and displayed depending on the task dependencies.

When a task is created, original and intended dates should be the same. If the date is revised, update only the intended date, so that original expectations vs actual can be compared.

Thus, there are two kinds of slips, a dependency-forced slip, and a user defined slip.

However, allow the user to reset the original dates too, if it is not an actual slip or if it is a correction to the original dates. Thus, the project health indicators can be adjusted as necessary.

Create project health indicators based on the slippage.

There is no locking mechanism to prevent multiple users working on an item at the same time. Might like to consider...

There is no locking mechanism to prevent multiple users working on an item at the same time. Might like to consider implementing this.

A page to display the crowdsourcing calls that match the user's interests and keywords. Not hard to do a first...

A page to display the crowdsourcing calls that match the user's interests and keywords. Not hard to do a first iteration.

Add list of assigned users to the user filter for tasks. Just scan all the tasks, take out the assigned users, make...

Add list of assigned users to the user filter for tasks. Just scan all the tasks, take out the assigned users, make an array of names, add that to the filter list as a sub array 'People', key by ID, and add the appropriate code to the filter function

perhaps change "not me" to -1
change "me" to be my user ID,
and index the others by thier user ID.

Simple to execute the filter, but generating the list might be a little slow each time.

Currently, if one creates a project and several tasks then goes back and adjusts start or end dates on the individual...

Currently, if one creates a project and several tasks then goes back and adjusts start or end dates on the individual tasks prior to the project actually starting, it shows in the log.

Make the project "inactive" until the project manager feels it is completely created, then the manager can click "active" and the log begins.

This will clean up the log section

When clicking another user's name to send an email to them, a cc should be sent to the sender as well since the...

When clicking another user's name to send an email to them, a cc should be sent to the sender as well since the sender won't have it in their sent messages for records.

Need to strip out disallowed HTML tags like td, tr and div. This is site-wide concern, so it might be worth...

Need to strip out disallowed HTML tags like td, tr and div. This is site-wide concern, so it might be worth considering a full, general solution.

When making an appeal, if the task is already under way, select "task end date" by default, if it is before the task...

When making an appeal, if the task is already under way, select "task end date" by default, if it is before the task starts, select "task start date".
If it is overdue, select other with today's date.

some of them are showing dates
some of them are showing "Open ended" but the mouse over reports they are 13,000 days...

some of them are showing dates
some of them are showing "Open ended" but the mouse over reports they are 13,000 days over due. sounds like these tasks have 0 as the end date.

like a forum, it would be nice to see which items have been updated recently, or added recnetly. Currently there is...

like a forum, it would be nice to see which items have been updated recently, or added recnetly. Currently there is no way to tell if a task has been added, or a new note, etc.

these action emails probably only work from widgets, not from edit forms, so need to make proper functions to send...

these action emails probably only work from widgets, not from edit forms, so need to make proper functions to send these notices and use them in all places where a change takes place.

be able to export all or select tasks with their start and end dates in a csv or similar file that can be read into...

be able to export all or select tasks with their start and end dates in a csv or similar file that can be read into microsoft outlook calendar

OK, I'm suggesting that the 'matching' is two-fold:
1. When an appeal is generated, known users are allocated a...

OK, I'm suggesting that the 'matching' is two-fold:
1. When an appeal is generated, known users are allocated a score in terms of their match criteria. New users are scored across all active appeals.

2. Any opportunity to show appeals uses the scores and possibly a recency to rank active appeals in order to display them.

Currently unbroadcast items are checked. However, if there are a lot of them, then they are annoying to untick.

...

Currently unbroadcast items are checked. However, if there are a lot of them, then they are annoying to untick.

Another item might be "check all/uncheck all" links

take holidays into account, and add extra days to schedules

might also want to look at working weeks, other kinds...

take holidays into account, and add extra days to schedules

might also want to look at working weeks, other kinds of delays, etc

Find an image for the front page. Should encompass the idea of people working collaboratively, possibly somehow...

Find an image for the front page. Should encompass the idea of people working collaboratively, possibly somehow showing them working remotely or internationally.

maybe "add task" could be a drop down list, so you could pick what kind of object you wanted to add (task, step,...

maybe "add task" could be a drop down list, so you could pick what kind of object you wanted to add (task, step, container, etc).

Create one table with all the freeform skills, (indexed by alphabetical keys?) and put in two map tables, one for...

Create one table with all the freeform skills, (indexed by alphabetical keys?) and put in two map tables, one for tasks and one for users. That way, an extant list of user defined skills can be created and kept, and searched more easily.

waving mouse over a bread crumb pops up a menu so you can choose other parent items. Hovering over the current...

waving mouse over a bread crumb pops up a menu so you can choose other parent items. Hovering over the current project gives you a menu of your other projects, likewise hovering over a parent tasks gives a list (max 10?) of other tasks at that level. That way switching between "tasks groups" can be simplified.

"Chris is looking for help with some tasks. " isn't very useful. Maybe it needs a link to my MF task appeal box in...

"Chris is looking for help with some tasks. " isn't very useful. Maybe it needs a link to my MF task appeal box in FB???

I think I liked the older version better, that listed each of the items being broadcast. Have we changed the length due to a change in the FB feed?

Otherwise, can we allow, say, 6 appeal broadcasts per 12 hours, and each item only once?

when making a task assignment with the assignemnt widget, If there are no users groups, allow user to add one. This...

when making a task assignment with the assignemnt widget, If there are no users groups, allow user to add one. This process should probably complete the assignment after the group creation, and return to the task view, which is the hard bit.

Likewise, perhaps add ability to 'add users' from the widget too.

Kevin Stube asked for crowdsourcing limited to his network of staff. This is useful for announcing open tasks that...

Kevin Stube asked for crowdsourcing limited to his network of staff. This is useful for announcing open tasks that might not be public.

At the moment, crowdsoucing appeals are all public.

Tickets should have
* a minimum duration of 7 days
* and if they are closed, a end date equal to their completion...

Tickets should have
* a minimum duration of 7 days
* and if they are closed, a end date equal to their completion date (or +7 days, which ever is longer)
* if they are open, an end date equal to today's date (or +7 days, which ever is longer)

Users are being added with the default roles, which is frustrating for non-public projects, because I often forget to...

Users are being added with the default roles, which is frustrating for non-public projects, because I often forget to set a specific role.

Would be better to have a role drop down box and allow that to be specified
(either for the whole group, or show a second page where individual roles could be tweaked)
(also add a link saying "change roles for these users" after adding, which would take you to the sec_edit page)

users get a feed that lists various things:
* note additions "Chris has added a note to ..." (makes notes more...

users get a feed that lists various things:
* note additions "Chris has added a note to ..." (makes notes more forum-like).
* task added
* task completed
* etc

Need a panel to view all crowdsourcing requests:
1. by user
2. by project
3. possibly by organisation.

...

Need a panel to view all crowdsourcing requests:
1. by user
2. by project
3. possibly by organisation.

Current, past and future ones should all be listed.

can we make the toggle for flat view/tree view a button to match the filter/unfiltered, i had a user say it was hard...

can we make the toggle for flat view/tree view a button to match the filter/unfiltered, i had a user say it was hard to find

add one project as a major task inside a project. That project can't be edited there, but could be viewed as a block...

add one project as a major task inside a project. That project can't be edited there, but could be viewed as a block that changed when the inserted project changed.

On front page, add summary of unassigned tasks.

Also add this to org pages, showing a sample of unassigned tasks...

On front page, add summary of unassigned tasks.

Also add this to org pages, showing a sample of unassigned tasks from that org, and links to the full list of tasks (maybe in /public?)

This was noticed on the user_tasks.php page, but might be true everywhere.

When nested tasks are shown filtered,...

This was noticed on the user_tasks.php page, but might be true everywhere.

When nested tasks are shown filtered, it is necessary to show parent tasks to get to a target task.
Ie, if filtered on assigned user, as is done for user_tasks.php, tasks not belonging to the chosen user are shown. If then filtered on completion as well, the users assigned+completed tasks are hidden as should be, but the parent tasks that do not belong to the user are still shown.

Might have to do with the order things are done...?

http://missionforge.net/forge/task_edit.php?task_id=-1&parent_task_id=3130&project_id=29
bread crumb says creating a...

http://missionforge.net/forge/task_edit.php?task_id=-1&parent_task_id=3130&project_id=29
bread crumb says creating a new task, should say new report

If one sets up a Google alert for his/her email address, Google will find your email address in Mission Forge, can...

If one sets up a Google alert for his/her email address, Google will find your email address in Mission Forge, can you do something to make them name at domain . com?

somewhere at the top of each task there should be info for the project owner so that when projects are public or...

somewhere at the top of each task there should be info for the project owner so that when projects are public or crowd sourced, a visitor knows who to contact if they have questions.

For the home page.

Something like this:
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1430043/4911993

Want me to video you on...

For the home page.

Something like this:
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1430043/4911993

Want me to video you on Thursday? :-)

I would like to be able to set default views for when I first view the project --- I might really want my master...

I would like to be able to set default views for when I first view the project --- I might really want my master containers to be in alphabetical order every time, rather than Start Date, which appears to be the default. I would be happy to have that as an option on my personal settings page that would apply to all projects.

I usually like to only use start-date-to-end-date format for durations. I wish there was a default I could set on my personal settings that would cause all my menus to default to that so I wouldn't have to click it everysingletime.

This is more random, but on "Skills and Interests", I would almost have "translation" as its own category with common...

This is more random, but on "Skills and Interests", I would almost have "translation" as its own category with common languages listed, or otherwise call that out because translating docs, fliers, webpages, etc. is an excellent thing to volunteer crowdsource, as long as a couple people check it over.

The "forgot password" tab is kinda hard to find, since it's only under "register"
A little "forgot password?" link...

The "forgot password" tab is kinda hard to find, since it's only under "register"
A little "forgot password?" link by each login place would be helpful.

I'm worried about people I send invites to losing their invite email and needing a new password. Something directed toward those people like "were you sent an invitation, let it go to spam, and then lost it and now need a new password, even though you don't know you already got one?" link would be handy :-)

It would be mega handy for someone to be able to search, say, everywhere the word "transportation" occurs to check if...

It would be mega handy for someone to be able to search, say, everywhere the word "transportation" occurs to check if there's redundant people doing things. We're getting a LOT of tasks on our project, and it's going to be hard to keep track of every container.

I wish there was a way to make only "Container"-type objects show up in the "Parent item:" drop down when I create a...

I wish there was a way to make only "Container"-type objects show up in the "Parent item:" drop down when I create a new task. There are getting to be a LOT of tasks in it.
There could be a project preference to either show all, or show only container-types.
That'd be cool.

Thanks!

Task creator should be shown on the task view, particulary for ticketing style tasks. This is useful to being able...

Task creator should be shown on the task view, particulary for ticketing style tasks. This is useful to being able to directly email them.

The CSS document has been growing, and there are a lot of redundancies, unused definitions and a few mistakes. Clean...

The CSS document has been growing, and there are a lot of redundancies, unused definitions and a few mistakes. Clean up and consolidate. May require some changes to templates.

When I assigned a task to someone this morning AS I created it, she did not receive an email saying I assigned it to...

When I assigned a task to someone this morning AS I created it, she did not receive an email saying I assigned it to her. It should, right?

one big list gets a bit clunky. would be nice to have a folder structure to make it easier to view. i like that the...

one big list gets a bit clunky. would be nice to have a folder structure to make it easier to view. i like that the files are shown below the tasks in list-view very much.

"hmm - I typed in a note but then tried to upload a file and the note disappeared. I wish it would have asked me if I...

"hmm - I typed in a note but then tried to upload a file and the note disappeared. I wish it would have asked me if I wanted to submit it first before losing it. Anyway, I'll re-state my thoughts on this in an email to Lauren and Vanessa." dgj 4-15-09

This note from Donald reflects one of the most frustrating things that happens in Mission Forge. .
With me, it usually happens when I start typing a note, then decide I want to change the completion, and lose the whole note as it auto reloads the page.
If there was some kind of confirmation that "yes, I want to lose all that stuff I just spent a lot of time typing" or something, that would make me feel much more confident in leaving notes. To me nowadays it would be intuitive that a tool would help you out by letting you know if you were about to do something that would make you lose a lot of work.

I would really like to have more people than just me, the original project creator, be able to receive the...

I would really like to have more people than just me, the original project creator, be able to receive the every-time-anyone-does-anything emails.

It would be cool to have a view that looks like the member-specific member security page where I could look at all...

It would be cool to have a view that looks like the member-specific member security page where I could look at all the unassigned tasks and there would be check boxes by them, and I could assign one person a whole bunch of tasks with minimal page loads.

creator and helper/creator are a bit nuance-y for me

i would like a "project owner" category where the people who...

creator and helper/creator are a bit nuance-y for me

i would like a "project owner" category where the people who i (the project creator) made into "project owners" would receive ALL the little emails that I get that really tell me how people are using the tool.

Change the email address for my account from spacegen to spaceaffairs, but when someone updates a task, the email...

Change the email address for my account from spacegen to spaceaffairs, but when someone updates a task, the email still goes to spacegen

If a task has any sub-tasks, they parent cannot be deleted until all individual sub-tasks are deleted.
Even though...

If a task has any sub-tasks, they parent cannot be deleted until all individual sub-tasks are deleted.
Even though you can click delete and you get the warning that it will delete all including sub-tasks and cannot be undone, confirming does not actually delete.

Change user name from email to an actual user name.
I had two logins, I changed my main one to my spaceaffairs...

Change user name from email to an actual user name.
I had two logins, I changed my main one to my spaceaffairs email, now I can't login to the other one.

Hey Chris,

I realized I added a new task in the wrong area of ISU Project and it would be great if I could either...

Hey Chris,

I realized I added a new task in the wrong area of ISU Project and it would be great if I could either a) find a way to drag and drop it into the appropriate category or b) copy and paste it. I have to repeat the task anyway in another place.

Thanks!
Jennifer

I wish that when someone added a note to a task, I could receive a notification email with the note's text in it...

I wish that when someone added a note to a task, I could receive a notification email with the note's text in it (rather than just being notified about completion levels changing).

Receiving a notification email (with the note text in it) when someone leaves a note on a task to which I am assigned...

Receiving a notification email (with the note text in it) when someone leaves a note on a task to which I am assigned would be mega useful.

Right now I don't know of any way to find out when anyone posts a note on anything... am I missing something?

As a project owner, I would like to be able to opt in to receive a notification anytime anyone leaves a note on any...

As a project owner, I would like to be able to opt in to receive a notification anytime anyone leaves a note on any task in my project (with the note text in the notification email).

It would be cool if notification emails listed the breadcrumbs listing for that task.

If I get something that...

It would be cool if notification emails listed the breadcrumbs listing for that task.

If I get something that says "develop a budget" is 30% done, but I have eight "develop a budget" tasks under different containers, and this is one is really under "game room plan", under "impressions team", under the ISU project, it would be a lot easier if the email would include the placement of that task in a trail of info:

NASA-ISU Project Team NASA-ISU SSP09 Integrated... IMPRESSIONS TEAM -... Game Room Plan Develop a Budget