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Update Todos without looking up first?
Is there any way to update a task that you have not asked Sandy about? For example, if I know the name of the todo that I've created, and then want to update that todo, I don't want to have to ask Sandy to look that todo up first. Is there any way to do this?
Bill
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Inappropriate?There is currently no way to update items by name. It's a great idea though.
There needs to be some identifier in order to tell Sandy which item you want to update.
A) identify the item by its ID number. (aka http://iwantsandy.com/1234567 )
B) identify the item by a relative ID number.
(i.e. be in a "conversation" with Sandy about an item and then update it.
When you say "update #1" the #1 is relative to the conversation.)
C) identify the item by name.
A) and B) work now. There are a lot of problems with C). -
Inappropriate?Here's the problems with using names:
1) items would have to be changed to add a proper "name".
2) should all items have names? if so, should the user be forced to assign a specific name, or should Sandy come up with one automatically?
3) what happens if two items have the same name?
4) Even if items did have names, then a syntax must be developed for identifying an item by name in an email.
1) Items currently have a "name" field, but this title is really not correct. In most cases it's more of a description than a name. (i.e. Notes and Appointments) The current "name" is too long, and contains too many words. It's too verbose to use as an identifier.
Note the Lists and Contacts have a proper name. They separate the data into a "name" and a "details" section. This separation would need to be done for Notes, Bookmarks and Appointments. My idea is that the current data in the "name" field be moved to a "details" field. Then the "name" field can be used to store a proper name. (a short name) This would allow Sandy to do name recognition.
See http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy... and http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...
2) How to make sure every item has a name? And that all the names are unique?
Should Sandy search every new remembered item for a "keyword" and make a name from one or two keywords?
3) What should happen if the user tries to update something by name, but there are multiple items that have the same name? Or, should Sandy restrict two items from having the same name? (and how to do this?)
If the user tries to create another item named "appointment with bob" what should happen? If the user tries to rename an item, does Sandy have to check every other item to be sure the name isn't already used?
> update #appointment with bob. Wednesday 3 pm
4) How do we get Sandy to recognize items by name?
Should the name be in quotes? Augmented by a special symbol? Something else? Some ideas are:
> update #trader joe's, add case of 2 buck chuck for the party
So the name could start with a pound sign (#) and end with a comma or a period. Now, how do you add a period through Jott?
