[SVN] r5402 (GTD2)

[Allan Odgaard]

On 9. Oct 2006, at 00:17, Mike Mellor wrote:

> Well, there are several GTD type bundles (GTD, AltGTD, Journal and  
> now GTD2),

And it is not clear what the difference is between GTD, GTD2, and  
AltGTD -- these are not exactly officially established styles of  
GTD’ing.

I generally try not to interfere too much with the various bundles,  
but having 3 bundles for basically the same task is not something I  
like. And that “2” added to various bundle items, well, that gives  
associations of the author not really considering how to make it  
easier for the user, but just slapping “2” on the additional items  
which are sort of like existing ones, but not quite.

Sure, we want choice, and we want to allow users to customize, but by  
default we want to offer simplicity, we do not want users having to  
choose between things they don’t know about (like, should I spend  
time learning the GTD, GTD2, or GTDAlt bundle).

Adding to that, we also do not want to present them with too many  
actions at once. The GTD2 bundle presents 11 items in its main menu  
without separators or any grouping. So are these 11 items of equal  
importance and all belong to the same group of actions? Present a  
user with 11 ungrouped actions and he will remember none, but give  
him just a few carefully chosen actions, and there is a chance he  
will remember to use them.

But back to the issue of multiple bundles: this new GTD2 bundle is a  
new iteration of the old? Then let it replace the old! People can  
still checkout the old version (feel free to tag it in the  
repository) -- but if people really find the old one “better” then  
maybe GTD2 needs some improvements.