SahilC 13 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Hello EN Community! I'm reading about The Secret Weapon to GTD. It sounds great to filter by tag on the desktop version of EN (Windows), but this doesn't work so well on mobile apps, specifically the Android app.It takes way too many taps to filter with "when" and "where" tags. I've seen some workarounds to this (creating a notebook for "where" instead of a tag) but do you guys have any other suggestions/ways to mold TSW to work better with the Android App? Thanks! Link to comment
Candid 167 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 The thing to do is if you are going to be on Android most of the time is to create shortcuts for searches. See this page:http://evernote.com/contact/support/kb/#!/article/23314941 Link to comment
SahilC 13 Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 The thing to do is if you are going to be on Android most of the time is to create shortcuts for searches. See this page:http://evernote.com/contact/support/kb/#!/article/23314941 Yes, but wouldn't adding a whole bunch of .Where .Who and stuff make the shortcut bar cluttered? Especially in the new Beta Android app. Link to comment
SahilC 13 Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Anyone? TSW just isn't that practical if it can't be used well with a mobile app, in my opinion. Link to comment
Faisal Malallah 47 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I use saved searches just like what Candid recommended and it has worked pretty well on my Desktop, Android phone, and iPad. Sure the saved search bar will have many of these items, but it worked pretty well for me. Link to comment
Candid 167 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 At some point, instead of asking, do. At first you may have a bunch of saved searches, but you may find over time, that you won't need many of them. OR just add searches to the shortcuts bar as you use them. Also, if you are just searching for one tag, then you can just go through the tags part of Android to bring up those notes. Link to comment
SahilC 13 Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 At some point, instead of asking, do. At first you may have a bunch of saved searches, but you may find over time, that you won't need many of them. OR just add searches to the shortcuts bar as you use them. Also, if you are just searching for one tag, then you can just go through the tags part of Android to bring up those notes. Yep, I am definitely experimenting. I'm just asking for additional guidance. How many is "a bunch" of saved searches? If you have 5 "When" tags, 8 "What" tags, 4 "Where" tags, and 4 "Who" tags, creating saved searches for each of these will create way too many. Not to mention the many combinations of "When", "Where", and "What" together. Link to comment
Candid 167 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I think I didn't explain clearly, but there really is no need of saved searches anytime you are just searching for one tag. It that is what you want go through the tag menu for the same result and pretty minimal steps. If you organize your GTD tags into one group of tags, then you can name that group 1GTD and quickly get to them. For more complex searches then you'll need to experiment. One thought I have is making a note of searches you want to use and having that be your shortcut, you could organize it in some way that makes sense to you (alphabetically, geographically, task) and then copy and paste search items from it to the search box. Also, let me encourage you to take a look at Daniel Gold's GTD book. That's what i used and it helped me a bunch. Link to comment
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