As mentioned before, Pagico 6 is our upcoming major update to our desktop apps. It’s going to be a much more polished product with many improvements, large and small. Today I’d like to focus on one of the new bigger improvements: the much improved Collection feature. While using the same name, this new Collection feature is a brand-new design.
What’s new?
Simply put, the new Collection feature can contain both containers (projects & contacts) AND data objects (notes and list items). Since it can contain notes (appointments) and list items (tasks), the new Collection feature can also be used as the Context section in a GTD system. Even better, the new Collection feature is much easier to use and configure than before. Good news all around, isn’t it? 😉 Now, let’s get to the details and let me show you some screenshots.
Details
We completely rebuilt the Collection feature so that it’s genuinely much easier to use. Creating static collections is simple, and setting up smart collections is also very straight-forward. See the screenshot above: all you need to do is to give the collection a title (e.g.: Bugs to fix), and a keyword for it to automatically pick out content from your database (e.g.: @bug).
The ability to contain data objects alongside with containers is the highlight here. Take a look at this collection (we use this to keep track of things to fix in our Pagico product line) here:
This is a smart collection with a keyword of “@bug”. Pagico will automatically put in everything that’s labeled as “@bug”, including tasks, notes, files, and even projects that carry the same tag.
So, if you’re using Pagico to implement your GTD system, you can easily use this feature as the Context section. The possibilities are endless: Set up a smart collection for “@call” to collect all the phone call tasks, and a collection for “@email” for all email tasks. Simple yet effective, isn’t it?
Availability
Pagico 6 is currently scheduled to be released some time in February, 2013. A public beta program will be conducted a few weeks before the official release. If you’re interested in getting the beta, be sure to follow us on Twitter or keep track of our blog feed.
Also, customers who purchased Pagico Professional Edition on or after December 6th, 2012 will get a FREE update to Pagico v6 when it comes out.
Let us know what you think!
Cheers,
Ryo