Membranophonist’s Ramblings

I want to be able to add contacts, events, and tasks to Contactizer Pro without having to move to its space (virtual desktop), open a New Thing window, then move the New Thing window to the space displaying the information I want to save. That is a lot of overhead just to arrange your windows to begin inputting information. Simple task additions are already possible using the Quick Task Entry window, which provides a subset of the full editing window functionality. My proposed solution: New Thing commands in the Dock menu that open a Thing editing window in the current space.

These commands will be less useful if Data Detectors become globally available in a forthcoming release of OS X, though detectors cannot determine what textual information prompts users to create tasks or projects given the lack of a common semantic structure.

1. I want to add a friend’s upcoming gig to my calendar, so I right-click on the Contactizer Dock icon and select the New Event command.
   
2. The New Event window opens in the current space.
   
   Event or Appointment? One term, please.

Dot dot dot

The File > Backup Databases and File > Restore Databases commands should have ellipses as they require further user input to execute. The file picker that appears after selecting Restore should open to the last backup save location.