How can I fix OmniFocus forecast view so that calendar events show up when they start and not when they end? If I have a calendar appointment that is 12:00pm - 2:00pm, then a couple of tasks with due times of 12:30pm and 1:00pm, Forecast shows:
If I have a calendar event starting at 12:00pm that I have to be at, then why would it list tasks that need to be done after 12:00pm before the 12:00pm calendar event. If you are saying that at 12:00pm - 2:00pm calendar event just means that it has to be done by 2:00pm, that seems wrong, since almost all calendar events I have I need to be there at the start, not by the end.
A task that has a 12:30 pm due date isn’t read as “needs to be done after 12:00 pm”, rather, it’s “needs to be done before 12:30 pm”. And if you have a task due in the middle of an event, as a practical matter, you may need to have it completed before the event starts. At least that’s my impression of the logic behind it.
I will note that it looks like if you defer the task to 12:01 onwards, those tasks should show up after the event.
That’s indeed the reason that was given by the Omni team. I like it that way because the Forecast view is about required order of execution, and the best assumption is that a task with a hard deadline which is in the middle of an event or meeting needs to be completed before the event starts. This situation is often a prompt to adjust the due time of a task.
Admittedly this works well on the condition that:
you are not multitasking, the event requires your full attention (you can set which calendars show up in Forecast to only include the most relevant ones)
due dates on tasks are used for meaningful deadlines, not as a scheduling mechanism.
