With the classic view now gone. The new goal widget just shows your overall % progress and how many days you have left, ect. The old dashboard used to show the goal and it would have a black line that showed where you should be based on the goal and timeframe given. That was really helpful and I'd like to know if there is an option to show that line again. For example, I set monthly milage goals for biking. Based on the day of the month I'd like to know if I'm on track to hit that goal or if I'm behind without having to do the math. Any advice on this would be appreciated.
Try clicking on a goal on the Calendar page in Garmin Connect online.
My number one gripe with modern - without this, goals are pointless.
No, they aren't pointless at all. Logically,
A goal is something against which to test, either at the conclusion of something (a specified period of time, a project, etc.) or to determine the conclusion of an activity or pursuit (e.g. get one's weight below a specified threshold); that is the point of setting one.
Formulating a plan (or strategy) to fulfil a goal comes after – but is not part and parcel of – setting the goal, and in fact it is plausible to set a goal and not then have a plan (e.g. my goal to get from couch potato to being able to run 5km without stopping/walking along the way, so my immediate action was to buy a pair of shoes and start running, without needing a clear plan upfront on how to get all the way to the goal).
Checking progress repeatedly against a plan comes after – but is not part and parcel of – formulating the plan.
Determining whether you're on track (as if progress ought to be linear) and whether corrective action is required is something separate yet again.
From a less logical and more usability / user acceptance perspective,
Firstly, why would I want to be less logical?
Secondly, as far as I'm concerned usability and user acceptance testing are based on use cases. I have no problem with someone claiming that their particular use cases are not well served (or not served at all) by the absence of some indication whether presumably linear progress towards a particular goal is on track. My issue is with the ridiculous, unqualified claim that goals are pointless without that sort of indication, as if there are no other use cases that involve goals. Their framing of how much significance they and their views actually have in the broader landscape is obviously skewed, and calls for rebuttal since we're having a discussion here and not a unidirectional vent.
do you think this is a step forward?
No, but who said anything about being a step forward?
