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Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by roryisok » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 11:47 AM UTC

amorphid wrote: post #20

roryisok wrote: post #16

Since we're talking about todos, I built a screensaver todo list the other day, and it has helped me a lot. my main issue with todo lists was that I forget to look at them. Once I'm at my desk I get my head stuck in work and forget to call dave or email chris or whatever. So I built a screensaver, set to 1 minute delay, which displays my todo list. It simply reads a text file from dropbox with some UTf8 icons at the…

A screen saver todo is a good idea! Is it open source? Care to share it? Heh, asking if the code is open source in this context feels like panhandling :)

Yeah, I can open source it. I'll reply back shortly

UPDATE: Here it is!

https://github.com/roryok/todoscreensaver

(uses WPF/.NET, GPL, based on a WaveSimScreensaver source by Sean Sexton)

Planning a few updates already, mostly just extra settings (change font size, theme etc)

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by dragly » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 11:54 AM UTC

manigandham wrote: post #18

A simple text file has always been far faster and more useful to me than any of these to-do apps. Lately it's migrated to a text file on dropbox, or using google docs or box notes for cloud sync. There's also TaskPaper which is nice but only on Mac https://www.taskpaper.com/

If you want to quickly add new tasks to your todo.txt from the command line, I strongly recommend http://todotxt.com/ It is a fantastically lightweight solution and has an Android app for those times when you are not in front of a computer. The Android app just reads/writes to the same todo.txt file over Dropbox.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by reitanqild » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 11:59 AM UTC

welanes wrote: post #8

Don't Microsoft own Wunderlist? My theory is that if you observe a large cluster of developers for long enough, todo apps simply manifest into being. None as good as Lanes though, https://lanes.io . Obviously ;)

None as good as Lanes though, https://lanes.io. Obviously ;)

Hard to verify for me as long as the linked page doesn't work in mobile Firefox ; )

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by samdoidge » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 12:09 PM UTC

I switched to Trello from Wunderlist a long time ago - The syncing was much faster, and the usability is brilliant. Creating new lists to work use a new system (currently 4 quadrant matrix) makes it very flexible.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by timlyo » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 12:25 PM UTC

welanes wrote: post #13

timlyo wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trying out lanes now. It looks really nice, but how limited the basic version is is a killer for me, especially when there are so many alternatives.

Hey, maybe we can fix this. What in the basic version would you like to see?

The main one is the recurring tasks. having this would probably be enough for me to start using it full time.

Only allowing one friend seems a bit odd. A social feature without a proper social group. Although I can't see myself using this anyway so I'm not too worried.

I really like the idea of detailed insights and the goals, but these both make sense as paid features. They're the things that would make me pay if they could be proven to be useful, although I'm a sucker for statistics.

On a slightly unrelated note, it would be nice if we could click outside of a modal and have it disappear, rather than having to click X, like many other systems do.

Lanes looks really pretty, I love the design of the timer tab, and I'd really like to start using it. I've just followed you on twitter for any updates.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 12:29 PM UTC

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Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by problems » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 12:32 PM UTC

One of my biggest asks from todo apps like this is that my todos be kept private. I need encrypted sync so that the authors can't just go and read them... so I'm basically left with todotxt and emacs org-mode as options and then using SyncThing to get todos to my server.

Not that those are poor or anything, org-mode is probably the richest tool around, just that I lose out on a lot of nice UI to get it.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by amorphid » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 12:47 PM UTC

roryisok wrote: post #31

amorphid wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A screen saver todo is a good idea! Is it open source? Care to share it? Heh, asking if the code is open source in this context feels like panhandling :)

Yeah, I can open source it. I'll reply back shortly UPDATE: Here it is! https://github.com/roryok/todoscreensaver (uses WPF/.NET, GPL, based on a WaveSimScreensaver source by Sean Sexton) Planning a few updates already, mostly just extra settings (change font size, theme etc)

Thanks!

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by Geee » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 12:53 PM UTC

welanes wrote: post #8

Don't Microsoft own Wunderlist? My theory is that if you observe a large cluster of developers for long enough, todo apps simply manifest into being. None as good as Lanes though, https://lanes.io . Obviously ;)

It doesn't seem to work on MacOS / Chrome.

Edit: Actually the UI color was set white on white background and didn't show up. No idea why it was set that way. Quite a dangerous settings.

Re: Introduction to Microsoft To-Do

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Post by cheeze » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 12:55 PM UTC

welanes wrote: post #8

Don't Microsoft own Wunderlist? My theory is that if you observe a large cluster of developers for long enough, todo apps simply manifest into being. None as good as Lanes though, https://lanes.io . Obviously ;)

Doesn't work on chrome/android