It's a good idea. Similar to Taskpaper (http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/taskpaper), I wish you guys the best of luck.
WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain
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I'd +1 this feature request. Although, I would rather not see these show up in-line but instead be a link for download. Or possibly better yet, let me browse and attach things from DropBox.
Just to clarify, you wouldn't want to upload stuff to WorkFlowy, right? You'd basically just want to link to it from another location?
Um. It would be nice to attach (via upload or via link) a screenshot or PDF to certain items, but I wouldn't want to format this inline with my text. Just be able to click and view.
I definitely wouldn't want to sacrifice the simplicity and elegance of the text only view.
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#143Woah. I get a very 37signals-esque feel from this. You know, the feeling when you've found something really awesome that could really help out your daily organization? I used to use backpack from 37signals, but ended up favoring my Moleskine. I signed-up for WorkFlowy and created 5 lists and I think I could use this on a daily basis. Simple and to the point. Help me remember the random things that go through my head…
Hi Chris! Thanks so much for the support :) Search, linking and mobile are all high on our list of things to get done soon. Mobile is definitely the hardest problem so could take the longest, but we're definitely getting on it!
Good to hear. Definitely don't expect it all right away.
Can't wait to watch the incremental growth.
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Nice. Yeah, attachments & embeds are going to be cool. So, sounds like for you just linking to an image plus previewing it in the display will be enough? Sounds like you wouldn't want us to let you upload the image to our site, right?
For me, it's not necessary to upload the image to your site, no. But most of your users won't be using Dropbox... the vast majority of them wouldn't take the time to upload to some external site (e.g. ImageShack) then copy the link into the item. That said, you likely don't need to worry about being able to upload to your site right now. Attaching an image seems like a pretty special-case thing, so you could simply s…
I'd agree that a URL link is good for now, but I'd vote against any inline embedding. I think this will complicate your UI.
I think the link should browse to a new page in workflowy that is sub to the item to which it is attached and embed the image or video there.
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#145This looks fantastic, with some obvious advantages over other todo list apps. A couple of obvious todos I would like to see done before I can use it. Firstly a search throwing up a list of notes that match (browser text search is okay for this but doesn't give me a nice easy to read list). Secondly and this one is more important, the ability to cross reference lists, for example what do I need to do today for all my…
+1 for both requests here.
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#146Looks very interesting + simple. However, in Fx3 (sorry I'm outdated) I can't get passed the intro video after signup.
You're in FX 3.? It doesn't work in 3.5, but should work in 3.6 and higher.
Both Firefox 3 and firefox 3.5 (ubuntu 9.04 and 10.04). I'll see if I can fix it on my side :)
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#147The name grates on my nerves (although I am aware of the URL shortage problem). But the product looks cool. I'm going to use it for a few days and see how I like it. It looks near perfect.
Thanks, hope you like it :)
Also, I have no idea how this is a business, but I've resigned myself to being thoroughly confused by Valley business sense. I imagine you will be no more or less economically successful than simplenote.
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For me, it's not necessary to upload the image to your site, no. But most of your users won't be using Dropbox... the vast majority of them wouldn't take the time to upload to some external site (e.g. ImageShack) then copy the link into the item. That said, you likely don't need to worry about being able to upload to your site right now. Attaching an image seems like a pretty special-case thing, so you could simply s…
I'd agree that a URL link is good for now, but I'd vote against any inline embedding. I think this will complicate your UI. I think the link should browse to a new page in workflowy that is sub to the item to which it is attached and embed the image or video there.
Sounds like either super discreet (tiny) thumbnails that you can expand by clicking or a setting to determine embedding would be good.
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Thanks, thats really useful feedback. Nice to know the main thing that persuaded you. I wonder if we could capture that in images/text somehow too, for the people who keep saying they don't want to watch a video.
No problem, glad it was helpful! The best thing for people who don't want to watch a video might be just some screenshots of the different states of the list: compacted, expanded 1-2 levels, and fully expanded with accompanying text explaining how the product works. Another quick suggestion: "A better way to think" doesn't really convey what your product does, maybe something like: "Map your workflow to your brain, n…
Yeah, we've realized that our tagline sucks. We're going to change it to "Organize your brain." What do you think?
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Taking syntax like that is definitely cool. I was thinking though of just being able to hover a node and get teensy widgets
Maybe both? I like the idea of being able to quickly type out what I need.
Yeah, everything's going to be text editable. The twitter #hashtag model is what we'll probably follow. So if you type, say, "!" it might pull up a date picker and then when you choose the date it'll insert it in the text like !2010-10-24 (and record the metadata invisibly for sorting/filtering and whatnot).