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Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

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Post by spondyl »

amix wrote: post #80
nxc18 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve been a huge Todoist fan and premium subscriber since 2013. At the time it was hard to find anything that got task management right and worked on every platform. One question: are you still innovating/investing in the core to-do experience, or is all your effort being put into Twist? Todoist is fantastic (I continue to evangelize it and have converted a few friends already) but it is starting to feel like it coul…

Most of the company are working on Todoist, and we have a big update coming in October. For the past two years, we have worked on an initiative called Todoist Foundations, which is redoing and rethinking some of the design and tech debt we had (e.g., the web app has been rewritten to use React and Redux). I understand the frustration, but it was critical for us to spend time on improving the core.

My only issue with Todoist is that it seems to crash instantly on my LineageOS device when attempting to sign in with email. I'd love to use it otherwise :(

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#92

Post by zwayhowder »

larrik wrote: post #68
amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

How well does the Linux version work?

There is no official client, but their API is public and documented. I use Todoist https://github.com/sachaos/todoist as my daily driver. It has offline support and the integration with peco is sublime.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#93

Post by erikpukinskis »

keithwhor wrote: post #82
kfrzcode wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meh, give me a self-hosted or open core version and maybe I'll consider switching from taskwarrior

Bold negotiation tactic. I'm a fan. I've often found myself at Best Buy explaining that I'd gladly buy a new computer if they can ship all of the hardware components to me for free and I'll assemble them myself. That way, Best Buy doesn't make any money and I spend hours of my day (which, by the way, I bill my employer hundreds of dollars per hour for during the work week) assembling something that I'll have to do al…

I don’t understand your point... there are lots of paid self-hosted apps?

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#94

Post by rb666 »

amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

Please add a sound option when ticking off items. This is honestly the only reason I am with Wunderlist over the other TODO apps/sites. Such a small feature but gives a lot of joy!

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#95

Post by steve_adams_86 »

amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

Thanks for your work on todoist. I've used it religiously for almost 2 years and I can't imagine using something else now. There are a lot of softwares out there where I use more than one (IDEs, browsers, music players, operating systems), but nothing compares to todoist for me.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#96

Post by steve_adams_86 »

hobofan wrote: post #35
baxtr wrote: post #31

I never understood why wunderlist was so successful. Any hints?

- Shared to do lists (e.g. with your partner/spouse) - Very good platform coverage of clients - Good UX I don't think the set of features is too impressive by todays standards, but at the time it was pretty appealing compared to the competition.

Surprisingly (I thought anyway) WL was one of very few which support shared lists effectively.

I bought Things for mac for myself and my partner at the time and was blown away when I discovered a $60 CAD To Do list app couldn't share a list. WL ended up being the best option by a long shot.

These days I use Todoist which can also share lists nicely.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#97

Post by elehack »

viach wrote: post #76
maklu wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wunderlist still runs on AWS. To-Do runs on a Microsoft back-end, including all security features needed for their enterprise (O365) customers..

Still, moving product to new servers and improving security sounds to me easier than rewriting it.

It isn't just a change of server, it's an entirely different back-end infrastructure. To Do is a modern UI on top of Exchange tasks.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#98

Post by heliostatic »

amix wrote: post #80
nxc18 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve been a huge Todoist fan and premium subscriber since 2013. At the time it was hard to find anything that got task management right and worked on every platform. One question: are you still innovating/investing in the core to-do experience, or is all your effort being put into Twist? Todoist is fantastic (I continue to evangelize it and have converted a few friends already) but it is starting to feel like it coul…

Most of the company are working on Todoist, and we have a big update coming in October. For the past two years, we have worked on an initiative called Todoist Foundations, which is redoing and rethinking some of the design and tech debt we had (e.g., the web app has been rewritten to use React and Redux). I understand the frustration, but it was critical for us to spend time on improving the core.

This is great to hear, actually. I'm also a premium subscriber, and I don't need a ton of new features, but improving the core speaks to another ten years of stable development.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#99

Post by input_sh »

larrik wrote: post #68
amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

How well does the Linux version work?

Third-party apps are great and all, but if you're using GNOME, add a Todoist account in Settings -> Online Accounts and use gnome-todo for a truly native experience.

Re: Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

#100

Post by throwaway40324 »

amix wrote: post #65

If you are looking for an alternative todo app that is in it for the long haul, check out Todoist. We have been at it longer than Wunderlist (12+ years), and we will never sell out. As I like to put it, death is my exit strategy. For more thoughts about this, check out https://doist.com/blog/no-exit-strategy/

Your no exit strategy article just had a huge impact on me in so many ways, thanks!
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