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Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#61

Post by codingdave »

It is a clever idea, but needs some UX love. Drag/drop to move around, but I have to click to open a dialog to mark it as done... There should be a way to drag it to a 'done' bucket. The list is broken into the four quadrants, but I cannot drag/drop in the list to set a specific priority, which would be critical when a tasks is dependent on another. In general, algorithmically prioritizing the list based on position within a quadrant is questionable - matrices like this communicate broader strokes of prioritization, not a opinionated list order.

Still, the idea has merit. It just needs some work to move forward.

Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#62

Post by codingdave »

m00x wrote: post #4
educated_idiot wrote: post #2

An app to visualize and organize your tasks in an Impact/ Urgency matrix. The app currently uses local storage only, no accounts yet. Would love some feedback :)

Who is this for? I feel like PMs will just put everything in the top right corner.

If your PMs would do such a thing, they don't understand the role of a PM.

Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#63

Post by bot41 »

educated_idiot wrote: post #2

An app to visualize and organize your tasks in an Impact/ Urgency matrix. The app currently uses local storage only, no accounts yet. Would love some feedback :)

> The app currently uses local storage only

This means I can actually use it. My data stays with me? Nice!

Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#64

Post by bot41 »

educated_idiot wrote: post #17
villgax wrote: post #14

Like what's your rationale for putting this Covey chart on Product Hunt? Justifying your domain purchase cost?

Lol domain is $5. I don't really care about a coffee :). I am new to web development and ui/ux, picked it up during Covid for kicks. Have been a computer vision/ robotics guy since forever now. Just wanted some relevant feedback on literally the first web app I have ever built. TIL this is called a Covey chart. Thanks for that. I couldn't find a solution like this which allows for moving/ re-arranging tasks and prese…

Is it not a Eisenhower To-Do list?

Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#65

Post by bko »

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #60
bko wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A really cool feature would be to be able to "save" and share charts by setting the url parameters: e.g. https://ballertodo.com?n=first;second;third&i=0.5,0.3,0.7&u=... Then you can just bookmark the link or share w/ someone

There is a limit to url length

Correct, safely you can make the url 2,000 chars [0].

The base will be 29 chars (https://ballertodo.com?n=u=i=)

Then each additional todo would be 6 chars (impact and urgency score to 2 decimal places e.g. .65, 1., .7) + the length of the name

So assuming the average to-do name is 14 chars, you can safely fit 98 to-dos in the url ((2000 - 30) / (14 + 6))

If the name is 40 chars, you can fit ~41

I think that will fit 90+% of use cases.

[0] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/417142/what-is-the-maxim...

Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#67

Post by educated_idiot »

bko wrote: post #65
faeyanpiraat wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a limit to url length

Correct, safely you can make the url 2,000 chars [0]. The base will be 29 chars ( https://ballertodo.com?n=u=i= ) Then each additional todo would be 6 chars (impact and urgency score to 2 decimal places e.g. .65, 1., .7) + the length of the name So assuming the average to-do name is 14 chars, you can safely fit 98 to-dos in the url ((2000 - 30) / (14 + 6)) If the name is 40 chars, you can fit ~41 I think that will fi…

Eventually, depending on how it goes, the URL will contain a key to some DB entry, so multi-device persistence can work. Adding all this to the URL is doable too, I might just start with that, thanks for the idea ;)

Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#68

Post by educated_idiot »

codingdave wrote: post #61

It is a clever idea, but needs some UX love. Drag/drop to move around, but I have to click to open a dialog to mark it as done... There should be a way to drag it to a 'done' bucket. The list is broken into the four quadrants, but I cannot drag/drop in the list to set a specific priority, which would be critical when a tasks is dependent on another. In general, algorithmically prioritizing the list based on position…

Yep, those are awesome suggestions. I'm gonna work with some friends who know UX to improve that.

Re: Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

#70

Post by educated_idiot »

bot41 wrote: post #64
educated_idiot wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol domain is $5. I don't really care about a coffee :). I am new to web development and ui/ux, picked it up during Covid for kicks. Have been a computer vision/ robotics guy since forever now. Just wanted some relevant feedback on literally the first web app I have ever built. TIL this is called a Covey chart. Thanks for that. I couldn't find a solution like this which allows for moving/ re-arranging tasks and prese…

Is it not a Eisenhower To-Do list?

It's all the same. From what I read today, Eisenhower used and popularized it and then Covey improved upon it and used it in his book. Same stuff, just different packaging, this one too :D
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