This looks useful, beside looking prettier because it gives you a quick overview of everything and lets you zoom in/out on the specific activities, it feels more productive, the only thing that is non apparent is how dependent or subsequent tasks may be clearly visualized with this approach in my opinion.
Visual Task Management for Individuals and Teams
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Re: Visual Task Management for Individuals and Teams
#12It's certainly "prettier" than Trello, but I'm not sure how functional it would actual be in a real world scenario. There's no functional benefit as far as I can see to putting things in fancy-looking circles, and (I'm imagining) the usability of that interface is severely diminished as you start to get a large number of items in any particular category. A great example of how great UI doesn't necessarily equate to g…
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Sounds like the classic mistake of introducing tech change without first selling the idea. Been there, done that myself (even with Trello!).
Re: Visual Task Management for Individuals and Teams
#13I like it. It lets me see all the items at a higher level. The best part so far is that I can move groups into one another. Using it quickly makes me want a couple of features: - not needing drag n drop for something (like creating a new task or group - be default putting them in the previous group or top level) - being able to add tasks that are at the intersection of two groups. I imagine this would look something…
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#14It's certainly "prettier" than Trello, but I'm not sure how functional it would actual be in a real world scenario. There's no functional benefit as far as I can see to putting things in fancy-looking circles, and (I'm imagining) the usability of that interface is severely diminished as you start to get a large number of items in any particular category. A great example of how great UI doesn't necessarily equate to g…
The circles actually seems to reduce value because there is no intuitive order to each group. In some (many?) use cases for Trello, priority is important.
One thing that the circle metaphor does add is nested groups, which I can see being important for a different set of use cases.
Re: Visual Task Management for Individuals and Teams
#15I like it. It lets me see all the items at a higher level. The best part so far is that I can move groups into one another. Using it quickly makes me want a couple of features: - not needing drag n drop for something (like creating a new task or group - be default putting them in the previous group or top level) - being able to add tasks that are at the intersection of two groups. I imagine this would look something…
Founder at DropTask here. Thanks for your comments, we'll give them some thought.
In terms of how we will survive, as Ygg2 has posted from our FAQ, we plan on charging for premium features and business accounts which will offer team administration/reporting, etc. In the meantime, we are well funded :-)
Re: Visual Task Management for Individuals and Teams
#16Trello really excels as a smartphone app. It is especially clean and functional in that setting. This approach, while pretty in the browser, probably couldn't function on a smartphone.
Re: Visual Task Management for Individuals and Teams
#17It's certainly "prettier" than Trello, but I'm not sure how functional it would actual be in a real world scenario. There's no functional benefit as far as I can see to putting things in fancy-looking circles, and (I'm imagining) the usability of that interface is severely diminished as you start to get a large number of items in any particular category. A great example of how great UI doesn't necessarily equate to g…
The circles actually seems to reduce value because there is no intuitive order to each group. In some (many?) use cases for Trello, priority is important. One thing that the circle metaphor does add is nested groups, which I can see being important for a different set of use cases.
Video wouldn't load for me, but I gather that priority is indicated by the size of the circle?
That said, I tend to agree. Trello works at least in part because it's immediately intuitive to anyone who's ever made a "to-do" list or used cards-on-a-whiteboard to manage a project.
The Droplist approach is a cool idea though, and for some things it might be better.
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#18I like everything except the circles and how I had to drag drop before I can create a task. Droptask should also make a card wall layout and make the circles optional. The circles layout is too polarizing an interface to be the "muse".
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#19Have to admit - from the video and a five minute play I find it very hard to imagine using this for anything.
The information density is very low. Doesn't seem to allow you to easily order tasks beyond dates. Lousy on phones. I could go on.
List aren't boring... there useful. I don't go to my project management software to be entertained - I go there to get shit done ;-)
What I want to know when I go to project management software is what everybody is doing now and what needs to be done next and by whom. This interface seems to hinder not help with that.
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#20Is there an "import from Trello" feature on the cards? If I could do that it would be easier to compare properly. It looks great though, well done.