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Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by thewhitetulip »

roryisok wrote: post #20
VladimirGolovin wrote: post #13

Damn, now I need to move faster. My app must be ready by the time they close Wunderlist. I expected an eventual closure, but not that soon. I've spent the last two years developing a todo app that would be a good replacement for Wunderlist (and Astrid, if anyone still remembers that). The app will include with some major / critical features both those apps lacked: proper hierarchies / first-class subtasks, automatica…

I do remember Astrid! it was my goto app when I first got a smartphone. I use WP8 day to day but dabble in Android, I'd love to give your app a spin...

astrid is open source now and available on play store.

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by dgrabla »

darklajid wrote: post #60
dgrabla wrote: post #41

Taskwarrior on Desktop and Taskwarrior + Termux on Android is the most flexible, private, open and lightweight TODO manager I've ever used. No eye candy whatsoever, just pure power. I've been using the combo for a few years now, give it a look.

How do you sync between devices?

The desktop runs a cron job to sync every X minutes with a taskwarrior server on an amazon instance. The cellphone syncs manually, or you can automate a sync installing Taskwarrior for Android. The UI of this Taskwarrior for Android app is not very good for me, but it allows you to sync the taskdata files every X minutes if you want. You only need to make sure to point the app to the termux .task folder so both the Taskwarrior for Android and the Termux + Taskwarrior CLI use the same data files.

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by wolfgke »

gtf21 wrote: post #35

Sparrow, Sunrise, Wunderlist... all the good apps just get bought and killed.

> Sparrow, Sunrise, Wunderlist... all the good apps just get bought and killed.

Consider it as a lesson only to use open source apps so that a group of convinced users can at least hire a programmer to fix bugs or add new features.

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by blahblah12 »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #5

I wonder why they didn't just rebrand Wunderlist like they did Accompli (into mobile Outlook).

It's pretty much a replica of the original app. It's being developed by the same team that made Wunderlist as in Chad Fowler and company (he has a larger portfolio now). Most of these comments are probably unnecessary. The original team still works at MSFT The app is simply a rebrand that's trying to add additional features over time.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fowlerchad/

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by blahblah12 »

gtf21 wrote: post #35

Sparrow, Sunrise, Wunderlist... all the good apps just get bought and killed.

It's not really killed. The original Sunrise, Accompli and Wunderlist teams still work at MSFT and they're working on their new apps respectively. Chad works on Wunderlist. Javier still runs outlook. They just absorbed a bunch of other apps too

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by kogepathic »

kuerbel wrote: post #65
roel_v wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not OP, but once you have a spec, it's much easier to code up. If you're designing while you're coding, you have to switch all the time between 'how should this work' and 'how do I build this'. Thinking and writing down how something should work, should always be the first step - regardless of whether you're on your own or in a big team. (before the obvious objection: exceptions are toy programs which you write to fi…

It was a hard lesson to learn, but "Weeks of programming can save you hours of planning" holds true in almost all cases.

In my experience there is far too little respect for well written specifications.

Most colleagues of mine and a few managers see them as a waste of time ("you're over thinking this", or "we'll figure it out later") yet somehow the projects with a specification always end up being done more or less on schedule.

The thing about specifications is that you need to be open to changing them if you find it's not working out. Specifications are not synonymous with waterfall development, and it's harmful to treat and view them as such.

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by AdamGibbins »

VladimirGolovin wrote: post #13

Damn, now I need to move faster. My app must be ready by the time they close Wunderlist. I expected an eventual closure, but not that soon. I've spent the last two years developing a todo app that would be a good replacement for Wunderlist (and Astrid, if anyone still remembers that). The app will include with some major / critical features both those apps lacked: proper hierarchies / first-class subtasks, automatica…

If you need another tester I'd be happy to help out :)

Currently I use OmniFocus, primarily due to the start dates which hide things until they're relevant, which so many apps (including Wunderlist) lacked. Sadly the Android support is poor and only covered by 3rd party clients that lag massively behind in functionality.

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by Kaivo »

darklajid wrote: post #60
dgrabla wrote: post #41

Taskwarrior on Desktop and Taskwarrior + Termux on Android is the most flexible, private, open and lightweight TODO manager I've ever used. No eye candy whatsoever, just pure power. I've been using the combo for a few years now, give it a look.

How do you sync between devices?

I configured a SyncThing[1] between my devices with the taskwarrior file included in the synced folder and it's been working well, without having to setup a taskwarrior server.

[1] https://syncthing.net/

Re: Microsoft to shut down Wunderlist in favor of its new app, To-Do

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Post by TuringNYC »

arikfr wrote: post #56

If anyone is looking for an alternative that will probably be around for a long time, check out Todoist [1]: they are bootstrapped and profitable and been around for 10 years. In terms of product - it's as simple to use as Wunderlist, but does have a few extra features. And they are cross platform like Wunderlist. (I'm not affiliated with them. Just a happy user.) [1] https://todoist.com

I was initially excited but this was a let-down: >>>

The owner of www.todoist.com has configured their website improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has not connected to this website.

This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible to add an exception for this certificate.

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