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Posted by Ken
May 14, 2011 at 05:32 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>I believe that GQueues
>covers all that and more; the offline version is not a native Android app, it’s an HTML5
>mobile version of the web service, which is very powerful.
>
>In the meantime, Google
>Tasks got an API http://code.google.com/apis/tasks/index.html which means that
>you can expect many programs to sync with it in the future.
Alexander,
This is great news on both issues. I remember you mentioning GQueues previously, and it is nice to see they are continuing development, especially for mobile use. Better yet, it is great that Google Tasks finally got an API!
Thanks,
—Ken
Posted by Ken
May 14, 2011 at 05:37 PM
Edwin wrote:
>Firstly I chose Astrid (which is popular), before I noticed
>Wunderlist has a Android version which I finally have chosen. Reasons:
>
>Most
>importantly, it allows me group tasks into lists (that’s two level organization, as
>you mentioned), with a very beautiful and neat interface. Although it would have been
>perfect if it supports subtasks.
>Second, it has a web version, the UI and UX is also great.
>
>And it has
>reminders (unfortunately, it only send email notifications, not directly alarms
>you on the phone (which is what I want)).
>
Edwin,
I recently downloaded Wunderslit, but was not initially impressed with it on my Motorola Droid. It seemed very slow to load up and to respond to any input. I will give it some additional consideration, but I find that UTD has a nice layout for subtasks. I had not considered Astrid, but will also look at it. I guess that I have grown used to Toodledo from its web version, and while it is not perfect, it has served me well for other uses. Thanks for the suggestions.
—Ken
Posted by Edwin Yip
May 15, 2011 at 05:46 AM
Alexander,
It’s all about the way the projects/tasks are organzed, UI/UX and productivity. For me, I want the project/subprojects to be organized on the left pane, with features such as ‘
to indent a line’, etc, and the middle pane should work in the similar way for tasks/subtasks’.
Todo.ly is closest to what I want, except that:
1. (most importantly) When a project is selected on the left, the tasks/subtasks of subprojects of that project is not shown on the right pane. This is what OmniFocus for Mac works, and it gives me the overview of that selected project.
2. I need better UX - You know, when an idea/task occurs in my mind, I want to be quickly add it to my projects/tasks repository without interrupting my current workflow.
3. I want to access my tasks of a set of selected projects on my android mobile phone.
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Edwin wrote:
>>Personal rant: In the past
>>years I’ve been waiting for a ‘small
>project management tool’ for Windows like
>>OmniFocus for Mac, and actually I’ve
>tried over 50 including the desktop programs and
>>web-based ones, none is OK to me.
>
>
>Edwin, I’d be curious for your list of try-outs.
>
>For myself, I now need to focus on
>sharing tasks with my collaborators, so personal tools won’t do anymore. Prior to
>this I had tested many tools like the powerful Achieve Planner
>http://www.effexis.com/ but ended up working with regular outliners.
>
>
Posted by Edwin Yip
May 15, 2011 at 08:17 AM
Wow! Just have spended hours evaluating gqueues, AWESOME!
1 - it supports subtasks, and it supports project/Subproject (two levels only, however).
2 - it support keyboard shortcuts.
3 - with the bookmarklet, it allows me to create tasks in Gmail with links back to the specific email from the created task! Great!
4 - its UI is very clean and easy to use, similar to gmail.
But unfortunately, it doesn’t have a native android app…. Too bad.
—-
Edwin Yip
Turn MS Word into a full-featured outliner software
http://WritingOutliner.com
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 15, 2011 at 04:48 PM
Glad you liked it; comments below:
Edwin wrote:
>1 - it supports
>subtasks, and it supports project/Subproject (two levels only, however).
Two levels in project/Subproject (Category/Queue) but unlimited levels in the subtasks themselves. That was the reason I went for Google Tasks originally (even though
>But unfortunately, it doesn’t have a
>native android app…. Too bad.
This is something I don’t miss, and I am more than grateful for HTML5 that provides a usable interface for mobile devices. Indeed, I don’t expect lone developers to be able to provide native apps for iPhones, Androids and Blackberries—I much rather have them focus on their main application.