Hello folks,

A Checkvist developer is here. I'd like to share some changes which were made in our tool in recent months. Maybe some of you may consider checking it out again and adding it to your toolbox.

- export to rich text format with a possibility to generate headers from the outline
- added support for repeating due tasks which never become overdue
- added keyboard-navigatable breadcrumbs in the hoist mode
- re-design of the top part of the screen - make it more concise and less ugly
- distraction-free zen mode with `om` keyboard shortcut
- more priority colors + color cusomisation
- more flexible sharing, both public and private, even with password protection

Thanks for your attention, I'm here to answer your questions :)

Welcome, and thanks for the news!

All of this is most welcome. I find myself playing with Checkvist from time to time. Some thoughts:

- the web features are really good. All of the commands I need and want are there. It's logical and efficient. I should say that my interest in Checkvist is for writing, usually articles, sometimes books. This is the best, or one of the top two, outliner/s I've seen for that purpose.
- the software got noticeably slow with anything much beyond a 5,000 word article. That surprised me.

Other things holding me back from paying:

- I'm paring down expenditures for software I don't use.
- in addition to a web app, I want a mobile app (Android). I guess over a year ago, I looked at the product. The UI feel was so different I found it offputting.

But you folks do more things right than not and I'll keep checking in.

I was an early user but abandoned it when it became clear that there were no plans to develop a mobile app for iOS. Has that changed?

I agree with jaslar that the software becomes sluggish when dealing with large amounts of text, such as chapters in a book. Maybe Checkvist isn't meant for writers? I'd be interested to know if recent updates have made it more usable for long-form fiction and non-fiction, because it really is a great outliner.

Thanks for the kind words and for the feedback!

jaslar wrote:

- the software got noticeably slow with anything much beyond a 5,000
word article. That surprised me.

Could you possibly share with me a copy of the list where you notice the performance problems and let me know which operations are particularly slow? Also, which browser do you use?

Personally, I have lists with a couple of thousands of items max and they work OK for me. But probably your patterns of work differ.

Other things holding me back from paying:

- I'm paring down expenditures for software I don't use.
- in addition to a web app, I want a mobile app (Android). I guess over
a year ago, I looked at the product. The UI feel was so different I
found it offputting.

Thanks, understood. The current mobile app at https://m.checkvist.com has quite a different UI. It has been re-written from scratch because it was hard to support offline mode in the current web app (and the mobile app works offline).

Thanks again,

Luhmann wrote:

I was an early user but abandoned it when it became clear that there
were no plans to develop a mobile app for iOS. Has that changed?

It is quite possible to work on iOS with the version described at https://checkvist.com/auth/mobile It has fewer features than the desktop app, but quite usable, at least according to some feedback of our users.

Thanks,

tightbeam wrote:

I agree with jaslar that the software becomes sluggish when dealing with
large amounts of text, such as chapters in a book. Maybe Checkvist isn't
meant for writers? I'd be interested to know if recent updates have made
it more usable for long-form fiction and non-fiction, because it really
is a great outliner.

May I ask you to share with me an outline which would illustrate the performance problems you faced? Thanks! (kirsa at Checkvist)

Kirill Maximov wrote:

It is quite possible to work on iOS with the version described at
https://checkvist.com/auth/mobile It has fewer features than the
desktop app, but quite usable, at least according to some feedback of
our users.

Not good enough for me. Sorry, but I won't be going back till you have a real app.

Hello Folks, long time no see! But i've been lurking this amazing corner of the web as always, learning from the collective expertise of this amazing group of CRIMPers, uhrm, or should I say, Crimp-addicts? (Thank you Chris!)

Just wanted to add my endorsement for Kiril's product here. I understand everyone has different needs and opinion, but i've been using Checkvist for a long time and they've been always keen to update the service with improvements and great vision.

Indeed, i believe there should be a separate mobile app with "share extensions" and such, and it is a urgent addition as people go more and more mobile, but the Progressive Web App works well enough for me, at least for checking on stuff I saved , which is my current mobile usage.

On the desktop browser, Checkvist shines with its great keyboard support and very intuitive UX, and ease of ways for sending stuff around the various lists and nodes. In fact, it has supplanted Dynalist for me as my tool for tasks and lists. I think someone that uses Dynalist should check on Checkvist and see if it fits their workflow, as it did fit mine.