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by danr4 3548 days ago
I'm on the lookout for a product to plan only the current day. This is a nice first version, but I think for it to be really beneficial the UX needs to be on point - adding tasks as quick as possible (like Google Calendars quick add - "Clean Kitchen 1200-1215") and quick glance using a widget or permanent notification of next/current/prev task. Also, Reordering doesn't work for me.

Again, as I said I think this is a well executed first version, but the problem is I don't think I'll be able to keep using it without the mentioned features. I'll keep it on my phone in case it gets updated since it's small and requires almost no permissions.

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Check out Any.do. It's a little too simple for me, I personally use ticktick which has geolocation on tasks and a lot of other features (including my preferred style of UI, the Things style), but any.do has a fantastic simple UI and has a "Moment" feature that pops up every morning where you get a list of your currently waiting tasks and get to determine whether or not you decide to complete them that day or not. There's also Clear which is a very simple daily task manager.

I'm personally not a fan of the simple UIs and greatly prefer the Things style (menubar on left with projects/lists/etc).

I created this layout and navigation to add tasks as quickly as possible. If I copied it from Google, then it wouldn't be my app. I really like your quick glance functionality idea. I will implement it. I will check what's wrong with reordering.