[lkbm]

I think this hits on one key thing that's missing from many TODO lists I've tried: dependencies are important.

But the UI feels big and slow and cumbersome. Entering all my sub-tasks is tedious in a way that a simple bullet list is not.

I just want to type in "Reproduce bug => Fix bug => Post PR => Deploy fix". The big main goal might have a deadline and title and description, but the level of granularity I want means that I don't have time/need to do that for each item. I don't need these animations and full-screen data entry pages. Even the fact that I have to use the mouse with each item is too much friction for me.

I also think the overall TODO list view is missing the key purpose: at a glance, I want to see the specific "what should I do right now" item(s). The big flowchart distracts me from the immediate focus.

Obviously, you probably don't want to fully rewrite the UI for my idiosyncrasies, but I would recommend making adding small, simple tasks very quick and easy. Maybe just tab/shift-tab to add a "next" and "before" tasks without jerking me into a separate view or forcing me to switch from keyboard to mouse.

[cstaudenmeyer]

Being able to quickly add a series of tasks would be great, I agree. Adding keyboard shortcuts + an inline editor could work, I think.

I agree that the flowchart view can be distracting when you just want to look at the next actions. Would a view/option that hides all successors be a solution for this?