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It's so sad to see cool Linux tools without a Windows version:( I get why; I'm just sad - especially because some Linux users are annoyed by "Windows only" too

It's so sad to see cool Linux tools without a Windows version:( I get why; I'm just sad - especially because some Linux users are annoyed by "Windows only" tools and then they use linux only features, that never can't be ported to other operating systems as well(not because lack of people, but incompatibility). Planner is one of those amazing niche tools that doesn't exist for Windows. It looks amazing - congrats!

AsyncAwait 6y ago
I get where you're coming from but Linux exclusive desktop apps are so rare that it is probably worth it using tight platform integration as a way to convince users we have quality, nicely designed desktop apps too, especially considering Todoist have a Windows app but not a Linux one[1]. 1 - https://todoist.com/downloads/windows?lang=en https://todoist.com/downloads/windows?lang=en
- marvion 6y ago
  I totally understand why. It just felt weird the first time I came across a beautiful Linux Mint app, that couldn't be ported to windows.. .. the cool thing is, that it is possible with WSL and it probably will be almost seamless in the future - without additional work for the devs. I specifically want to use Planner because of the local mode. Afaik ther are no nice local-only todo apps for windows with sub-task support.
- spondyl 6y ago
  > considering Todoist have a Windows app but not a Linux one Todoist does have a Linux app, although it's effectively an electron wrapper around the web app. Having said that, I don't think this is unique to the linux version though? https://todoist.com/downloads/linux https://todoist.com/downloads/linux
ajvs 6y ago
Linux is open-source so it tends to follow that open-source projects choose to develop for it too.
mbirth 6y ago
From the screenshots it looks very similar to Microsoft To Do: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-to-do-list-app?rtc=1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-to-d...

AsyncAwait 6y ago

I get where you're coming from but Linux exclusive desktop apps are so rare that it is probably worth it using tight platform integration as a way to convince users we have quality, nicely designed desktop apps too, especially considering Todoist have a Windows app but not a Linux one[1]. 1 - https://todoist.com/downloads/windows?lang=en https://todoist.com/downloads/windows?lang=en

marvion 6y ago
I totally understand why. It just felt weird the first time I came across a beautiful Linux Mint app, that couldn't be ported to windows.. .. the cool thing is, that it is possible with WSL and it probably will be almost seamless in the future - without additional work for the devs. I specifically want to use Planner because of the local mode. Afaik ther are no nice local-only todo apps for windows with sub-task support.
spondyl 6y ago
> considering Todoist have a Windows app but not a Linux one Todoist does have a Linux app, although it's effectively an electron wrapper around the web app. Having said that, I don't think this is unique to the linux version though? https://todoist.com/downloads/linux https://todoist.com/downloads/linux

ajvs 6y ago

Linux is open-source so it tends to follow that open-source projects choose to develop for it too.

mbirth 6y ago

From the screenshots it looks very similar to Microsoft To Do: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-to-do-list-app?rtc=1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-to-d...