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Todo. - The To-Do web-app for overworked hackers

25 points by joepie91 13y ago

AdrianRossouw 13y ago
it kind of boggles my mind that it wouldn't be driven by some kind of javascript MVC framework, instead using old-fashioned complete page loads to operate. It's not like a todo list isnt the prototypical example[1] of these frameworks. [1] http://todomvc.com/ http://todomvc.com/
- markdown 13y ago
  Don't let it bother you. Maybe the OP built it for himself, and didn't need or want to use js. I like it. A great little app. One that can only get better (perhaps with a sprinkling of ajax and js templating?)
- daGrevis 13y ago
  I don't see why it's necessary.
iano 13y ago
The "I want to do something else!" button does nothing for me. I have many "MUST" todos and only 1 "WANT" while trying this button. The button just brings me to the same single "WANT" I have.
- joepie91 13y ago
  I should probably have been more clear about that. When you indicate that you want to do something else, it will only pick from your "WANT" items - so if you only have one, it will keep coming up with the same item. This is actually intentional; I've noticed that I got tempted to move aside a fun project to get more 'work' stuff done. The idea of only giving you a "MUST" after finishing the current "WANT" is that you'll have to take a break from work, before you can start with it again. Another reason for doing this is that it would be quite unfair to give you a 'work' item when you don't feel like the 'play' suggestion it's making and just want to relax with something else - it would defeat the point of the 'play' part, and would make you afraid of clicking "something else", because it might come up with a 'work' item. It's all part of the "balance between work and play" thing :) I'll change around the sidebar text in a few minutes, to clarify on this. EDIT: I've updated the sidebar.
  - iano 13y ago
    Ah, alright. Thanks for the response.
noerps 13y ago
I will never, ever, understand why I would like to delegate something so trivial and marginal to a distant server, for example: Todo: change password from XXX to ZZZ. I can imagine only procrastination as a valid reason to do so, because you can state that your todo-list isn't available to you, and its not your fault.
- joepie91 13y ago
  Feel free to clone the repository and set it up on your own machine :)
  - noerps 13y ago
    That would nullify the only acceptable reason to use it in the first place, I think I'll stay with vi ~/TODO :)
- UniZero 13y ago
  I'm trying to see how managing a todo list on a server would ever be an issue. Sensitive information like that would never be stored in a todo list.
  - noerps 13y ago
    It's a hidden argument, but ymmv.
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- stephth 13y ago
  I haven't tried Workflowy but from the AppStore description it looks like a clone of TaskPaper or FoldingText (free form text with to dos / outlining / tagging). Isn't the main point of the poster's app that it chooses the next task for you?
- UniZero 13y ago
  What distinguishes the original post from workflowy is cost. Workflowy is not free. As a free user your limited to creating 500 items a month.
stephth 13y ago
I like the premise and the simplicity, well done. But what if the app picks a MUST task that isn't actionable at a given time?
- UniZero 13y ago
  There should be a button that lets you pause a particular task from being selected next. I think it would jive with the minimal approach
- joepie91 13y ago
  It's theoretically possible to 'skip' a MUST task by marking it done and then manually re-adding it to the list. Because that's a (comparative) hassle, it introduces a psychological barrier that will keep most people from doing it to 'cheat' (the equivalent of channel surfing), and will make them only skip a MUST item when absolutely necessary.

25 points by joepie91 13y ago

it kind of boggles my mind that it wouldn't be driven by some kind of javascript MVC framework, instead using old-fashioned complete page loads to operate. It's not like a todo list isnt the prototypical example[1] of these frameworks. [1] http://todomvc.com/ http://todomvc.com/

markdown 13y ago
Don't let it bother you. Maybe the OP built it for himself, and didn't need or want to use js. I like it. A great little app. One that can only get better (perhaps with a sprinkling of ajax and js templating?)
daGrevis 13y ago
I don't see why it's necessary.

iano 13y ago

The "I want to do something else!" button does nothing for me. I have many "MUST" todos and only 1 "WANT" while trying this button. The button just brings me to the same single "WANT" I have.

joepie91 13y ago
I should probably have been more clear about that. When you indicate that you want to do something else, it will only pick from your "WANT" items - so if you only have one, it will keep coming up with the same item. This is actually intentional; I've noticed that I got tempted to move aside a fun project to get more 'work' stuff done. The idea of only giving you a "MUST" after finishing the current "WANT" is that you'll have to take a break from work, before you can start with it again. Another reason for doing this is that it would be quite unfair to give you a 'work' item when you don't feel like the 'play' suggestion it's making and just want to relax with something else - it would defeat the point of the 'play' part, and would make you afraid of clicking "something else", because it might come up with a 'work' item. It's all part of the "balance between work and play" thing :) I'll change around the sidebar text in a few minutes, to clarify on this. EDIT: I've updated the sidebar.
- iano 13y ago
  Ah, alright. Thanks for the response.

noerps 13y ago

I will never, ever, understand why I would like to delegate something so trivial and marginal to a distant server, for example: Todo: change password from XXX to ZZZ. I can imagine only procrastination as a valid reason to do so, because you can state that your todo-list isn't available to you, and its not your fault.

joepie91 13y ago
Feel free to clone the repository and set it up on your own machine :)
- noerps 13y ago
  That would nullify the only acceptable reason to use it in the first place, I think I'll stay with vi ~/TODO :)
UniZero 13y ago
I'm trying to see how managing a todo list on a server would ever be an issue. Sensitive information like that would never be stored in a todo list.
- noerps 13y ago
  It's a hidden argument, but ymmv.

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stephth 13y ago
I haven't tried Workflowy but from the AppStore description it looks like a clone of TaskPaper or FoldingText (free form text with to dos / outlining / tagging). Isn't the main point of the poster's app that it chooses the next task for you?
UniZero 13y ago
What distinguishes the original post from workflowy is cost. Workflowy is not free. As a free user your limited to creating 500 items a month.

stephth 13y ago

I like the premise and the simplicity, well done. But what if the app picks a MUST task that isn't actionable at a given time?

UniZero 13y ago
There should be a button that lets you pause a particular task from being selected next. I think it would jive with the minimal approach
joepie91 13y ago
It's theoretically possible to 'skip' a MUST task by marking it done and then manually re-adding it to the list. Because that's a (comparative) hassle, it introduces a psychological barrier that will keep most people from doing it to 'cheat' (the equivalent of channel surfing), and will make them only skip a MUST item when absolutely necessary.