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I got sent an Asana invite from the boss earlier today. Apparently we are going all-in on using it.
by codva 13y ago
I got sent an Asana invite from the boss earlier today. Apparently we are going all-in on using it.
- kbd 13y agoYou're lucky. I use Asana for my personal tasks at work and I wish we all used it, but the PHBs want burn-down charts and such so we officially use Jira.
- onedev 13y agoThe Asana mobile apps are garbage, I don't know if you're ever used them, but it's like they didn't even try.
- krausejj 13y agowe're actively developing better ones. stay tuned for updates!
- ddon 13y agoiPad app still is missing...
- state 13y agoI absolutely can. Not. Wait for this to happen.
- onedev 13y agoHonestly y'all were better off not releasing the versions that are out right now. Yes it's good to "fail fast" and all that feel good stuff, but when you KNOW something is terribad, it's better to just wait and release than to put out something so awful. Take charge of the experience your users are exposed to.
- rschmitty 13y agoIt's a bit steep to call them garbage, I use both the iPhone and iPad apps from Asana, but only do jot down ideas I have at the time before I forget. Later back at my desk I'll do the more "advanced" stuff Everything can always be better, but I appreciate that they have them :)
- kbd 13y agoYes they're bad. You can't even view your completed tasks. What's even worse is I tried to tell mobile Chrome (the app is the same as the mobile site) to show the desktop version but I still wound up with the crappy mobile site.
- selimthegrim 13y agoSometimes, if your subtask names (in the list below the description when you click on their parent task) are too long they run off the edge of the screen and don't wrap (on Android at least)
- dorian-graph 13y agoI recommend trying Hill88. It's a third-party iOS (universal) app for Asana and it's fantastic. Mostly wonderful UI, frequently updated, etc. We use Asana at work and this app has made it a lot nicer to use on the mobile. http://hill88app.com/ http://hill88app.com/
- ired 13y agoThank you for the tip. I was looking for such an app for a long time! It is really worth its money.
- basil 13y agoI used to be in that situation which is why I wrote Bee (http://neat.io/bee/ http://neat.io/bee/). Its a Mac client for JIRA (amongst other services) and makes JIRA much more pleasant to use. JIRA's UI tends to be geared towards project management types. I wanted to bring the focus back onto the engineer.
- kbd 13y agoHappy to know about Bee. Trying it right now. However, Jira fundamentally is about managers tracking work, and not about workers actually getting stuff done. There's no way I can track all my tasks in Jira even if I have a nicer GUI for it. I'm actually part of the way towards writing a program to sync tasks between Asana and Jira using their APIs. I'm hoping that that'll let me continue working in Asana while it handles Jira (which I've always found incomprehensible) for me.
- basil 13y agoWell you'd be surprised. I've also tried to solve this problem. You can create your own lists inside of Bee which filter issues based on your own rules (http://neat.io/bee/docs/smart-lists.html http://neat.io/bee/docs/smart-lists.html). It's helpful because you just define the rules one-time and then flick to it whenever you need to. Bee also has a menubar helper which tracks your short-term tasks and queues up your next issue so you always know what you're working on (http://neat.io/bee/docs/the-short-list.html http://neat.io/bee/docs/the-short-list.html). Also you can add your own Notes list which is just a series of text files (easily synced via Dropbox) if you want to track your own local tasks. I'm constantly iterating based on user feedback so if you have time, please let me know how it works out for you :)
- jakobe 13y agoJust bought Bee (to track github issues). That's a pretty convincing video you have there!