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Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
it means drop an idea, project or reference in the text field (text or emoji only). file support is on the roadmap
Comment · 9 years ago
I agree with you, our long-term goal is to use the approach you mentioned. We even considered it for the launch but thought it is to much work.
But I realized that it worth more to make it as easy as possible to try out a web app, if you ask for feedback.
So for the future and if possible I will do it differently.
Thanks for the feedback, for now we are pretty happy with the engagement of the landing page.
Comment · 9 years ago
in the event of an introduction of basic income, there will be for sure a free tier, maybe free at all :)
But in the long-term we need to sustain the infrastructure costs.
That depends on the feedback of how users and the community is willing to contribute to the costs or the value they have from the app.
Great to hear, we still search for cases where the flexibility provided by the app is not sufficient
Comment · 9 years ago
i agree, this feature is on the roadmap, it is planned as an upgrade for the copy function from archive to active view. Instead of doing it manually for grocery list, you will be able to define a repetitive time frame
Comment · 9 years ago
thank you for the appreciation :), new UI methods are often a challenge and risky but we believe it is a experiment worth exploring
Comment · 9 years ago
very sorry for that, please give us a short notice directly from the "?!" help menu in the app
thanks for the advice with the grace period, good point.
Comment · 9 years ago
The value we see in the app navigation is the following:
The navigation is separated in three broader levels. 1. The first level is everything that is relevant in the moment (Inbox, Next, Away). 2. The second level is to organize everything Idea, Project or Archive. From time perspective mostly related to the next weeks. 3. And the third level is to review your hole system.
After a short time it will feel like walking through different rooms and levels in a building.
Comment · 9 years ago
Further design themes are planned. For now the low contrast is by design. When you enter your projects they will be displayed in high contrast.
Thanks for the feedback though
Comment · 9 years ago
Hello HN,
we built this web app which enables you to structure ideas, thoughts and your projects.
It offers a similar flexibility in building hierarchy as OmniFocus. Just without being tied to apple or a missing web interface. One of the main reasons why we started this project.
I want to highlight one feature that I never seen anywhere else. There is no difference between tasks, projects or folders. It works based on your hierarchy, for example an idea become a project when you add a "subtask". The app has no limit on how deep you nest and offers an extra view that filter all actionable next steps out of your hierarchy.
It is a progressive web app, so you are able to add it to your mobile homescreen and use it offline. You can also encrypt your data with your login password.
I am excited to get your thoughts about the app or any questions.
In this comment is some explanation about the meaning of levels. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15339086 It is like levels in a building (or reaching up to the of the mountain). You start with real practical stuff, like task you want to do this day, where it is clear what to do. The "higher" you navigate in the app (or walk up in the building) the lists become more abstract. Projects, Decisions(No, Done), Ideas. For the future the are even more higher levels planned like goals. The highest level will be your visions, kind of "why"(golden circles stuff) for every item in the lower levels.
The more the lowest level is aligned with the highest level the better you feel. (Means doing stuff that brings you were you really want with your life, and not only daily stuff that keeps you just busy)
Because all the items in the different levels are connected, it would be possible to give you feedback about a small daily task and how it relates or moves you forward with your big visions.
We work to improve the understanding of movements of items between lists, here a first explanation: I believe that if you understand the meaning(relates strongly to gtd) of every view, the movement of items follows by logic:
InView (List managed by user) - Capture everything without more work
IdeaView (List managed by user) - Stuff you want to do in the future, no next step known here
ActiveView (List managed by user) - Stuff you want to do next. For every project(more than one task) you have to define a next step or wait for somebody or defer to date xy.
ArchiveView (List managed by user) - Stuff you want be able to find again in the future or reuse
DoneView (Sink List) - things you have done
NoView (Sink List) - things you decided not to do
NextView (Auto filtered list) - all calculated nextsteps from activeView
AwayView (Auto filered list) - all items you marked as away from activeView
ReviewView (Auto filtered list) - all items from ideaView, activeView and archiveView that needs to be reviewed
2 examples: From idea to active means you finally decided to tackle an idea and want to define what to do next. So moving make sense here. From archive to active means you want to reuse for example a grocery list or a visit to known restaurant from your list. So copy make sense here.
Our goal is to make this complex relationships as intuitive as possible without the need for the user to understand everything. Lots of work to be done here :) A metaphor I really like: Many people drive a bicycle everyday because it is faster than walking, but not everyone needs (and wants) to understand the physics behind a bicycle to use it.