Views: Date view by time
Tasks based on the "reminder" is arranged in every category. means each " reminder" or "time" is closer to be in the front row automatically.
Lists can now be sorted by timeline! Web app has just been updated, mobile versions are being released and desktop will be updates very soon as well ;)
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Anonymous commented
The tasks created should be allowed to be sorted in ascending or descending order of their reminders or occurence of the task.
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Eduard commented
I suggest you add the due date for each task, and sort according to the due date, in ascending order (i.e. closer tasks first).
I understand the main focus is in planning today's and tomorrow's tasks. However, maintaining and managing tasks in the Upcoming bucket is also important, and currently it is considerably hard, given all tasks past tomorrow are placed in the same bucket at the same level.
This means that it is hard to differentiate between upcoming tasks (e.g. next week) from long dated tasks (e.g. next month or later). This are different types of tasks that should be treated differently. For example, if I wanted to promote a few tasks to today or tomorrow (e.g. because I have extra capacity), my first option would be to choose from the imminent tasks, and ignore the longer dated tasks.
Also, by "throwing" all tasks into the same bucket, sometimes it makes you doubt whether I can really rely on Any.do to remind me of that important task I created for a couple of weeks time (did I forget to create it? Did I close it by mistake? Was there a synchronisation error?). If there was some sort of order in the upcoming bucket, I could very quickly and easily check that the task is indeed there, hence improving the user confidence on Any.do.
I believe that by adding the due date in the task list for upcoming tasks, and sorting by date, it will help manage and maintain the upcoming tasks better.
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Jo commented
This is very fraustrating, they are not sorted by name nor by reminder time...
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Anonymous commented
Have an option to sort tasks by when the reminders have been scheduled.
My biggest frustration with any.do is that I cannot sort my tasks by when I have set the reminder.
Instead, it's in order that I've added the tasks - that's not productive and very frustrating! Please fix this!
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Jo commented
DISPLAY TIME!
THIS IS TOP PRIORITY!!
WITHOUT IT, IT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE! -
Eric commented
List all in chronological order
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Anonymous commented
Yes, that's a good temporary replacement
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Muzamil commented
this feature is required
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Avraham David Gelbfish commented
I think the way it is now is great for beginners and non power-users. It would probably not be a good idea to switch the whole way the application works, and would be confusing to everyone. This view should only be enhanced with minor changes and upgrades. The current product is great and pretty clean (best feature), intuitive, and friendly out of the box.
On the other hand, sometimes people need more ways of seeing and manipulating their information. At the same time, it's only worth it if the gain in productivity is worth more than the loss of time and effort setting it up.
I propose a(n adaptable) multi-tiered solution organized from easy and accessible to beginner to available for advanced:
When a user begins to use Any.DO...
Tier 1: what you have now... plus really popular features that crop up
When a user uses Any.DO for a bit, and wants to do a bit more with their data...
Tier 2:
From the settings menu, a more features section. It's for the less popular features and options.Examples are: API integrations, main view settings that most people don't need and would consider clutter, as well as, in this case, ability to use additional dashboards. An additional dashboard would basically be another way of arranging the data, with the option of manipulating any part of the data that is shown or accessible through the dashboard. Once someone enables an additional dashboard, it will be accessible from his landing page, and maybe configurable as his custom landing page.
for the power user...
Tier 3:
from the more features section, an advanced options section. Deliberately double-menu-deep so that other users don't get bothered with it. It would be mainly for enabling features of the rest of the app that are hidden. one feature, even though it might not be visible to users of additional dashboards, can be the abiliity to create custom dashboards. another feature might be enabling and configuring keyboard shortcuts.That's the basic idea.
Some additional things to consider if/after you implement something like that:
- a settings search.
- moving things from tier to tier (slowly and carefully) based on popularity.
- suggesting features to people that are similar to other people who use them.Thanks for making a great product!
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Avraham David Gelbfish commented
A button to automatically arrange tasks (in today, tomorrow, or upcoming) by time, but allow manual overrides (this is like auto arranging icons on a desktop).
It would be useful in helping me decide and organize what to work on next.
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Marylee, we think there might be a misunderstanding. Did you check out the attached screenshots? The time stamps will be displayed without any need to open a task :)
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Anonymous commented
Sort tasks by due date and time within the today/tomorrow/upcoming sections
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Marylee commented
No, the proposed solution below isn't a good workaround for me. If I have to click into each task to figure out which one is at 9am vs 5pm, that fails helping me to prioritize my tasks that day.
- However, what we can do (and will do, based on your feedback here) is add a time stamp of the Reminder’s time to both the Calendar and the Task Views – see images attached to the main idea.
Will this be a good replacement?
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Anonymous commented
I am really surprised that such essential daily usage functionality is still not covered/fixed. I need a clear overview of due dates with specific due times to see multiple deadlines in a day. If it is not coming anytime soon - this app is not for me... looking for some other solution then.
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Kenny Li commented
From a application logic point of view, I can see the quickest and least disruptive method would be to simply leave the existing logic as is, and have a switch (in a menu if need be) which switches between two views - the existing functional view (manually can re-order things) or a "sort by time due" view (in which case, you can't manually re-order when in THIS view). The switch allows you to toggle between each view, so even if you switch to the "sort by time due" view, the app still remembers the manually ordered view, in case the user wants to switch back to that.
Is this not possible then without impacting whatever functional logic challenges there are with the existing code that you elude to?
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Kenny Li commented
I think this is a step backwards. The issue is not that we can't work out what time the event is due (you can click into the event and look at the details to find this out), it is that in the Task View, there needs to be an option to "sort by due time / date" in parallel with the existing useful function to manually sort the order. This is quite a standard function with any common add that has automatic / manual ordering (iTunes / Spotify playlists, other popular to-do apps) and is crucial to any to-do list app. Adding a timestamp as per the images above doesn't really address this issue, and actually makes the UI more cluttered, which is a bad idea.
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Anonymous commented
All task managers should be able to sort in order of due date. The fact that this affects the entire logic of the app points to a crucial flaw in the app logic to begin with.
I've kept the app on my phone in hopes that it will be useful to me in future updates, but the logic of the app will not allow me to make use of it as needed. Thanks for the other great features over the years, but I will be replacing this app as my task massager.
Thank you
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Yasmine El Rafie commented
It would be helpful - if optional. One of the perks of anydo is the simplicity and lack of clutter, new information risks adding to information overload..
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Anonymous commented
Yes! That would be helpful!
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Anonymous commented
Yes, it is!!!
Merry Christmas from Italy !!!