Hello anybody home? No progress and development or any sign of it in long long time...

tomerun

03/31/2015 07:54

I'm using Doit.im cause it's the only affordable digital tool (which is not exclusive for Mac...) that has a working methodology which is very similar to GTD . It's the only one I feel somewhat in control over my ongoing tasks.

However, there are so many basic "little" issues with the current implementation of current features, and no sign of ongoing development. For months and months the only thing we get here are bug fixes or "advanced" half-cooked things like the Evernote option (which is very lacking in comparisons to other apps in that regard such as PocketInformant or IQtell). No road-map, no company interaction with the users on the threads here - hello anybody home? Is this ship sailing towards implementing some of the users ideas or is it "bug fixes" only (I don't have crashes on my iphone) until the next version in 2 years or so? (just my guess...) Give us a sign of life please.

Also, people are suggesting in this forum all sorts of "big" and innovative ideas for future features, but what we should all do really is focus all our user base power on requesting first for the developers to perfect the existing features and design.
Why ask for stuff like "linking tasks" or "project templates" (which are both cool!) when the developer still hasn't implemented choosing a goal when creating a new task? basic. Or quick add item to Next and not only to inbox/scheduled? basic. And many more basic needs for improving workflow with the CURRENT features, which are all over this forum.

All of this frustration comes of course from the love to the app, which is why I mentioned at the beginning that this is still my favorite GTD tool, despite the issues.

End of rant for now :)

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• kmaustral  (积分：255)04/04/2015 23:10
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  The combination of features in Doit is superior to all other task managers out there. It contains real intelligence about how to structure projects. But I agree it is a shame to see it so inactive of late, especially when it could be improved in simple ways.
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•   (积分：20)04/06/2015 01:36
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  Totally agree. For me, if Todoist and Doit.im could be combined... I'd stop my hobby of always looking for a better app. This is a good application... it could be outstanding. Shame to see it sitting around collecting dust. I'd love to know how it was going to move into the future.
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• Folke  (积分：2425)04/17/2015 12:49
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  I agree with tomerun that it would be better to clean up and round off and perfect the existing features than adding half-cooked new features. There are so many things that are good in Doit, but which have limited value because of inconsistencies and unnecessary flaws.
  
  Mind you, though, that this particular part of the forum is a "group" forum, for users to share tips and tricks etc. It is not the place to post suggestions to the Doit team - who perhaps to not even visit it. The right place to post suggestions is the Features section of the main forum.
  
  Nevertheless I agree with the sentiment expressed. I think some examples of half-cooked "useless" new features are the Daily Plan and Review features, the Show All Show One selection in Next, the Collection Triggers, the Evernote feature, the calendar and calendar integration feature, and the "scheduling" approach to the Today list. Most of all this could be useful, and was probably inspired by some real-world perceived needs, but would require quite massive further development to become useful.
  
  Among the simple inconsistencies and minor omissions that entail annoying drawbacks for users are:
  
  - Goals cannot be used for anything. It should be possible to view all tasks in the entire goal (almost just like viewing a project). And filtering and grouping by goal should be possible.
  
  - Tags are invisible in the list. Impossible/impractical to verify that the tagging is correct.
  
  - Tasks cannot be inactivated, like projects can. This means you have to devise messy workarounds for future (upcoming) Next and Waiting actions that are not relevant until preceding actions have been completed.
  
  - Waiting tasks (other people's Next actions that you are waiting for to be completed by them) is listed waaay down in project and context lists. They should be visible just after the Next actions, since they are somebody's next actions and could potentially be completed any second now (perhaps that report you are waiting for from John will arrive in an email in just a few minutes, who knows)
  
  - For repeating actions in Scheduled you currently cannot see when the next instance will occur (obviously you should see this in the same way that you can for non-repeating actions)
  
  - The sorting works differently for Next compared with Waiting and Someday. I do not see why. In Waiting and Someday we have automatic sorting by priority, which is powerful and much appreciated by many (but no manual adjustment is possible). In Next we have manual sorting, which is also a powerful tool (but there is no automatic sorting; you have to do it all manually). Why not have automatic sorting by priority that can be manually adjusted within each priority bracket, and have this capability consistently for all lists.
  
  Among the slightly bigger clean-up operations would be:
  - make the Today list work like the normal starred list in all other apps (i.e. not like a separate "box")
  - improve the whole filtering mechanisms (both the saved filters and the "quick" filters aka "tag filter")
  - harmonize/integrate the Tags and Contexts - basically they are all used for "contexts" (i.e situational requirements such as tools, people, locations etc)
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• kmaustral  (积分：255)04/26/2015 21:55
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  @Folke I wish you would design a task manager!
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• JubJub  (积分：10)07/15/2015 09:03
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  It's all been said before: "Totally agree. For me, if Todoist and Doit.im could be combined... I'd stop my hobby of always looking for a better app. This is a good application... it could be outstanding." Isn't it about time we saw evidence of some Doit.im progress/action?
  
  I just wanted to add a +1.
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• Leonard_T  (积分：60)07/16/2015 12:54
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  I am also looking around for another task manager now that it is obvious that Doit.im is mainly collecting money and not investing in improving. If I pay a monthly fee I expect some kind of improvement. Others are doing it, like IQTell and Todoist keep developing.
  
  Since my subscripting is expiring I'm looking hard for good alternatives, I'll probably switch although I'd rather not..
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• kmaustral  (积分：255)07/18/2015 08:36
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  I'm keeping a running review of alternative task managers here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSPtvrhyhJNqF_Q2uYLPMqlcBmubr7VGB54WTpzoLes/edit?usp=sharing
  You can add comments to it if you wish.
  
  I'm finding Trello increasingly useful, though there's still need for something to handle daily task management.
  
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• kmaustral  (积分：255)09/12/2015 03:41
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  I've finally decided to give up on Doit. I'm going back to My Life Organized. I had seen the potential of Doit as a web-based system, but the developers seem to have abandoned it, whereas MLO has quite a dynamic developmental path.
  
  But if one day, someone was to bring Doit back to life, I would reconsider returning.
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• Folke  (积分：2425)10/14/2015 23:43
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  They seem to begin to wake up. Check out the main forum (Feature requests and Bugs). They have someone called Linjiani who answers all requests, and he or she speaks good English, too.
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• theNeuron  (积分：50)07/20/2016 07:08
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  Pity it's not opensource, one could fix the issues by himself ... :-(
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• michaelp6of7  (积分：85)06/17/2017 15:42
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  Part of the problems with platforms like Doit.im is that the developer may have other projects they are interested in and may be looking to expand the business in other directions.
  
  The cost of Doit.im is very affordable at present time. If development is to continue, there needs to be some hope or expectation of more subscribers with the need of more resources. Let's admit that the task/project software market is pretty well covered and might not be a profitable venture. The bottom line is that Doit.im needs to be profitable, growing and engaging for things to continue to develop more.
  
  The question I have for all of you....are you willing to pay a little more per year to see the platform develop?
  How much more are you willing to pay?
  
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• Gibran  (积分：80)12/05/2017 20:26
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  @michaelp6of7
  
  Yes! This app is the best I found for GTD. I would pay more to know that performance improvements and news are being implemented frequently.
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• fbibi  (积分：80)08/16/2018 06:29
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  Hello.
  
  Still no news?
  I am using (and paying for) the app for multiple years nows...
  True, it is really usefull.
  
  Now, I am also a professionnal dev team manager... I now that if nobody answers the requests, people will just ... leave!
  
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