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Set reminders before deadline, not start time

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kjemperud 07/07/2013 09:40

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Hi, the only thing I've never understood with Doit.im (which in most other respects are superb), is the strange logic that you cannot set a reminder to be in relation to the deadline of a task, just a start time. For example I have a task for doing my Weekly review that starts Friday afternoon and has a deadline Sunday evening. I'm supposed to do it over the weekend when I have time, but if I didn't get to it before, I want a reminder to go off Sunday afternoon, so I'm reminded that I still have to do the review before I go to bed. If I put the start time to Sunday afternoon, the task won't show up in Next until Sunday afternoon, which is a dealbreaker as well.

I came to Doit.im from Nirvana, mainly because they lacked a decent android app with notification support, etc. Now that they are getting that in place I might switch back if this annoing little bug isn't fixed soon. At least the Nirvana team consistently get these minor details right. After all, this "minor" flaw is severly limiting the usefulness of Doit.im. Being a paying customer I'm always considering my options carefully.

Please fix this as soon as possible! :)

Thanks for your understanding.

michelle1987 post on 07/08/2013 07:58#3

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@kjemperud

We have both relative and absolute reminders. Relative reminders are in relation to the start time of a task. In your situation, you may use absolute reminders which will appear at a specific time you set.

Q: For example I have a task for doing my Weekly review that starts Friday afternoon and has a deadline Sunday evening. I'm supposed to do it over the weekend when I have time, but if I didn't get to it before, I want a reminder to go off Sunday afternoon, so I'm reminded that I still have to do the review before I go to bed. If I put the start time to Sunday afternoon, the task won't show up in Next until Sunday afternoon, which is a dealbreaker as well.

A: Here, you want to be reminded on Sunday afternoon. I set the web version as example. Go to the task edit page, click on the "Reminder" tab and choose "on date" in the drop-down menu. (See the screenshot in the attach file)

Shall you need any help or have additional questions, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you for our feedback and support.

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kjemperud post on 07/08/2013 12:27#5

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@michelle1987 But that does not work for recurring tasks, or am I missing something?
michelle1987 post on 07/09/2013 06:59#6

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@kjemperud

Yes, now, absolute reminders cannot be set to a recurring task, but can be set to the instance. When today's or tomorrow's instance appears, you can set absolute reminders to it according to your actual situation.

For your suggestion, we have made a record of it and will take it into consideration in the future.

Thank you for your feedback and support.