- Import via an open API - I have many inputs, including Email, Kanban boards, bug trackers etc - I want to write my own integrations.
- Defer dates - I have a lot of stuff, I do not want visibility of stuff until I can actually action it.
- Reviews - this is critical to handling large quantities of todo items, regular reviews is a must, I want to be able to tag items/headers with a review schedule.
- Recurrence - I do things once a week, I need to be able to schedule this. Alternatively integration with Google Calendar so it can trigger recurring items.
I've only been using it for a couple hours but I've already transferred everything I have from my other apps to it and I'm already fluent in using all the shortcuts. I also really like the flexibility you get from being able to add any number of panes emacs-style. I'm able to have a normal pane open focused on work stuff, a timeline pane open filtered for @today, and another normal pane open to capture random thoughts and to-dos I want to jot down. It's already made me insanely productive.
One nitpick I have is that I wish that searching on certain dates would also pick up equivalent references to that date. For example, I've entered some tasks as @wednesday but other tasks as @october1. It would be awesome if I were able to search on @wednesday and also pick up the tasks tagged @october1. Also having recurring tasks would be awesome too.
- What is the intended delineation between a document and a top-level header?
- How are notifications in the app (ios) incorporated. Do they notify based on "@date time" of item?
- How might this be used as a notepad. It seems like a big aspect of it is the crossing-off of items?
- Does @tomorrow turn into @today in the document when a day has passed. Same w/ @today to @yesterday etc?
Otherwise, this app has really captured my interest.
I'm a bit overwhelmed by the interface though — coming from a simple list / to-do app where there aren't hierarchal levels displayed inline... I think the search/filter will definitely help with this but I may have to get used to it.
Edit: one more thought — i would like to be able to use the +person tagging but do not want to use Google Contacts (or device contacts for that matter, which isnt possible). I know I can use #name but would prefer the look of the +person as designed. (along the same lines, I wouldn't minde decoupling the app from Google at some point...)
> What is the intended delineation between a document and a top-level header?
Sharing and collaboration works at a document level. I have a separate document if I need to collaborate with someone on a unique topic and have multiple top-level headers in a single document for broad organization within a single topic.
> How are notifications in the app (ios) incorporated. Do they notify based on "@date time" of item?
Each item that specifies a time of day using ‘@date time’ will get a notification 30 minutes before it is due. Items that do not have an exact time mentioned (like 3:00pm) will not cause a notification. [This is not currently working on iOS 8 and we have an update waiting for review.]
> How might this be used as a notepad. It seems like a big aspect of it is the crossing-off of items?
We’ve tried to keep the app as close to just editing text as possible. You can type like you would in Notepad or a Word/Google document with no problems. All of our features are there if you would like to use them but will stay out of your way if you don’t.
> Does @tomorrow turn into @today in the document when a day has passed. Same w/ @today to @yesterday etc?
Yes - we rollover dates that change meaning as the current day change. If you want to ‘pin’ an item to stay visible to you, you could set a priority on the item or mark it as @now or @soon.
We have plans to add additional sources of contacts (and other services) to the app. Having first and third party plugins for adding content and viewing data in different ways is a big part of our goal.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. That all makes sense and is what I would have hoped to be the case.
I see below too that you've spent a lot of time on this — it definitely shows. I am already finding the keyboard shortcuts and text manipulation to exceed my expectations a web-app that's based on a giant free-form textbox.
A couple comments on the iOS app. I am running iOS 8 so maybe these are known issues awaiting an Apple approval... Both the keyboard and horizontal position in the stack seem to get stuck often.
An example to cause this would be to tap into an existing item while the keyboard is up to reposition the cursor ... if I pan right/left it'll start to pan the view left/right along with it which will persist once I'm done. Swiping left/right after this will keep this offset. The keyboard too also sticks to a certain degree in these position changes.
Could you elaborate on that?
We also support direct imports from Wunderlist, Google Tasks, Workflowy, Trello and Todoist. When you first run the app options to import your data will be there.
You can also access your data directly using the Google Realtime API. Your data is stored on your own Google Drive - you're not going to lose access to it.
The size of the android install is a little on the large size, but we're using https://crosswalk-project.org/ instead of the native webview to get better feature support and performance on older devices.
Thanks for the bug report - we are actively looking at a couple of internationalization issues. If you run into more please send an email to contact@moo.do and we will make sure it is handled.
Would be nice to get access to a full API. If I could automatically add github issues here, or feed things in from trello/email I would never have to use anything else.
Slick intro video as well, congrats on the launch!
I plan on giving this app a whirl for the next few days to see how it goes.
I really like how your logo goes from the top of the page, centered, to the bar at the top. I don't know too much about web design (I'm still learning), but how did you accomplish this?
The header is set as position: fixed in css so it will stick to the top of the page. We hook into the document.onscroll event and set a css transform on the logo when the page is scrolled down. The css transition gives it a smooth animation. We also transition the opacity on the “Organize your way” text to hide it as it moves to the top of the page.
@01.10 is parsed as January 10th but shold be October 1st which gets even worse as @30.09 is recognized as September 30th
Support for something like Amazon S3 or even SCP would be amazing.
In the long term yes. We would like to allow the user to choose where and how their data is stored. We want you to have complete control over any data that you put into the app. We do however have a large number of features that we feel are important to Moo.do to finish before we get to this point.
I had problems with special chars. I write the task and some chars just disappear.
I manage my tasks in a Sublime tab.
Hopefully they will open registration.
We do not send any personal information about your account apart from your email address to our servers, everything else is only sent to your devices. We use Google Drive and the Google Realtime API to synchronize your data.
It's not that we want access to your Google account as much as your account stores your information you enter. As a result our servers handle (and have access to) significantly less of your personal data than most other services.
If you have more privacy concerns or want to know more about how Moo.do uses your Google account please send me an email at grant@moo.do or check out our privacy policy http://moo.do/privacy.
Perhaps you're thinking of GTD (Getting Things Done), a highly structured productivity/organization system that can be carried out with anything from paper folders to powerful apps? If so, Moo.do would work well since it supports using @tags for contexts, among other parts of GTD.
Let us know if we're missing any keyboard shortcuts that would be useful to you! My favorite one that got added recently (and as a result is currently undocumented) is using alt+shift+up/down arrows to move items around.
We're currently focused on enhancing our agenda/calendar experience and integrating additional services and data sources into Moo.do. Is there a feature that you would be particularly excited to see?
So for example we currently have two ways of viewing your data within Moo.do (what we call a 'Normal Pane' and a 'Timeline Pane'. The 'Normal Pane' displays as a hierarchical text document. The 'Timeline Pane' displays your items ordered by due date and priority. Both of these operate on the same data but the end result is different.