It's interesting, but the vim editor has the same problems that most near-vim tools have: my muscle memory (trained with my vimrc) is all wrong. Escape is an awkward key, so I exit inset mode with jk and kj. $ and ^ are weird, so I jump around the line with L and H. My leader key, my plugins, etc are all sorely missing, and trip me up here way more than a purely non-vim interface.<p>What I'd really love would be a web tool like this with a plugin for actual vim. I currently use a TODO.txt file (kept on dropbox) that I open with <leader>et for my personal task managment. If there were a plugin that would let me edit tasks like Phaser (indentation-based) in real vim, but then could be displayed and further managed by your web interface, I'd love it.
I think naming Trello is a dicey move. Trello is a great product. It's incredibly simple -- a huge asset for most users -- and very well implemented.<p>I spent about 60 seconds looking at your homepage. I didn't convert. Here's my impression:<p>You say it's like Trello. So I like that. And then I see a screen that is much more complicated. I glance at it. Then skip past. Ok, phases. Phaser. Ok. So it's like, a way to keep tasks separate without just using a separate task board. Ok.<p>Moving on, now there's "arcs"? I see what you did there, with "story arc" and all. But wait, now my super simple trello issues are grouped into phases and arcs? And if I use this as part of my bigger process, then my phases and arcs are split or spliced into my sprints. Also, there's already an agile term for what you're calling "arcs" -- epics.<p>But I don't give up. I want to get it. I go back up to the top screenshot. Ok, it's 3 lists, just like Trello. But wait. Why is the first column green? And why is the top option bold? Do you select it? And then it changes what happens in the other 2 columns? But that's not like trello at all. And it's also not intuitive I don't think. And one list is "arcs" but the other 2 are "phases"?<p>And what are the "This week: 18..."? Number of stories completed? created? Why do I need to see that on every single page?<p>Also, I skipped right over the Vim section. It seems pointless to me. That is solving a problem I do not have. But hey, I can see others may use it or it could even just be a bit of a gimmicky feature that does get it some attention.<p>Anyway, and more important than all that, congrats on shipping!
Hmm. A few comments:<p>- I love Trello and have used it for years. It's probably my favorite piece of software. You couldn't pay me to switch. I use it for software development, by the way, and it works fine.<p>- I don't use Vim. (I use ed, and yes I'm serious.)<p>- The site not being responsive is a turnoff. Trello is responsive.<p>Other than that, I think I'd use it if Trello didn't exist.
Developer here. I built Phaser to scratch my own itch. I took inspiration from both Trello and Pivotal Tracker, and I think the result is pretty good.<p>Please let me know what you think.
To target a broader market, you might consider dropping the "Vim built in" and explain it as "Create stories efficiently in plain text with our editor that uses familiar key bindings from Vim. Alternatively, use your favorite editor and paste the text in. Phaser's story parser will slurp them up for you."
Trello, that tool my company has been successfully using for software development for years, which already supports vimish (forgive me!) movement and edit keybindings?<p>I'm not seeing the point here, Trello is excellent, and already great for software teams.