Hi HN,<p>I used Ta-da Lists for a long time. I really liked its simplicity, but there were always a few thing I wish it did:<p>* Double-click to edit a task.<p>* To sort tasks, no need to swtich mode.<p>* Drag an entire task to sort it, so I don't have to search for the little drag handler.<p>* Sort the lists (as in collections of tasks).<p>* If I mark a task "complete"by mistake, the task doesn't move into the "completed" section right away, so I can un-mark it in its original place.<p>* When I enter a list, focus the add-task form, so I can type away.<p>So I decided to roll my own. It's nothing fancy, but I hope you find it useful:<p>http://www.tinkertask.com<p>Thank you for any feedback!
I thought it was really neat!<p>First thoughts:
Would be helpful to have shadowed "username / password" in the first fields. I wasn't sure if those were for registering, or for logging in, or what. So that would be helpful.<p>Second thoughts:
Love the simplicity, wish I could do more. Maybe that's not what you're going for - in which case, awesome! - but I'd love a way to go beyond the simple functions and have a simple but subtly powerful ability to do more. Fine though, can move on from there.<p>Third Notes:
Your feedback logo is missing from the first page, just has the link. Intentional? Also, when I want to delete something, I would want something better than a "pop up" asking me if I wanted to delete it - a bit obtrusive. Better to have a fade out or something clever.<p>Final thoughts:
Does something very very simple very well, I just wish it were less simple for my own needs. I also wish there were some quickly user-configurable style sheets to change the colors, since the shades of grey kind of mask the tasks etc and don't quite pop out in a way that makes it skimmable.<p>But I really like it and it seems to definitely meet the need you wanted to address!
Neat app. Good work.<p>Things I would change:<p>(1) The top navigation at the first sight looked like some problem with your markup -
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You may want to change it to something prettier.<p>(2) There should be some way to directly navigate to other lists from the the list detail page.<p>(3) The design looks good, but I would play around with the colours a bit more. (Too gray-ish now)<p>edit: (4) Ability for adding sub-tasks is important.
It wouldn't let me enter a user-name with capitals (One at the beginning, one in the middle). Not sure if this is a design or a validation problem, but if it's all lower-case by design, just do that once you've gotten my username - don't force me to sit there scratching my head. The validation hint said it must contain only 'letters, numbers, and -'. Nothing there about capitals.
I love the simplicity of the app. I think an iphone client would be an excellent addition as there are not many free/cheap cloud based to-do apps. Great Job, App is very easy to use, I would recommend fb connect or twitter oAuth for less sign up friction.
Not enough instruction on the landing page. The two login fields are unlabeled, and when I tried to 'register' with my email and a password, it failed. Username cannot be an email, and it should.<p>Why collect usernames anyway? As if you'd address them as such... It's a worthless bit of info you don't need for user authorization.<p>Also, any way to display the full sub-lists on the main list page?
Nice. Now go to <a href="http://www.culturedcode.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.culturedcode.com</a>, get a demo of "Things" and piggy back their award-winning design layout and make a web-based version of it. A good start is to one-up them and make sub-tasks within tasks or task notes, something they refuse to do for some reason.<p>But good.