I want to be able to set recurring/repeating tasks
"I think there should be a limited number of choices like in Google Calendar: every day; every weekday; weekends only; or one day a week. "
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Aymeric Founder
DEPLOYED! Finally it took a while to get this one done.
I am glad we have a first version of it, I might come back to it to improve it later.
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Thanks for your work.
Am I correct in saying your implementation of recurring tasks only allows a frequency of 'weekly'?
Aymeric Founder
Well, I think we'd be happy to pay for a couple of premium features. I actually signed up for the trial version of the premium so I could get the recurring tasks. I'd be more than happy to pay $5 to $15/month as long as I felt like the features were worth the extra $.
This is great feedback.What features would you consider worth the extra $? I thought people would be interested in the ability to work with other people on the same week plan but very few people used the feature when I enabled it for beta users.
So I am now delaying the pro plan to add Google Tasks synchronization in there as it is a popular request.
Thanks Will. I know that I have to find the right balance between adding more features to appeal to more people and stay true to the elegance and simplicity of the app.
Well, I think we'd be happy to pay for a couple of premium features. I actually signed up for the trial version of the premium so I could get the recurring tasks. I'd be more than happy to pay $5 to $15/month as long as I felt like the features were worth the extra $.I would like to live off WEEK PLAN to be able to focos more on it and for that, I need to charge for WEEK PLAN. So adding "premium" features is how I can get closer to my goal.
Aymeric Founder
It's a great app. I was referred to it by someone else in my office and we're both using it right now. It's simplicity is what makes it so great.
Thanks Will. I know that I have to find the right balance between adding more features to appeal to more people and stay true to the elegance and simplicity of the app.I've noticed there are a lot of comments from people who keep asking for a lot of features, including a bunch to integrate the app with Google Calendar. In particular there's one person who posts anonymously who seems to want a lot of features added. I think they're looking for a different product all together. I hope you'll ignore a lot of their suggestions and keep this app super simple. Like I said, it's the app's greatest strength.
I would like to live off WEEK PLAN to be able to focos more on it and for that, I need to charge for WEEK PLAN. So adding "premium" features is how I can get closer to my goal.
Thanks Will.
It's a great app. I was referred to it by someone else in my office and we're both using it right now. It's simplicity is what makes it so great.The way the recurring tasks work is that if you change the date of task, it will change the date of all the future occurrences. Recurring tasks are actually quite hard to get right for everyone, everyone has a different idea on how it should work. I think WEEK PLAN should do a better job at explaining what to expect when using the recurring tasks.
I will add that in my looooooooooooong todo list (in WEEK PLAN of course :))
I've noticed there are a lot of comments from people who keep asking for a lot of features, including a bunch to integrate the app with Google Calendar. In particular there's one person who posts anonymously who seems to want a lot of features added. I think they're looking for a different product all together. I hope you'll ignore a lot of their suggestions and keep this app super simple. Like I said, it's the app's greatest strength.
Aymeric Founder
One issue: It recurs on the day of the week it was completed instead of the day of the week it was created. I have tasks that I have to get done every week, and therefore go on my Monday task list. However, it sometimes takes me until Wednesday to get it done, so I move it from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday. On the following week, it now sits on Wednesday, not Monday.
Thanks Will. I now this is the definition of a MINOR inconvenience. After all, all I have to do is click and drag the task on the new week to Monday from Wednesday and, poof, I'm done. But it's one of those things that people who look for things to complain about would complain about, so I figured I'd be a good BETA tester and sound off about it.
One other possible solution: Make Weekly Goals able to recur just like tasks.
Other than that, really like the app. Much better than GQueues, which is what I had been using.
The way the recurring tasks work is that if you change the date of task, it will change the date of all the future occurrences. Recurring tasks are actually quite hard to get right for everyone, everyone has a different idea on how it should work. I think WEEK PLAN should do a better job at explaining what to expect when using the recurring tasks.
I will add that in my looooooooooooong todo list (in WEEK PLAN of course :))
One issue: It recurs on the day of the week it was completed instead of the day of the week it was created. I have tasks that I have to get done every week, and therefore go on my Monday task list. However, it sometimes takes me until Wednesday to get it done, so I move it from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday. On the following week, it now sits on Wednesday, not Monday.
I now this is the definition of a MINOR inconvenience. After all, all I have to do is click and drag the task on the new week to Monday from Wednesday and, poof, I'm done. But it's one of those things that people who look for things to complain about would complain about, so I figured I'd be a good BETA tester and sound off about it.
One other possible solution: Make Weekly Goals able to recur just like tasks.
Other than that, really like the app. Much better than GQueues, which is what I had been using.