In fact, it became obvious that some task-management apps were quite unsuitable for the uses that some users wanted to put them to, whilst other users were perfectly happy with them. Reading forums like this one, it was obvious that a number of users of the apps that lacked them fudged how they used them in order to make up for the lack - or complained loudly about it. Only a few (including OmniFocus) had them, but also didn’t always shout about it. Then evaluate the choices against your feature “must-have” list.Īn example: for many years a number of task-management apps lacked start or “defer” dates, but didn’t shout about it. Write down the task-management functions that you really want and need, and only afterwards look at the choices of applications on offer. ' Before I test anything I always try to work out what I really need from it, not what I would like but what core functions does it have to be able to fulfil without friction.'įrom experience (I’ve been trying out task-management apps since more or less they were invented for the Mac, at least), I can only underline the importance of what TheOD has written above.

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