I tend to gravitate toward apps that divide tasks into columns or grids (examples: Firetask’s Kanban, priority & calendar views, Memento’s “For You” view, HabitRpg’s 4 columns, or DIY spreadsheets, Stephen Covey’s Quadrants, Daymap’s projects & week views, etc.) because I feel like I can focus a little more easily on urgency or context while still getting a sense of what’s ahead or behind. GoodTask partially addresses this—the focus part—through its lists and views (it also excels at speedy editing & bulk editing (Quick Actions), etc. but I digress).
Yet, somehow I can still seem to find myself faced with long lists and details.
To streamline the view a bit, I have a couple of questions/suggestions.
#1 — Could task details be moved to the right of the title, at least optionally?
e.g. instead of
Call So-and-So
Today 9:00 AM (0/1) Financial ….
Send Email
Today 9:00 AM (0/1) Financial ….
- subtask
- subtask
Do Such-andSuch
Household ….
- subtask
one would see: [I had to insert lines to simulate alignment]
Call So-and-So ______ Today 9:00 AM (0/1) Financial ….
Send Email _________ Today 9:00 AM (0/1) Health ….
- subtask
- subtask
Do Such-andSuch ____________________ Household ….
- subtask
#2 — Could there be a per-task option for how many subtasks to show?
Some of my tasks are more complex, and the next subtask or most important action are all I want to see. Some subtasks are all independent actions and don’t have a particular order or importance, and I’d prefer to see all of them.