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Simplify Tasks, increase focus (no cards, allow hide description)

Open peachp opened this issue 3 years ago • 2 comments

For me, this app is not to replace my main tasks system else where. I got confused how the Task list works, why there are listS, some cards etc. Not sure why a Task is called "Card"...

The way I see it, in this app I would put only a handful tasks for one - three days, which I want to focus on. So maybe just a super simple list of tasks: Task 1 Task 2 [Empty field: input new task]

That's it! Maybe allow to re-arrange the tasks, so the top one is shown under "Timer".

Also, for the same reasons I would either completely remove descriptions, or at least have a Setting to hide them under "Timer". Again, I'm not using Pomatez as my project management tool where I have detailed description of tasks. I use Pomatez to keep me focus what I should be working on - so I can quickly glance on it (it is always on top for me) to immediately see what I should be focusing on, and not read some descriptions.

  1. I would also display the Task I'm focusing on under Timer, in a more prominent way: just the Task itself (w/o description, see 2.), bigger and centered horizontally and vertically between "Stay Focused" and the pause button. Or something like that.

peachp avatar Jan 04 '21 14:01 peachp

I will admit that this app is not yet polish due to some reasons.
A lot of things need to refactor and improve, but I will try to improve this app as soon as I have enough time. Anyways, thank you @peachp.

roldanjr avatar Jan 05 '21 01:01 roldanjr

Sounds good! The UX is a subjective topic, so it is just my view. When you come to this area, let me know and I can provide more detailed spec of how I think a good UX should be.

For now, as a quick fix it would be great to at least hide the "There's no description..." message under Time under the Task (Card?) title. This is something I believe would fit everyone. It will reduce the visual noise on Time tab and allow to stay focused more.

peachp avatar Jan 05 '21 13:01 peachp