Thanks for your suggestion. We will certainly look in to it. The Appigo Team
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:06 AM, ilya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I would suggest that tracking time spent on a > task really does not require an alarm. > I'm happy to start/stop the timer manually. People use and buy apps > like Parallel Timer today without > the alarm function. > > So I would suggest that you consider implementing task timers without > waiting for the SDK to support > alarms (who knows when Apple will get around to that?) > > Thanks, > > ilya > > On Dec 31 2008, 4:27 pm, "Appigo Support" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for getting back with us. We should have been more clear in our > > response. We certainly could track the time in the way you suggested. > We > > were suggesting that because of the limitations of the SDK, we cannot > offer > > the same alarm experience that you would expect from the native iPhone > > Apps. We prefer to wait for the SDK to allow an alarm function because > it > > will be the cleanest option for an alarm. > > > > Another limitation of the SDK is that most native apps are closed off > from > > third party apps. As a result, we would not be able to access the built > in > > alarm feature in the iPhons OS. > > > > We appreicate your suggestions and feedback. It is very important to us > to > > know what our users would like to see in our products. We hope you > continue > > to express your views. > > > > Thanks, > > > > The Appigo Team > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:08 AM, ilya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You don't need an alarm function to keep track of time spent on each > > > task. > > > Look at the Parallel Timers app. When the user quites Todo you store > > > which timers > > > were running, how much time was left on each running timer. and the > > > time that the > > > Todo app was closed. When the user enters Todo again you subtract > > > from the running timers the time elapsed since Todo was closed. > > > > > Of course, this means that at the end of the task the user has to > > > remember to > > > open Todo and manually stop or pause the timer. But it's easy to > > > develop a habit > > > of doing that. > > > > > Also, you can overcome the SDK limitation and still have an alarm, by > > > adding a > > > new Task that starts when you want the alarm, syncing to the Toodledo > > > website, > > > and having the website send the SMS or email reminder. > > > > > (Also, the iPhone has the Alarm function in its built-in Clock app... > > > is there a way > > > to automatically add an alarm to the clock? then you get an alarm > > > without > > > having to run your own app in the background). > > > > > On Dec 27, 4:03 pm, "Appigo Support" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for taking the time to write to us. We love hearing > > > > suggestions and feedback from our customers. This is certainly an > > > > interesting idea that we will pass along to our developers for > review. > > > > We will not be able to provide an alarm function due to the > > > > restraints of the iPhone SDK but it is an excellent idea. > > > > > > We hope you continue to send us your suggestions and feedback. We > > > > really appreciate it. If there is anything else we can do just let > us > > > > know. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > The Appigo Team > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:46 PM, ilya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Often you want to spend a particular amount of time doing a task, > e.g. > > > > > "spend 3 hours cleaning the apartment". It would be great if Todo > > > > > would keep track of how much time you've already spent. So, you'd > > > > > create the task "clean apartment" with the duration "3 hours". > > > > > There'd be buttons in Todo, "start working on task" and "stop > working > > > > > on task", which you could press when you start/stop working on the > > > > > task. Todo would then keep track of how much time is left, and > would > > > > > mark the task "Completed" once the duration has passed (and perhaps > > > > > alert you with an alarm). > > > > > > > This would save you from having to explicitly break a complex task > > > > > into sub-tasks: you'd just make sure to spend a given amount of > time > > > > > on the complex task, and would break it down on-the-fly as you do > it. > > > > > This would also make it easy to do a long task in several time > > > > > intervals. > > > > > > > Combined with the "repeating tasks" suggestion given earlier, this > > > > > would make it easy to get long-term goals done, e.g. "spend 3 hours > > > > > every week reading on given subject", or "spend 1 hour each day > > > > > exercising". Todo could even "roll over" the time into the next > week > > > > > or period -- e.g. if you only spent 2 hours this week reading then > it > > > > > could add the hour to next week's instance of the repeating task, > > > > > creating a 4-hour reading task. In keeping with GTD method, you > > > > > wouldn't have to plan _when_ you do things, but Todo would help > ensure > > > > > _that_ you do them whenever you can. > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > ilya > > > > > > -- > > > > Appigo Support > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Learn more about AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker), Notebook (notes > > > > available everywhere), and Todo (simple task management) on Appigo's > > > > website:http://www.appigo.com/ > > > > -- > > Appigo Support > > [email protected] > > > > Learn more about AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker), Notebook (notes > > available everywhere), and Todo (simple task management) on Appigo's > > website:http://www.appigo.com/ > > > > -- Appigo Support [email protected] Learn more about AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker), Notebook (notes available everywhere), and Todo (simple task management) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Learn more about Todo, Notebook (notes available everywhere), and AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Appigo Todo" group. 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