bos1deg, Thank you for taking the time to articulate your thoughts on some of the benefits a Todo desktop application would bring for our existing and potentially new Appigo customers. While we have already mentioned in previous threads that we don't publish a scheduled roadmap, there has been a lot of expressed interested from our customers about having us embark down this path and we are taking note.
Thanks, The Appigo Team -- Appigo Support [email protected] Learn more about Todo (task management made simple), Notebook (notes available everywhere), and AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ Follow the latest from Appigo on Facebook: http://www.tinyurl.com/appigo-fb Follow the latest from Appigo on Twitter: http://twitter.com/appigo Participate with Appigo and our community using the following Google groups: http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-todo/ http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-notebook/ http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-accufuel/ On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM, bos1deg <[email protected]> wrote: > Current methods for syncing have been invested into and work however > there are some key elements that the user is left without due to the > fact that a great mobile application is forced to conform to the > working mechanisms of 2 existing calendaring applications that were > never built to function in the manner that Todo does. > > Side notes: > Lets not collectively forget that the reason Todo is a great > alternative to the current calendaring and todo application that is > offered by Apple/outlook is that it's a refreshing and effective > application period. To take this very popular mobile application and > downgrade it's synced output to conform to the user interface and > functionalities of existing applications demeans all of it's glorious > functionality in terms of how the consumer interacts with the the Todo > application. > > 1. While the prospect of creating a desktop version of Todo (windows > based and mac) would initially require a major initiative on the part > of Appigo it's functionality would be parallel to the same ease of use > that mobile Todo has provided for so many. > > 2. Aside from point 1. which shouldn't need to be elaborated on other > than what so many creative minds can come up with in terms of how that > end product would be presented, is the fact that the Todo Desktop > application could fill in a few additional gaps that Apple iCal and > MS's Outlook fail to accomplish. That being the redundant clear cut > between a todo and a calendar item. The fact that there are 2 > separate lists, todos and calendared events, is a conundrum that > should have been addressed by both Apple and MS a long time ago. The > integration of both of these is point where Todo Desktop can pick up > on and provide the end user with a list of scheduled events that > appear on the Calendar interface for a Todo Desktop Application as > well as a side bar list of Todos that have not been given dates to > yet. When a todo is given a date the software allocates that task to > a place on the calendar interface and handles completed/uncompleted > tasks in the same manner that the mobile version does. > > 3. Naturally there is the freedom to create the application in the > manner in which Appigo chooses as well as the additional revenue that > a desktop version would provide. That aside is it would position the > application in better competitive standpoint with other current > applications that exist on the iPhone that already offer some form of > desktop partner to the mobile app (specific reference to "Things") > > 4. As previously mentioned many of the core functionality of mobile > Todo does not translate well in some cases to existing applications > not created by Appigo, User interface, User interaction, Todos that > appear on a calendar view which would be very useful with recurring > tasks, projects, checklists, priorities , contexts, tags, The Focus > list, as well as hyperlinks that allow for "locations, urls,", notes > within a todo and the intuitive completed log of tasks that the > mobile version currently provides. NONE of those things translate as > effectively as the should into existing applications. > > > If all of those things mentioned above, and i'm not assuming they > haven't been thought of by the good people at Appigo already, isn't > reason enough to fully embark on getting this desktop app ball rolling > immediately than I really am perplexed as to what reasons Appigo has > for Not doing so? > > > > bos1deg > > -- > Learn more about Todo (task management made simple), 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. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-todo?hl=en > -- Learn more about Todo (task management made simple), 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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