Re: [appigo-todo] Why a Desktop App is essential vs the current sync method...

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,

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On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM, bos1deg <jparis411@gmail.com> 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

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