This looks amazing, but unfortunately is missing some core features I need for my workflow.
- Import via an open API - I have many inputs, including Email, Kanban boards, bug trackers etc - I want to write my own integrations.
- Defer dates - I have a lot of stuff, I do not want visibility of stuff until I can actually action it.
- Reviews - this is critical to handling large quantities of todo items, regular reviews is a must, I want to be able to tag items/headers with a review schedule.
- Recurrence - I do things once a week, I need to be able to schedule this. Alternatively integration with Google Calendar so it can trigger recurring items.
I just started using this and I'm already a complete convert! I've been using google keep, any.do, and google calendar to keep track of slightly different things since no one app fit all my needs. But moo.do actually seems flexible enough to handle everything I use those 3 apps for!
I've only been using it for a couple hours but I've already transferred everything I have from my other apps to it and I'm already fluent in using all the shortcuts. I also really like the flexibility you get from being able to add any number of panes emacs-style. I'm able to have a normal pane open focused on work stuff, a timeline pane open filtered for @today, and another normal pane open to capture random thoughts and to-dos I want to jot down. It's already made me insanely productive.
One nitpick I have is that I wish that searching on certain dates would also pick up equivalent references to that date. For example, I've entered some tasks as @wednesday but other tasks as @october1. It would be awesome if I were able to search on @wednesday and also pick up the tasks tagged @october1. Also having recurring tasks would be awesome too.
I know this is a pretty open/flexble tool — but from looking at the examples and trying out the web/app I have a few questions:
- What is the intended delineation between a document and a top-level header?
- How are notifications in the app (ios) incorporated. Do they notify based on "@date time" of item?
- How might this be used as a notepad. It seems like a big aspect of it is the crossing-off of items?
- Does @tomorrow turn into @today in the document when a day has passed. Same w/ @today to @yesterday etc?
Otherwise, this app has really captured my interest.
I'm a bit overwhelmed by the interface though — coming from a simple list / to-do app where there aren't hierarchal levels displayed inline... I think the search/filter will definitely help with this but I may have to get used to it.
Edit: one more thought — i would like to be able to use the +person tagging but do not want to use Google Contacts (or device contacts for that matter, which isnt possible). I know I can use #name but would prefer the look of the +person as designed. (along the same lines, I wouldn't minde decoupling the app from Google at some point...)
Thanks for taking the time to learn more about Moo.do!
> What is the intended delineation between a document and a top-level header?
Sharing and collaboration works at a document level. I have a separate document if I need to collaborate with someone on a unique topic and have multiple top-level headers in a single document for broad organization within a single topic.
> How are notifications in the app (ios) incorporated. Do they notify based on "@date time" of item?
Each item that specifies a time of day using ‘@date time’ will get a notification 30 minutes before it is due. Items that do not have an exact time mentioned (like 3:00pm) will not cause a notification. [This is not currently working on iOS 8 and we have an update waiting for review.]
> How might this be used as a notepad. It seems like a big aspect of it is the crossing-off of items?
We’ve tried to keep the app as close to just editing text as possible. You can type like you would in Notepad or a Word/Google document with no problems. All of our features are there if you would like to use them but will stay out of your way if you don’t.
> Does @tomorrow turn into @today in the document when a day has passed. Same w/ @today to @yesterday etc?
Yes - we rollover dates that change meaning as the current day change. If you want to ‘pin’ an item to stay visible to you, you could set a priority on the item or mark it as @now or @soon.
We have plans to add additional sources of contacts (and other services) to the app. Having first and third party plugins for adding content and viewing data in different ways is a big part of our goal.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. That all makes sense and is what I would have hoped to be the case.
I see below too that you've spent a lot of time on this — it definitely shows. I am already finding the keyboard shortcuts and text manipulation to exceed my expectations a web-app that's based on a giant free-form textbox.
A couple comments on the iOS app. I am running iOS 8 so maybe these are known issues awaiting an Apple approval... Both the keyboard and horizontal position in the stack seem to get stuck often.
An example to cause this would be to tap into an existing item while the keyboard is up to reposition the cursor ... if I pan right/left it'll start to pan the view left/right along with it which will persist once I'm done. Swiping left/right after this will keep this offset. The keyboard too also sticks to a certain degree in these position changes.
We appreciate the bug report, we will look into this for our next app release.
Let us know if we're missing any keyboard shortcuts that would be useful to you! My favorite one that got added recently (and as a result is currently undocumented) is using alt+shift+up/down arrows to move items around.
In addition to adding more services and content types accessible through Moo.do, we would like to add more ways to view that content.
So for example we currently have two ways of viewing your data within Moo.do (what we call a 'Normal Pane' and a 'Timeline Pane'. The 'Normal Pane' displays as a hierarchical text document. The 'Timeline Pane' displays your items ordered by due date and priority. Both of these operate on the same data but the end result is different.
We strongly believe that you should remain in control of your data. We currently support HTML, JSON and plain text exports with plans to support OPML. If there's another format you're interested in let us know.
We also support direct imports from Wunderlist, Google Tasks, Workflowy, Trello and Todoist. When you first run the app options to import your data will be there.
You can also access your data directly using the Google Realtime API. Your data is stored on your own Google Drive - you're not going to lose access to it.
This is a pretty well thought out note-taking/organisation app. Evernote and Keep weren't really cutting it for me, so I have been looking for one for a while. Even considered building one myself (which I still might eventually), so I have checked out quite a few. Congrats to the team who put this together. One slight grudge, which hopefully they would have considered fixing already -- the Android installer is quite big.
Glad you like it nnain! We also spent a lot of time looking at different organization options prior to starting Moo.do and weren't happy with what they provided (usually at a cost!). If there's a killer feature that would make Moo.do a better experience for you we'd love to hear about it.
The size of the android install is a little on the large size, but we're using https://crosswalk-project.org/ instead of the native webview to get better feature support and performance on older devices.
Your app already has more features than I wanted! So no problem with that. I found the navigation a bit confusing initially, despite the interesting intro video. Have figured it out now. I will need to use the app more more to say how I like it with larger notes.
Our first commit to our active repository was 7/16/12, so it's been a while coming. Our team of two has put Moo.do through a bunch of iterations and some massive changes since then.
We're currently focused on enhancing our agenda/calendar experience and integrating additional services and data sources into Moo.do. Is there a feature that you would be particularly excited to see?
Hey this is awesome! I love it. I have one serious bug tho. I'm a german user with a german keyboard and I'm not able to add a ":" (for example to add a time). I have to copy and paste it manually. When I try to enter a ":", a ">" appears instead. I am using Chromium 37 under Arch Linux (everything german).
Thanks for the bug report - we are actively looking at a couple of internationalization issues. If you run into more please send an email to contact@moo.do and we will make sure it is handled.
I'm always pretty skeptical of any new "organizational tool" but this really fits with my workflow. Currently porting over most of my todo lists/tasks.
Would be nice to get access to a full API. If I could automatically add github issues here, or feed things in from trello/email I would never have to use anything else.
We’re planning to integrate many more services into Moo.do. Having first and third party plugins for adding content and viewing data in different ways is a big part of our goal. We’re looking into the best way to achieve that and what a full API would look like.
Yeah, we were inspired by text-based solutions because they're so much easier to work with than a big complicated UI. But they generally don't scale very well. So we're trying to make something that's as easy as text but also super powerful.
I've been looking for something more powerful than Workflowy that is also based on outlining, and this fits the bill. The biggest issue for me was that Workflowy didn't have the support for due-dates and filtering tasks that I prefer for my workflow. Very excited to get to know Moo.do.
I would just kill for this to be a local and native application. This is literally what I've been collecting myself to build. A note-taking app that automatically generates a timeline/agenda. I might just use this, but I never stick to web based interfaces like this.
We have a Chrome app (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moodo-organize-you...) available that acts as a native app and includes notifications. If you're on OSX and don't use Chrome, FluidApp is a great alternative. We completely support offline access to your data from both the apps as well as your browser. Hope that's helpful - if you have any questions send us an email at contact@moo.do.
Very cool.. thanks for sharing. Long time user of Keep, will try to see how this handles. Are geo-location tags also available within the notes you take? Can they be connected with reminders when you are passing by certain location? (similar to Google Now)
Just wanted to say that the onboarding for this is fantastic. It made me understand/explore way more than I normally would. I really wanted all those things in the help list to be checked off!
I plan on giving this app a whirl for the next few days to see how it goes.
I currently use Keep, but it's getting messy. Hopefully this will help!
I really like how your logo goes from the top of the page, centered, to the bar at the top. I don't know too much about web design (I'm still learning), but how did you accomplish this?
We certainly hope it does! If you have any questions or issues porting your data over let us know.
The header is set as position: fixed in css so it will stick to the top of the page. We hook into the document.onscroll event and set a css transform on the logo when the page is scrolled down. The css transition gives it a smooth animation. We also transition the opacity on the “Organize your way” text to hide it as it moves to the top of the page.
We are working on supporting international dates and keyboards better. I don't have an ETA for when this will be available, but it will be sooner rather than later.
In the short term no. We rely on Google to provide free data storage and a free data synchronization backend in order to provide a free app.
In the long term yes. We would like to allow the user to choose where and how their data is stored. We want you to have complete control over any data that you put into the app. We do however have a large number of features that we feel are important to Moo.do to finish before we get to this point.
We do not send any personal information about your account apart from your email address to our servers, everything else is only sent to your devices. We use Google Drive and the Google Realtime API to synchronize your data.
It's not that we want access to your Google account as much as your account stores your information you enter. As a result our servers handle (and have access to) significantly less of your personal data than most other services.
If you have more privacy concerns or want to know more about how Moo.do uses your Google account please send me an email at grant@moo.do or check out our privacy policy http://moo.do/privacy.
Perhaps you're thinking of GTD (Getting Things Done), a highly structured productivity/organization system that can be carried out with anything from paper folders to powerful apps? If so, Moo.do would work well since it supports using @tags for contexts, among other parts of GTD.
- Import via an open API - I have many inputs, including Email, Kanban boards, bug trackers etc - I want to write my own integrations.
- Defer dates - I have a lot of stuff, I do not want visibility of stuff until I can actually action it.
- Reviews - this is critical to handling large quantities of todo items, regular reviews is a must, I want to be able to tag items/headers with a review schedule.
- Recurrence - I do things once a week, I need to be able to schedule this. Alternatively integration with Google Calendar so it can trigger recurring items.