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Microsoft Debuts New 'To-Do' Wunderlist Replacement

@nnoble, yeah. I don't understand why they combined Sunrise into Outlook, somehow I fall in the group that prefers my Calendar, Mail and ToDo app to be separate.
 
ipedro said:
I've been using Things since the very beginning but after 5 years of waiting and Things 3 finally FINALLY!! having a release date (sort of), I find myself questioning my loyalty to Cultured Code, a company with a horrible track record for late releases (is 4 years late even considered late?) and poor communication with their customers. I might give this a try.
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Funny part is I left Things for Wunderlist.
 
rvinny said:
Funny part is I left Things for Wunderlist.
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I am curious to see what the new Things apps will look like. I don't think it will meet my needs as it does not appear to be cross platform. I seem to recall having downloaded the current version for free before during a sale, but didn't like it enough to switch from Wunderlist.
 
udontno said:
I am curious to see what the new Things apps will look like. I don't think it will meet my needs as it does not appear to be cross platform. I seem to recall having downloaded the current version for free before during a sale, but didn't like it enough to switch from Wunderlist.
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I'm not on the beta but I've seen Things 3. They got rid of the Today star mode that allowed you to tap on items you wanted to do today or tap them off if you're too busy to do it all. They have a scheduling system instead but it's not as fun or convenient.
 
ipedro said:
I'm not on the beta but I've seen Things 3. They got rid of the Today star mode that allowed you to tap on items you wanted to do today or tap them off if you're too busy to do it all. They have a scheduling system instead but it's not as fun or convenient.
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:-( Makes me rather unhappy. I'm going to look at Todoist, but it does not look like Wunderlist which makes me very unhappy.
 
nnoble said:
Wunderlist is one of those killer apps, it's highly rated and the list of complaints are minimal. It works, it's not broken, there is nothing to fix. Microsoft creates some good software (one note) and some less good (one drive) and above all, they have in the past been the master of Bloatware. Lets hope they don't butcher Wunderlist, it's there on thousands of devices and it just works. These days it seems that 'just works' is the holy grail since too many apps just don't work.
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And that's why iOS was so famous and popular among many people and Apple could quickly grab loyal customers in its golden age: when something "just work", it's an honor and true joy.
Been messed up with Raspberry Pi recently and I must say: having a production ready pi board is... well... a must, especially for the programming beginner. So many "just does not work" during initial configuration.
[doublepost=1492904973][/doublepost]Now I wonder: if the app is retired, what would happen?
 
Shirasaki said:
So the Wunderlist is a cloud based app? I thought it has local features...
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Wunderlist is not only cloud based but it is a remarkably efficient collaborative tool. I work with a group of students in China and we run an entire course using Wunderlist. To introduce this current itteration of To-Do as a replacement is a bit worrying. Having said that, the new app is so far removed from where it needs to be I think it will be some time before Wunderlist disappears.
 
ipedro said:
I've been using Things since the very beginning but after 5 years of waiting and Things 3 finally FINALLY!! having a release date (sort of), I find myself questioning my loyalty to Cultured Code, a company with a horrible track record for late releases (is 4 years late even considered late?) and poor communication with their customers. I might give this a try.
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I left Things because their development pace is glacial.

2do is awesome. All the flexibility of Omnifocus and not near as complicated to use.
 
I commented on Wunderlist's facebook page, which resulted in them messaging me. I hit them hard with the fact that they likely will not expand to older versions of Windows (despite a lot of folks still running Windows 7 or 8) and they probably won't come to the Kindle Fire. I also asked about people with lifetime subscriptions.

No answer yet.
 
Doug0915 said:
I left Things because their development pace is glacial.

2do is awesome. All the flexibility of Omnifocus and not near as complicated to use.
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"Glacial" is an understatement. I can't imagine how any developer can take 5 years to build what is essentially a checklist app. Add that to their penchant for secrecy which doesn't work for them because they are not Apple and it's very hard to stand by them.
 
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ipedro said:
"Glacial" is an understatement. I can't imagine how any developer can take 5 years to build what is essentially a checklist app. Add that to their penchant for secrecy which doesn't work for them because they are not Apple and it's very hard to stand by them.
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I was a big fan of Things in the beginning. It was one of those Mac / iOS killer apps but their time in the sun is over. I am not upgrading to Things 3. I'll stick to the bloody end with Wunderlist and then see what's on the market as an alternate.
 
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Yeah, the only reason why I'm not getting into Things 3 is because of the developer history and I find it hard to swallow paying a premium on both their iPad and iPhone apps, everyone pretty much is charging a flat price and make it as a universal app. I'm okay with them charging for the Mac version, but a nono for charging separately for iPad and iPhone version.
 
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