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Awesome! I've been looking for almost exactly this. The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. I'd be happy to try i

Awesome! I've been looking for almost exactly this. The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. I'd be happy to try it out as a web app first. When you snooze it for >=1 day, does it reappear at the time that it was snoozed or do the tasks somehow group into buckets where if you snooze all tasks that appear today for 1 day, they'll all appear tomorrow at the same time?

sanity31415 3y ago
> Awesome! I've been looking for almost exactly this. That's exactly what I was hoping people would say, thank you. > The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. I'd be happy to try it out as a web app first. That's helpful feedback, thank you. I'll give a web app version some thought. > When you snooze it for >=1 day, does it reappear at the time that it was snoozed or do the tasks somehow group into buckets where if you snooze all tasks that appear today for 1 day, they'll all appear tomorrow at the same time? NowDo only shows one task at a time - the "current task". This will be the oldest unsnoozed not-done task. So tasks won't necessarily be seen by the user the moment their snooze expires if there are older unsnoozed not-done tasks. Does that answer your question?
- web_user62 3y ago
  > The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. I'd be happy to try it out as a web app first. Hi, same concern here, would be happy to try the web version but not willing to install an app.
  - sanity31415 3y ago
    I'll give a web version some thought - we do plan to create Windows and Linux versions but perhaps a web version should be a higher priority.
JimRoepcke 3y ago
I’m curious what causes your hesitation to install a Mac app if you run macOS? I’m not suggesting you’re wrong, just wanting to understand.
- worthless-trash 3y ago
  Not OP: but this is what computing is coming to. Zero installs, all web apps, where users don't control their data. The average users computer ability has no doubt dropped over time as software is catering for the lowest common denominator. As this catering becomes more popular, this is the expectation people have, only original hardware vendors will be installing native apps. Sucks, but its the graveyard that we've built.
  - smusamashah 3y ago
    Web app has usually the least friction, unless when it's not. For this particular app, it can be a very simple widget on the website homepage even. Shouldn't require any js framework etc and all data will be local in your browser. As a demo widget or full blown html/JS app, both can work.
  - tigroferoce 3y ago
    This is not necessarily true. For instance someone coming from Linux might be uncomfortable installing non open source source from not trusted origin (I.e. not the distribution package manager). Also, installing anything anywhere is potentially a huge security risk, so I see why people use browsers as convenient sandboxes for trying out software.
    - worthless-trash 3y ago
      Yeah, maybe I should have said OS vendor.
- Erratic6576 3y ago
  Installing any adobe app, for example, takes control of your computer installing bloated software which remains in the background at all times. Google does similar things. Why do some apps install bloat in ~ or ~/Documents without letting me chose where ? If you want to sand box applications you need to use VM. Because some crap permeates the whole system. I’d like the OS to run a separare environment for each user or application with little to no access to my main installation.
sanity31415 3y ago
> The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. Just on this, if it makes you feel any better the app is signed through the Apple process (which was a PITA).
- wingerlang 3y ago
  Highly recommend making a simple script to do this, I distribute two apps manually and all I have to do is to kick off "./distribute.sh 1.2.3" which does every step required.
  - sanity31415 3y ago
    Yes, I've wired it up to work with Github Actions so it's automatic now - but it wasn't easy.
    - wingerlang 3y ago
      I do it locally on my laptop where I develop, for small personal projects like this I wouldn't go through the pain of a CI/CD system.
      - sanity31415 3y ago
        That makes sense for a solo project, but there are three of us working on this so it's helpful to use CI/CD.
        wingerlang 3y ago
        Yes, that makes more sense.

sanity31415 3y ago

> Awesome! I've been looking for almost exactly this. That's exactly what I was hoping people would say, thank you. > The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. I'd be happy to try it out as a web app first. That's helpful feedback, thank you. I'll give a web app version some thought. > When you snooze it for >=1 day, does it reappear at the time that it was snoozed or do the tasks somehow group into buckets where if you snooze all tasks that appear today for 1 day, they'll all appear tomorrow at the same time? NowDo only shows one task at a time - the "current task". This will be the oldest unsnoozed not-done task. So tasks won't necessarily be seen by the user the moment their snooze expires if there are older unsnoozed not-done tasks. Does that answer your question?

web_user62 3y ago
> The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. I'd be happy to try it out as a web app first. Hi, same concern here, would be happy to try the web version but not willing to install an app.
- sanity31415 3y ago
  I'll give a web version some thought - we do plan to create Windows and Linux versions but perhaps a web version should be a higher priority.

JimRoepcke 3y ago

I’m curious what causes your hesitation to install a Mac app if you run macOS? I’m not suggesting you’re wrong, just wanting to understand.

worthless-trash 3y ago
Not OP: but this is what computing is coming to. Zero installs, all web apps, where users don't control their data. The average users computer ability has no doubt dropped over time as software is catering for the lowest common denominator. As this catering becomes more popular, this is the expectation people have, only original hardware vendors will be installing native apps. Sucks, but its the graveyard that we've built.
- smusamashah 3y ago
  Web app has usually the least friction, unless when it's not. For this particular app, it can be a very simple widget on the website homepage even. Shouldn't require any js framework etc and all data will be local in your browser. As a demo widget or full blown html/JS app, both can work.
- tigroferoce 3y ago
  This is not necessarily true. For instance someone coming from Linux might be uncomfortable installing non open source source from not trusted origin (I.e. not the distribution package manager). Also, installing anything anywhere is potentially a huge security risk, so I see why people use browsers as convenient sandboxes for trying out software.
  - worthless-trash 3y ago
    Yeah, maybe I should have said OS vendor.
Erratic6576 3y ago
Installing any adobe app, for example, takes control of your computer installing bloated software which remains in the background at all times. Google does similar things. Why do some apps install bloat in ~ or ~/Documents without letting me chose where ? If you want to sand box applications you need to use VM. Because some crap permeates the whole system. I’d like the OS to run a separare environment for each user or application with little to no access to my main installation.

sanity31415 3y ago

> The only issue is that I'm not totally comfortable installing a Mac app to try it out. Just on this, if it makes you feel any better the app is signed through the Apple process (which was a PITA).

wingerlang 3y ago
Highly recommend making a simple script to do this, I distribute two apps manually and all I have to do is to kick off "./distribute.sh 1.2.3" which does every step required.
- sanity31415 3y ago
  Yes, I've wired it up to work with Github Actions so it's automatic now - but it wasn't easy.
  - wingerlang 3y ago
    I do it locally on my laptop where I develop, for small personal projects like this I wouldn't go through the pain of a CI/CD system.
    - sanity31415 3y ago
      That makes sense for a solo project, but there are three of us working on this so it's helpful to use CI/CD.
      - wingerlang 3y ago
        Yes, that makes more sense.