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Thanks for sharing. Seems like Asana is getting a lot of love lately. Is it that great? I mainly use Workflowy & Trello but I'm always shopping for a better to

by knes 14y ago

Thanks for sharing. Seems like Asana is getting a lot of love lately. Is it that great? I mainly use Workflowy & Trello but I'm always shopping for a better tool :)

namityadav 14y ago
It's a great tool. My only complaint is -- Currently there's no way to search notes or comments inside a task.
ryancarson 14y ago
I found Trello too complex and WorkFlowy under-supported. Asana is just the right mix. It's powerful and flexible but it gets out of your way.
- AndrewDucker 14y ago
  I'm intrigued - what lack of support did you find in Workflowy? I use it a lot, and never needed any support, and now I'm wondering what I'm missing!
  - ryancarson 14y ago
    There was a big bug with not being able to add/edit tasks once you had sorted by a hashtag. Probably fixed now, but it was a show-stopper for me.
    - rattray 14y ago
      I think they fixed that a long time ago: http://blog.workflowy.com/new-workflowy-feature-add-stuff-while-in-sear http://blog.workflowy.com/new-workflowy-feature-add-stuff-wh... Re: responsiveness, I've actually been very impressed by the team. I've emailed them about 3 separate product suggestions, one of which was actually pretty dumb. They got back to me in all cases very quickly and thoughtfully. It's a small team -- still just two guys, I think -- but they've been doing a great job to improve it quickly.
- czzarr 14y ago
  Trello too complex, seriously? I had the opposite experience, I found Trello super straightforward, and so did my parents, girlfriend, friends etc, whereas Asana is not that straightforward
- AndrewDucker 14y ago
  I just had a play with Asana, which is great in many ways. But doesn't support a hierarchy other than Project->Task. As I frequently want to break things down into much smaller chunks and subchunks I guess I'll be sticking with Workflowy for the moment. Shame, really. It's got a great interface.
  - saturdaysaint 14y ago
    Exactly, I replaced Asana with Workflowy for this reason. The other showstopper for me was that Asana's mobile site is almost unusable outside of a fast wi-fi connection. Workflowy is extremely usable from a phone even when I'm in an area with weak bandwidth. So I can take notes and start planning while in a meeting and they're on my screen when I get back to my desk.
pclark 14y ago
Asana is amazing. The product has matured to the point of excellence.
- ryancarson 14y ago
  Agreed. It's largely replacing email at Treehouse (our company).
  - csallen 14y ago
    Curious: How has Asana improved in the past 6 months?
- Spearchucker 14y ago
  It is amazing, I agree. That said, it's an amazing product I can't use. I need access when I'm not connected to the web, because I do most of this stuff when I'm on the Underground. It needs to sync up when I'm connected - and Asana doesn't support my phone. It's a sign of the times - there is great (read AWESOME) and very usable tech out there these days, but it's reach is still severely limited - be that because of cost constraints, walled gardens or developer laziness, arrogance or ignorance. So I end up writing this kind of software for myself. I end up with a tiny fraction of the features in exchange for reach.
tarmac 14y ago
You should give Intervals a try if you haven't already: http://www.myintervals.com/ http://www.myintervals.com/

by knes 14y ago

Thanks for sharing. Seems like Asana is getting a lot of love lately. Is it that great? I mainly use Workflowy & Trello but I'm always shopping for a better tool :)

namityadav 14y ago

It's a great tool. My only complaint is -- Currently there's no way to search notes or comments inside a task.

ryancarson 14y ago

I found Trello too complex and WorkFlowy under-supported. Asana is just the right mix. It's powerful and flexible but it gets out of your way.

AndrewDucker 14y ago
I'm intrigued - what lack of support did you find in Workflowy? I use it a lot, and never needed any support, and now I'm wondering what I'm missing!
- ryancarson 14y ago
  There was a big bug with not being able to add/edit tasks once you had sorted by a hashtag. Probably fixed now, but it was a show-stopper for me.
  - rattray 14y ago
    I think they fixed that a long time ago: http://blog.workflowy.com/new-workflowy-feature-add-stuff-while-in-sear http://blog.workflowy.com/new-workflowy-feature-add-stuff-wh... Re: responsiveness, I've actually been very impressed by the team. I've emailed them about 3 separate product suggestions, one of which was actually pretty dumb. They got back to me in all cases very quickly and thoughtfully. It's a small team -- still just two guys, I think -- but they've been doing a great job to improve it quickly.
czzarr 14y ago
Trello too complex, seriously? I had the opposite experience, I found Trello super straightforward, and so did my parents, girlfriend, friends etc, whereas Asana is not that straightforward
AndrewDucker 14y ago
I just had a play with Asana, which is great in many ways. But doesn't support a hierarchy other than Project->Task. As I frequently want to break things down into much smaller chunks and subchunks I guess I'll be sticking with Workflowy for the moment. Shame, really. It's got a great interface.
- saturdaysaint 14y ago
  Exactly, I replaced Asana with Workflowy for this reason. The other showstopper for me was that Asana's mobile site is almost unusable outside of a fast wi-fi connection. Workflowy is extremely usable from a phone even when I'm in an area with weak bandwidth. So I can take notes and start planning while in a meeting and they're on my screen when I get back to my desk.

pclark 14y ago

Asana is amazing. The product has matured to the point of excellence.

ryancarson 14y ago
Agreed. It's largely replacing email at Treehouse (our company).
- csallen 14y ago
  Curious: How has Asana improved in the past 6 months?
Spearchucker 14y ago
It is amazing, I agree. That said, it's an amazing product I can't use. I need access when I'm not connected to the web, because I do most of this stuff when I'm on the Underground. It needs to sync up when I'm connected - and Asana doesn't support my phone. It's a sign of the times - there is great (read AWESOME) and very usable tech out there these days, but it's reach is still severely limited - be that because of cost constraints, walled gardens or developer laziness, arrogance or ignorance. So I end up writing this kind of software for myself. I end up with a tiny fraction of the features in exchange for reach.

tarmac 14y ago

You should give Intervals a try if you haven't already: http://www.myintervals.com/ http://www.myintervals.com/