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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.

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.