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I love both Trello and Remember the Milk, using them for different purposes, but keyboard shortcuts shouldn't be one of your reasons for one tool versus the oth
by gecko 14y ago
I love both Trello and Remember the Milk, using them for different purposes, but keyboard shortcuts shouldn't be one of your reasons for one tool versus the other. Both tools allow you to specify most of the information you want right at construction time (e.g., <N> "Remember the milk #groceries ^Soon ^1" <RET>, makes a new card, labels it Groceries, and puts it at position 1 in the "Soon" list--basically the same as RTM's <C> "Remember the milk #groceries !1" <RET>). Both tools let you search from the keyboard ("F" for Trello, "/" for RTM). Both let you assign due dates from the keyboard, with "D". Both let clear out cards from the keyboard, with "C" for Trello, "XC" for RTM. Noticing a pattern here?
I love RTM, and I think there are good reasons for using it, but keyboard shortcuts shouldn't be one of them.
- SonicSoul 14y agoi guess that depends what is important to you. I highly value being able to skip the mouse. this is also my #1 feature of gmail, and biggest gripe with Outlook (it has most keyboard support but some is missing or hard to remember intuitively). Thanks for the good tip about construction! Often times though, items are managed after creation and that's where keyboard support comes in handy for me.
- gecko 14y agoI think I'm missing something. Most of those shortcuts I gave are post-creation. You can use Trello fully from the keyboard; is there something specific not available that's bugging you?
- SonicSoul 14y agomy bad. not as familiar with Trello but if it has a full navigation support via keyboard than should be as quick to use as RTM. Fogcreek guys are very smart so I'm sure that implementation is a pleasure to work with. Did you switch to Trello for GTD stuff?