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Task duration
It's a real pity that you didn't set the task duration function in your new release! We are asking for it for a long time... Even if you app is nicer, I prefer to use Doit.im because it allows to assign a duration to a task....
Best regards
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Hello Michel,
We're sorry to hear that. We'll consider adding this feature in future updates.
Best regards,
Thanks David for your quick answer :) Hope next release will include this feature :)))
Best regards
Yes please SERIOUSLY consider doing this; the whole point of an app like Todoist is to EASE mental burdens by automating things and reducing redundancy in app use; if we have to make little notes to ourselves to check if such and such is still repeating and if so to delete it from repeating and so on, well then we may as well use GCal for repeating, as has been mentioned before. And then the stress starts because what should be handled in one app now needs two. If you want to see an EXCELLENT implementation of this particular feature set I highly recommend you folks start a Nirvana user account and see how they do it with start, end, due, durations, etc., all done with easy to understand logic ...
Ditto that!
Here here
+1 for the suggestion. Looking forward to the next release that has this feature.
I would GREATLY appreciate this feature. Thanks for your consideration!
Really really needed. I don't use todoist as much as i would like because there is no way to plan and organize tasks based on their duration. I tried to duration as labels, but it is clumsy, at best.
I ,too, really need this feature to be able to fully use Todoist.
YES! I think it was more urgent as a feature than notifications based on location ....
Duration on each task would allow:
- Sort by duration / context, such as: "Show me all tasks I could do in the next hour at my desk" and focus on them.
- Better evaluate tasks and their prioritization by breaking-off in subtasks for better planning (ex: instead of a quite bold and single "Do marketing plan" that I have no really idea how much it would take, I could break-off with "List all products from competitors from websites = 2 hours" + "Write first draft for mission statement = 45 minutes" + "Send email with draf to colleagues = 10 minutes" + etc + etc.. and then realize that my single task would take 70 hours final, and setting it due for next week is unrealistic unless I reschedule other tasks.
- Evaluate if my "daily tasks" are too much to handle in a single day (ex: if Todoist shows that my 12 tasks due for today add to 16 hours in a regular 8 hours schedule, I might have a problem !).
- Better evaluate if my due dates are realistic based on other existing tasks (ex: such as Todoist prompting me "Hey guy, you want to set this task for this Friday, but there is no way you could do that taking into account duration of other tasks due before that!")
- Better scoring for Karma (does completing 5 x 2 minutes is really greater then 1 x 2 hours ?)
Todo lists are great, but I always end with great auto-induce deception and guilt because I have too many incomplete tasks for which I have difficulties to evaluate their duration. I end up postponing continuously the same big tasks "Do accounting" or "Paint the bedroom" with a feeling of being poorly organized and productive. On the other hand, breaking off tasks in sub-tasks WITHOUT duration (as it is now) end up with literally hundreds of tasks for which incorrectly set due date or or only sheer number push me into a false logic of emergency and lateness that invite me to do as much as short trivial tasks before real important ones just for the sake of shortening my pressuring, ever-ending todo list. Paradox: more I todolist, more I become unorganized and unprioritized.
Of course, task duration + task dependency would be really the best combination !!!
If so, setting due date of main task + evaluating duration of subtasks + establishing dependency with each on would help me to really prioritize what's more important to do
I simply put the estimated number of hours in parenthesis after the task description. I find this system adequate for my planning and execution purposes. I do this only for tasks that will likely take more than 30 minutes.
For example:
Read papers on experiment design (3 hr)
Review draft paper (45 min)
I buy everything written by Laurent Duchastel. I will add another one: connexion with your calendar; it will be very useful to see on your calendar all the tasks you have scheduled with their exact duration before making any appointment. Using task description doesn't allow that.
To paraphrase David Allen (GTD Creator), that we have to ask ourselves if we are fresh or are we toast.
And that is the second limitor (Energy) after context of location ex. @Home @Office.
And he aslo says that if we have the energy of 5 minutes we should do a 5 minute thing. And to do that we need to know the expected time duration of tasks, or at least have the option to use it.
Laurent and Michel point out the key facts perfectly.
Todoist makes planning and keeping track a lot easier - -thats for sure. But I still hope to find the little extra that makes it more professional or maybe adult.
Planning daily tasks or replanning them would be much more efficient.
Right now I help myself with labels. Especially the 1min label helps to identify things to do now and in a row. "Do them before you write them down" you might say. And you are right, but there are days where I am on the road and can proceed to do the tasks when I am back at office or at home. ;-)
Really hope to receive that feature.
I do like Todoist, but that matter of task duration is to me a serious negative point.
Yesterday I was invited to use the Magneto calendar: www.magneto.me
They are still in beta version, but they offer that feature allowing you to add a duration to a task as to any event.
"Smart to-dos integrated with your calendar so you can find the time to do your to-dos."
Not tested yet, but it seems pretty neat :)
I'm also evaluating magneto.me for the same reason. It's not ideal - I really do like much of what I see with Todoist and I *do* appreciate the effort to stay with the vision of a clean and crisp interface, but there are some elements seriously missing for me. Task duration (the concept of a start time as well as an end time) is one of the biggies for me.
Yes, please!
Duration would really allow to organize your day!!!
I agree !
+1 for time estimating features as well!
For those of you looking for this feature, there IS a possible 3rd party solution.
Beda wrote this brilliant little Grease Monkey script. Simply enter the estimated time a task will take in brackets, [1] = 1hr, [.5] = 1/2 hr, etc. The script will total up the number in brackets and display it beautifully in the header.
I've been using it for several months now flawlessly on my Mac with Chrome.
If you use Windows - unfortunately, Chrome recently made some changes to it's Windows interface that do not allow this script to work (and I haven't yet found a work around.) If you use Windows, try the FireFox version of the script.
The script is a work around, and it only works in the web version (does not transfer to mobile versions) but even that has been a big help in meeting my needs around estimating time for the day. Helps make sure I don't schedule 37 hours of work in my day then wonder how come I failed to make a dent in my list!
Todoist folks: I highly recommend taking a look at how Beda did this script. It's clean, does not interfere with the simple, easy to use look of Todoist, and the simple data entry is right in line with the great way you guys do labels (I love just entering text in the box and not having to deal with fiddly clicking around to label or tag something.) If Todoist implemented this as native functionality I would be thrilled.
Laura, this looks great ! Unfortunately, I am on Windows, but Mac screenshot shows an elegant and easy solution.
Yes please please add task duration!
Yeah task duration would be really helpful!
I would also very much like to see this feature implemented. When combined with the ical feed it would make the perfect solution.
I desperately need this! Almost ready to go back to Nozbe!
Any updates on when we can see this feature?
Hello Dilan,
Unfortunately not right now, but as soon as we have any news, we'll let you know :-)
+1 (+1)
Yes please. I try to use labels for this but this means you need to create a new filter each time.
If cost is a hurdle, perhaps you can consider adding this type of feature as a paid add on?
+ 1 yes please. I've only been using for 2 days and much needed feature. Also helps to stop me procrastinating if I had a reminder half hour before something was due based on time it should take in case I'd lost focus as I often do when on my laptop where the internet is my oyster... thanks :-) I still love todoist. quicker than trello which was nice to use at first with it's drag and rop thing but frustrating after a while as it's not quick enough and hard to use on an iphone. well done todoist! :-)
I need this feature too, please!!
+1 please please
I am trying out Todoist to see if it could work for me. If I have a task that takes several days, I don't see a way to enter it. This sort of would be like task duration--except that I might want to work on a project for 3 days at work, then still accomplish other tasks in the evening at home.
I echo the comments here that the only way this program would work for me is if I could enter a task and add a duration like: work on the xxx project for 3 hours a day for the next three days with a due date and time for final completion.
I've gotta say, this would be pretty handy.
Dear Todoist Staff Team,
how about the Status to this Feature? Is it on planing or Progress in your development or just on the wishlist at the Moment?
Thanks a lot for Feedback...
Hello Rainer,
Unfortunately, this is not in development right now. To make a feature like this possible and also have the option to support more date formats in general, we're working on rewriting our date parser. Once that's done, we'll be able to support dates such as "from [date] to [date]" and maybe also time-based duration.
Hey David -
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for a straight answer RE the Task Duration feature requests. The past insistence on not giving any kind of "road map" as well as avoiding answering questions like this has been a strong factor in me looking to other software. It is very hard to trust a company that refuses to give any kind of answers on features in the works, future plans, etc.
I still love so much about Todoist, I keep checking back and really hope you guys will add the features that would allow it to meet my needs.
I heartily second Laura H. in every regard. Thanks, David - it gives me hope that I'll be able to actually move fully to Todoist eventually!
Guys, you're awesome. I'm also a web developer and i know about the efforts to develop an app like todoist. And i think you've done great upto this point.
Also i really wish that task durations feature, so i can plan my 10 hours day with all tasks that fit into that time frame. I'm really looking forward to it.
I totally agree with Laura H. The kind you guys work hand in hand with your users, is great and imho the only good way to build a software that fits into everyone's needs.
I use tdtimer for the moment, as Laura H showed before. It still works well on Chrome with Windows 8.1!
The functionality described by Laurent Duchastel would fantastic.
That said, a baby step would be:
1) Add a new field BEFORE the date where effort could be entered in minutes, hours or days. (1m, 1h or 1day)
2) When the user clicks into the date field, the calendar would show the number of hours already allocated to that day just below the current display of the number of tasks.
There would be no filters or other Duchastel functionality.
That said what Duchastel described would be the goal.
Thanks @Laura H
tdtimer works great! https://github.com/beda42/tdtimer
It works on Windows 8.1 and Chrome Version 38.0.2125.111 m
The only issue I've found is if a task was created from Outlook, then the task is not counted in the total. I am guessing this has something to do with the regex but I've not studied it yet. If I figure it out, I will post the update to github.
Very nifty
Thanks again @Laura H and Beda!!
As an example of how one could implement Beda / Laura's solution:
Enter time as follows:
[.1] = 6 minutes (no leading zero)
[.2] = 12 minutes
[1.2] = 1 hour 12 minutes (1 in front)
The following filters help find tasks
--tasks with no duration:
!\[ & !\]
--tasks with duration of 6 minutes:
--tasks with duration of 18 minutes or less:
(!\[.1\]) | (!\[.2\]) | (!\[.3\])
I would much rather Todoist implement native support for this stuff BUT Beda/Laura's solution is so much better than I had yesterday I think I'm going to go play for a while.
First, todoist is a great app with great integration. Other companies are catching up.
I agree, being able to assign times to a task is key. Especially surrounding integrated calendar apps such as Sunrise that add the task, but not in a slotted time.
Im currently using labels of 30 minute intervals.
Given the bulk of interest in this, I hope the devs pay attention.
Overall, keep up the great work!
First, todoist is a great app with great integration. Other companies are catching up.
I agree, being able to assign times to a task is key. Especially surrounding integrated calendar apps such as Sunrise that add the task, but not in a slotted time.
Im currently using labels of 30 minute intervals.
Given the bulk of interest in this, I hope the devs pay attention.
Overall, keep up the great work!
+1000 for time estimating feature as well !
I'll add my +1 to this thread since I started a separate one.
I really like the Nirvana concept of Energy, and would also like to be able to filter tasks based on how much effort/energy is required to work on them, but I suppose I could use tags for that (not using tags for much else at this point).
"The only issue I've found is if a task was created from Outlook, then the task is not counted in the total. I am guessing this has something to do with the regex but I've not studied it yet. If I figure it out, I will post the update to github."
This is resolved with the latest version of tdtimer
+1 for duration entry and estimating features!
+1 for duration.
Thanks Laura H for pointing out the script Beda made.
I really miss this feature on my phone, but the web works for now. THANKS!
+1 for this request
I really hope to see this feature soon.
matej, have tried the script Beda on chrome 38 ? It doesn't work for me :-(
matej - Glad to hear it's helpful and working for you also.
Agree, I'd love to see Todoist implement this as native functionality!
cedrick - Chrome made changes so that only scripts from it's Chrome store would work. (much to my annoyance!) I have not been able to get the script to work on my Windows computer. (Not yet running Windows 8). Try the firefox version maybe?
Any news on this?
Hello Vincenzo,
Unfortunately not yet. We're planning to rewrite our date parser, though, which will allow us to support more date formats and also implement new functionality such as durations.
To the support team...
A new app named Timeful is truly inline with research based productivity concepts.
I am a dedicated user of ToDoist, but the lack of being able to time slot a task in the middle of the busy is a true deficiency. Timeful does this very nicely. Ive been using it and I am impresed.
Research based concepts such as IMPLEMENTATION INTENTIONS revolve around the principle that people need to see the possible obstacles throughout the day that impeded accomplishing certain tasks. Timeful list calendar integration fits directly inline with this concept. Its not enought to have a to do list, that list needs to fit into the rest of your schedule. Otherwise its doomed to fail
More so, TIMEFUL looks to help build in and schedule Habits, and these are essential in focus and productivity. Please see any number of cognitive studies from Art Markman to books like Habit by Andrew Duhiig to to see how essential the concept of building habits are to productivity.
ToDoist is great for making ToDo lists from anywhere, but it is lacking the true functionality of being integrated into the bigger picture of a person's day. Sunrise itegration is clunky and not in the same spirit as no true time can be assigned to the task
Please take this challenge on seriously as it is based on cognitive research and science of productivity. You will blow all other apps out ovf the water.
The competition is out there and it looks very good.
I know TODOIST team can do it better.
I fully agree with Lukasz. I'm using too Timeful because, aside from his algorithm learning your habits and helping you to find the right time to fulfill them - a very good user experience - it allows you to set a time for every task and see if you can accomplish them in a day time long. This is a must for any task management app worth the name and the ToDoist major flaw. Pity.
I recently downloaded Todoist and was very geeked about it, although the lack of a time duration feature led me to this post.
I was about to spend time adding time increments into the label section, upgrade to premium and get my family on this platform, but:
- The lack of response for this feature over the past year is concerning
- The introduction to Timeful has made me pause.
This should not be taken as a threat. On the contrary, I am highly impressed with the Todoist group and your ability to build a great app connected to so many platforms. With a quick glance it appears Timeful isn't perfect either, so it looks like I'll be using both platforms for the near-term as I try to decide which is more valuable.
Any chance you could partner with them?
Happy holidays and good luck. I'm rooting for you.
I was excited about Todoist and signed up for the Premium version. After entering in hundreds of to dos, I realized how meaningless these would all be without a way to assign time to the tasks.
Please fix this QUICK--I would very much like to support your program and company.
I have found a workaround to this problem which basically implies using IFTTT and Google Calendar. You can read the full explanation in this post:
In any case, this is a must-have functionality so I hope it is implemented soon.
Please add my vote * 1000 for this feature.Maybe you don't need to rewrite the date parser.
Anyhow, while you are at it, please, pretty please, integrate Todoist with TimeCamp, a great time tracker. (TimeCamp currently integrates with Wunderlist.) So, we can have estimated task duration, and track actual duration automatically via TimeCamp.
As others pointed out, Karma really should include length of tasks, not only number of tasks.
Any idea on when we can expect this feature ?
Just noticed you integrate with Toggl. We are half way there!
Just noticed you integrate with Toggl. We are half way there!
How often do you refresh calendar feed? I can't see any changes after I changed date and time of task.
Hi Michal,
Google will only update the feed once a day. This is due to the limitation they put on the iCal standard. Though we do hope to find and implement better solutions in the future.
Hi Brendon,
thank you for your quick reply.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Hi Brendon,
thank you for your quick reply.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
+1. It's a pity that I have to modify the task duration on sunrise calendar every day because todoist does not have this VITAL option. It's very time consuming without it.
Yes, I need this!
The duration will need to sync to calendar feed too (i.e. if task is due at 3pm with a duration of 1 hour it should appear in my calendar from 3pm-4pm).
I'd like to add my voice to the hundreds of your customers - let me repeat that - YOUR CUSTOMERS - requesting this feature. It's clearly been needed for a while now, and while I'm impressed with ToDoist overall I would like to say the lack of responsiveness to requests for this functionality point to a certain level of arrogance on behalf of your team. It sends a message to us that you couldn't really care less.
BTW responding to continued functionality requests with smileys doesn't help.
If our software dev team ignored customer functionality requests to the same degree as you we would have no clients! Why not give us a month - or a quarter - in 2015 when this will be implemented?
Cordially but firmly,
I was a inch close to buy a Premium account but this issue made me worry because I need it badly so I will use Gqueues for one more year till this issue is resolved.
Hello Tom,
We're sorry to hear that. If we don't know if and when a certain functionality is added, then we can't give you any estimate, unfortunately. We think that giving false dates would be very dishonest.
We are currently working on a new date parser and it will allow us to support more date formats than we do now, but again, we can't give you an estimate as we will not release it if it's not working correctly just to meet a certain promised deadline.
David, thanks for your prompt response. I understand your reluctance to promise 'vapourware' to your customers. If you could email me when this duration functionality becomes available I would be grateful.
@DavidTrey Take your time guys; we have been waiting about this issue for a year long now... Shame on you.
@DavidTrey - "We are currently working on a new date parser and it will allow us to support more date formats than we do now"
Could we do a crawl -> walk -> run implementation?
Look - I think Todoist is over engineering the request. I'm using Beda's script in Chrome. It is silly simple easy and does what I need it to do which is tell me how much effort (not duration) I've tasked for a given day.
My only challenge is Chrome disables the extension every time I reboot my box because it is not part of the Chrome store. I have to delete the script and re-add to Chrome after every reboot.
I think Todoist could post a silly simply solution for the users to debate for a bit and come up with something easy to implement.
Here goes my version:
1) Effort is number of hours expressed in decimal form. 1.1 = 1 hour and 6 minutes; 2.7 = 1 hour and 42 minutes.
2) Duration is the expected start and end date/times which by definition is always equal to or greater than effort. (example: 20 hours of effort may required 2 weeks of duration) Personally, I do not care about duration within todoist.
3) Effort should NOT be part of the date parser. The date parser is already overloaded and takes too long for people to master. Adding effort into the date parser will only further complicate; make a new field.
4) The first area I would like to see effort analysis is effort expressed in decimal form as the screen shot of Beda's script shows. This displays in Chrome and shows I have 6.6 hours of effort scheduled for tomorrow.
5) The second area I would like to see is when one is in the date field, the calendar displays with the number of tasks due. I would like to see the total effort expressed in the same color matix as the screen shot.
At minimum, would Todoist please ask Beda if he is ok with Todoist paying the $5 to get his extension into the Chrome store so we can use that?
Crawl -> Walk -> Run.
Ya'll need to do something about this quickly, it is getting a little silly...
Thnaks to all Bills, Toms, Michaels, Albertos etc. for bringing the facts to the point and showing workarounds. You are talking straight to to the heart of it.
I really appreciate the existing Todoist features and I have very good experience with the support team, especially Brendon regarding knowledge and timely response. What I can't understand is that so many users ask so long for a new feature, define it in detail show the very need for it and will continously be ignored.
To go a step further ahead: I would spend my time helping to test the feature, including creating a test plan for at least my needs, which will pretty much cover a lot of the other guys needs as well. If there are more guys, the creation of the plan and testing could be spread. We are enough to do a very good job on that.
This feature would keep Todoist where I saw it the last year: ahead of the other Todo-List-Apps. I'd love to keep on with it, but I'll invest the premium fee somewhere else, too if another tool can provide that and a working engine for recurring events (thats a good point for Todoist)...
TdTimer (https://github.com/beda42/tdtimer) is a great solution to add duration in Todoist, unfortunatly, until now, I couldn't use it with Chrome because of updates that block this kind of add-on.
But I have finally found a solution that works very well: by using the web browser "Torch" (http://www.torchbrowser.com/). It's based on Chronium, and all the Chrome features are available (add-on installation, google account connection, etc.), and TdTimer works very with it :-)
Enjoy Todoist ;-)
TdTimer (https://github.com/beda42/tdtimer) is a great solution to add duration in Todoist, unfortunatly, until now, I couldn't use it with Chrome because of updates that block this kind of add-on.
But I have finally found a solution that works very well: by using the web browser "Torch" (http://www.torchbrowser.com/). It's based on Chronium, and all the Chrome features are available (add-on installation, google account connection, etc.), and TdTimer works very with it :-)
Enjoy Todoist ;-)
+1 from me too!
Status on that age old request? Like to use it!
Please add duration. It helps with planning and if you could pull it through to the google calendar, that would make it so much more efficient.
Please add duration. It helps with planning and if you could pull it through to the google calendar, that would make it so much more efficient.
Two ways synchro in existing events would be a great thing. I mean when I add something in Todoist and then move or extend time of that event in google calendar, then Todoist can see that and adjust time within the task.
Has anyone here got TDTimer to work with Todoist and Chrome as of 2015? I just tried installing it but nothing happens.
Not working for me TD Timer neither Chrome or Firefox.
Since TDTimer is "not an extension from the Chrome store", Google disables it (for your own protection of course, *sigh*.)
You can get it working again by adding a plug in specifically designed to let you run "unofficial" extensions. I've been using TamperMonkey. Works fine on my mac and pc running Chrome.
OK TDTimer is working. It was not so easy, but I explain what I did on my Mac 10.9.5 Chrome 39.0.2171.x.x
Sorry I speaks french so my browser is french and my head too - damn frenchies :-)
1. Installe TamperMonkey for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo?hl=fr
2. I run extensions in 'developper' mode, so got o Chrome/preferences/Extensions and select Developper mode at the top
3. Click on the tampermonkey icon in icons bar and be sure it's running and select 'add script"
4. Write a name for the scrip at the top and copy-past the content of the tdtimer into the window (erasing everything) and save (the little floppy) https://github.com/beda42/tdtimer/blob/master/tdtimer.user.js
5. close/restart Chrome
6. Go to https://todoist.com and you should see the timer at the window or days or projects ...
Good luck!!
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I don't have a mac. Will this be a problem. And btw, I love your
+1 This NEEDs to happen. Most of the people commenting here are premium users and they are talking about going to a different app for this functionality. That's no bueno staff.
@Renovaweb - thank you for providing instructions to folks for setting up Tampermonkey and TD Timer. I had done it a few months ago and while I knew it wasn't super straight forward - I couldn't remember exactly what I'd done.
@Kimberly Felton - Using TamperMonkey (and the instructions Renova graciously wrote out) the TD Timer script works fine on my PC with Chome as well.
@Renovaweb Thank you so much for posting this!!! Installing via Tampermonkey worked (at least in Chrome).
If I was better at JS I'l like to create a new version that sums the tasks of each "parent" task as well, not just entire projects :).
Now I guess we just have to wait for Todoist to implement this...
@Renovaweb Thank you so much for posting this!!! Installing via Tampermonkey worked (at least in Chrome).
If I was better at JS I'l like to create a new version that sums the tasks of each "parent" task as well, not just entire projects :).
Now I guess we just have to wait for Todoist to implement this...
@Renovaweb Thank you so much for posting this!!! Installing via Tampermonkey worked (at least in Chrome).
If I was better at JS I'l like to create a new version that sums the tasks of each "parent" task as well, not just entire projects :).
Now I guess we just have to wait for Todoist to implement this...
Cool !
Duration feature is much needed
Duration feature is much needed
I want to echo the sentiments for the task duration feature. I hope it is something you are working on. Until then, I will set up labels with time duration. I use estimated duration to not only schedule tasks during the day but also to quickly glance at my to-do list when I find myself with "extra time" due to meetings ending early or other items not taking as long as anticipated. If I find myself with 10 extra minutes between events, I can see right away if there are any tasks I think I can get done in those ten minutes.
Please include this in your road map.
@Erik - give the tdtimer / TamperMonkey combo on Chrome a try. I've been using it daily since November 1 2014 and it works quite well.
Bill, thanks. I will look into it.
Bill, thanks. I will look into it.
I want to can add a time for tasks too. Now I am using labels for it, but i prefer if you integrate it in todoist.
+1 Couldn't agree more. The task duration is essential for Todoist. As much as I like the tool, if you couldn't come across with this function I'll need to look for something else. Which would be a pity because I very much like the clean look & feed. Please hurry up with this thing! Thank you in advance!
+1 for task time estimates. Come on guys.
@Laura H & @Renovaweb
Thank you for the tip on Tampermonkey. It makes tdtimer so much easier to use in Chrome!
That said - @todoist would someone update the community as to if this functionality will be included in todoist in the next 12 months? I really like todoist and I doubt I would switch to a different platform because of duration not being native. However - I don't want to continue to think this will be added in the next 12 months if it will not.
12 months from today is February 1 2016
Hello Bill,
Unfortunately, we don't know. We usually don't create detailed roadmaps, especially long-term to stay flexible and add features and improvements based on many factors incl. of course our users' feedback.
Right now we are working on a brand new date parser which will allow us to support much more date formats than we do now and hopefully it will be the first step towards implementing task durations or "from to" or "until" dates, but again, we can't give you any estimates if, when and in what exact form would something like this be implemented at this point.
Hey David -
Thanks for the update.
It's been said before in the forums that you are working on this new date parser, and "hopefully it will allow..."
Based on the feedback in this forum - could I suggest that the development team consider the ability to add task duration as a key feature of what a successful "new date parser" needs to allow?
Thanks for considering.
When I read David answer, I know it's no use to wait for that feature to be implemented. They are working on a "brand new date parser" and they are not able to take advantage of it to implement task duration... It's smelling no good for us. By the way, how many customers asked for a "brand new date parser" and how many asked for task duration? And for how long - more than one year for us...?
The first to find a new task management app with this feature is strongly encouraged to share it with us ;)
Regards to all
Toodledo does have it.
Yes Pascal but it's not appealing at all; it looks like an Excel sheet ... ;)
All I am looking for is a field that will let me input how long a task is expected to take in minutes. I can then run a filter against that information to see my 5 min tasks, 10 min tasks, etc. This should not require a date parser.
Remember The Milk has this feature. They don't have Project views though which I want and their mobile apps are not that impressive.
I really hope you'll include this functionality at some point soon. It would help a lot with allocating tasks to each day.
I modified beda's script a teeny bit so it supports adding in native 60-minutes format instead (like [0:45] and [1:30]) -- here's the file!
It's not extensively tested, so I'm sure you could break it if you tried -- but as long as you don't have any tasks that take longer than [9:59] each, you'll be ok. :)
Todoist is now superhuman (love)
instructions for installation are on his Github page mentioned above.
Todoist FTW.
Task Duration is necessary in order to getting things done.
@David Trey - well - i hope ya'll know what you are doing on the parser; it is hard enough to master as it is. don't really understand the delay on duration.
Task Duration - this feature is really lacking....
You can throw something at me, but...
I assume that even that feature won't be implemented.
sorry to see that there seems to happen nothing that could point to a change for that. I tested other tools and will switch to toodledo. There are several things Todoist is better in, but considering planning and relevant information tracking it suits me much better. what a pitty to leave the clean and modern style, subfolder management, karma and direct Outlook/Gmail integration behind. It's a shame.
Another one requesting this feature, I use also sunrise calendar and it is a pity I can not put a duration in my tasks so i can view the overview of the day in the calendar.
Please add it.
Lack of this feature is really affecting my workflow, combined with the issues when searching for emails in the Outlook add-in I think I'll ask for a refund as nothing seems to progress.
In the meanwhile we are waiting for a native solution, I'm happy to say thanks to the developer of https://github.com/beda42/tdtimer
It's a great solution I'm trying it with windows and chrome.
It fits great with todoist desktop, is so usable and not at all invasive.
Thanks !
Wow! It appears in no way is task-duration-control a priority! What is the hold up team? - I'm beginning to regret my decision to become so heavily invested in my ToDoist subscription...any chance I can get a refund?
Hi Dave,
We are very sorry about that! We are now working on improving our date parser which will include more options, though we can't provide an ETA yet.
As for refunds, we are able to refund payments made within the last 30 days (except payments made through Apple).
I am with all others. Bought the premium version in hopes that they were serious about developing this. Feel like a chump. I am not tech savvy to do workarounds and purchase these products so that I don't have to do that work. I will be looking around. Timeful seems to be a good alternative, according to previous posts. Other ideas?
I am with all others. Bought the premium version in hopes that they were serious about developing this. Feel like a chump. I am not tech savvy to do workarounds and purchase these products so that I don't have to do that work. I will be looking around. Timeful seems to be a good alternative, according to previous posts. Other ideas?
This would be great, I always write the estimate before my task name, but then it can't count the full estimation of all tasks today (or all in a project etc)
Also if this could be integrated into a calendar view, where you could easily move tasks between dates and that way easily e.g. plan your next week's schedule
+10^10 for the feature
I have just publish a simple Chrome extension to implement some basic task duration management within Todoist.
It's certainly not perfect but I hope you like it. If people use it I will try to improve and extend its functionality.
@Weekist, hi.
Looks good, but unfortunately it's only for web version, but the power of Todoist is in platformless stuff :(
Nevertheless, thanks for work.
Yes, you're right it is just an extension for Chrome, a workaround until the functionality is implemented in Todoist. To be honest I don't know why it's taking so long to do it, they argue they are working on their parser but they could use something like http://www.datejs.com/ until they have their own parser ready.
Yes, you are right, too? On the other side, a good solution should takes some time. I have seen many apps which started very well, but become worse, because they implemented too much features. But I hope this is not the case in TODOIST, because it is my favorite today.
I'm new to Todoist and do appreciate the ease of use, especially that I can integrate with Sunrise and see everything going on in my life...that being said, the integration with Sunrise (and I'm sure other calendar apps) is moot if I can't set the task duration. I don't need a date parser, I need to set how long an activity will take.
I'm currently using IFTTT to move my TD tasks to Google calendar, but I'm questioning why not just put everything in Google Calendar in the first place.
is the feature with duration per task available? was it implemented? it is really needed in order to manage the activities. looking forward for your answer.thank you
Requested please.
+1 I'm afraid I won't renew my premium account without duration feature :(
I have lot of tasks, each with "duration" and "start date". I'd like to see all my current tasks with "time left" indicator. I don't want create new project for each "multi-day task" — it would be too tiring. I don't think my case requires heavy project management solution (s.a. MSProject, Merlin, OmniProject etc) — just add "duration" field and make "time left" indicator please. It will be great if you add calendar view for all current tasks ;)
Best regards, Serge
Is this feature in your product's road map?
Thought about switching to Todoist but Toodledo has this feature and more....
Rui have you tried todoledo yet? It looks promising.
yes Michal , Gold Subscription ,
I am using for a year now, try to change because of my wife but ... todoist is 10% of todledo, start date, due date with due on/due by/....., , context, goal, folder project, habits, notebook, Outlines, lists ..... amazing :P
I tried using this feature in Doit.im for a while but I just ended up spending way more time setting up my lists that I could've used just getting stuff done. There's no functional advantage to knowing if you thought something would take 11 minutes or 19 minutes when you're looking at your list to decide what to do "right now". So you just end up just using broad estimates. 10 mins. 30 mins. 2 hours. It's super easy to do this same thing with 2 or 3 tags like @short, @medium, @long, or whatever language you want to use. Then you can even create custom filters to cross reference those tags with projects, locations, or due date. An example would be "Short work tasks due by the end of the week." That's a way easier list to sort through than comparing all the time estimates to how much time you think you have before your boss shows up to go to a meeting. Having all the time estimates is just too much to look at. And going back and entering in all the times isn't a great use of my time at the end of the day.
I will try it, Josh.
Josh, you may be right in some cases. In my I just add tasks to do and then have a look at my calendar to see how my schedule looks like. With your approach sending Invitation for a meeting (or confirmation), takes in my calendar 1h just like 4h BOD meeting. Things go even worse when you share your calendar and make people read every event desc (BOD meeting 4h).
@Josh, Fair point.
But I'm using my premium membership solely to refer to the productivity charts when I need to report out what work I've completed (ex. to report what percentage of time I spend on each project for billing/allocation purposes). If I do 100 short tasks for project X and 50 long tasks for project Y. Those charts don't accurately report my time/productivity. So paying doesn't work for me.
Also if you integrate Todoist into a calendar like Sunrise, 1hr chunks of time throughout you calendar for items that take more or less than that, is fruitless.
I'm just a user, but I don't think ToDoist, or any other GTD task management software is meant to be used as an invoicing system.
Also, you shouldn't put tasks in your calendar. Only appointments. You'll never be happy trying to put tasks in your calendar because it will always be changing as things come up throughout the day.
I'm not really following you. Sorry. : /
Sorry I wasn't clear - I'm not using it to specifically bill anyone - I understand it's not meant for that. I'd like to refer to the productivity charts in the premium account to review what percentage of my time was used completing tasks for each work project.
Good point on the calendar. I include meetings on my Todist and then just integrated that into my calendar, but you're right, with changing tasks it can become messy.
+100 for task duration.. This is a fundamental component of GTD methodology. Being able to filter / action tasks according to time-available (15 minute gap between meetings, in a taxi for 5 minutes, focus for 4 hours) etc.
Date duration is a calendar function.. task duration is a GTD & task orientated function.
As mentioned above, perhaps don't try to reinvent the wheel... a long time waiting for the new date/time changes from you guys, but INSTEAD: just add time estimate/ 'duration' field!!!
A duration field would result in a searchable item in the filters for us the customers... so that at least we could filter by 5minute, 30 minute, 3 hour tasks...
I can certainly respect that the team has made a calculated business decision to ignore this request in favor of other requests. As with all decisions, you cant make everyone happy. I fall into the "not happy" camp.
Pocket Informant integrated with Toodledo provides highly robust functionality that Im totally willing to pay for. It includes a unified calendar and task view complete with duration. Additionally there is email integration with gmail via the toodeldo bookmark applet.
I have done my best to be patient, but ToDoist is not meeting my productivity needs and other apps are.
Good luck to the team. I will be checking in to see if these features get added to make your product more competitive.
I disagree with the Dr. and others who need this feature for a more "robust functionality". You can't look at your tasks and your email and your calendar and your client list and your next meeting agenda and calculate how much time you have immediately available compared to how much time you scheduled for every task all at the same time, even if you do manage to cram them all into one screen. Meetings aren't tasks. Your calendar is for appointments. Your task list is for actions.
Also, you're not Getting Things Done if you spend more time organizing what you have to do than you actually spend doing it. You stay orginized to get work done. You don't work so you can say you're organized. Make three or four tags for common blocks of time and put one on every task. Then you can filter them by project or context or however else you want to.
Josh, I totally agree that calendar is for appointment and task list is for actions. And if reviews are being done properly, what needs to be done next is known based on priorities and for some things due dates.
One of the ways for getting things done is to make appointments with oneself to do tasks that need chunks of time. Scheduling the day to get the key things done, especially those with short deadlines, depends on estimating the time the tasks will take so that a realistic number of tasks get scheduled for the day.
Being able to capture estimated times for tasks with the task would be extremely helpful to this process and, in my mind, is consistent with GTD when used this way.
sorry Josh, a bit unclear: is your comment a +1 or a -1? :)
+1 to this function. I believe that any productivity method uses task duration. Is this being developed? Is there a prediction to release this function? Sorry for my bad english
My thought is you can already do this with a few tags. You're wasting your time if you're trying to figure out if a task will be 11 minutes or 17 minutes.
In your day you have gaps of about 10 minutes, about 30 minutes, or however your day breaks down. If you have more time than about an hour, you can start working on whatever you want and make good progress. Make some tags for the times you have available and start getting stuff done.
It's not a good use of my time or energy to constantly be calculating and estimating precise times for every single task and comparing that to the exact amount of time I think I have right now, as long as no one comes in or calls with a question. It's "about 5 minutes" or "probably half an hour." The goal is to get work done, not stay organized. You stay organized to get work done. ToDoist makes it really easy to focus on your work.
I think people are exaggerating how important this hyper precision task duration feature is, when you can already knock it out of the park day after day with tags that you can sort and filter and search. I don't want all the "task duration" exact times info adding more to my list than I can actually process throughout the day when I'm just trying to get as much work done as I can. Besides that, the most you could do with exact task duration times is sort ascending or descending. You couldn't filter or search without using complicated formulas that you'd have to change pretty much every time you're looking for the right task. Task = due today and < 1hour but > 10 minutes. Or I guess you could search for the exact amount of time you think you have right now and hope that you had assigned that exact amount of time to a task already. Anyway, you can see how fast it gets more complicated than is actually helpful to just getting things done.
Hope this clarifies what I was trying to say. Best wishes.
This was really helpful. I am not particularly good at all this organization stuff but being able to tag the tasks that take 15 minutes of less or more or other slices of times makes such great sense. When I have an open slot, I can search for those smaller things and they won't get lost in my day.
Does anyone have thoughts about which calendar integration is the best to work with Todoist. Currently using Sunrise but not overly happy about it.
Thx Josh. Really a fruitful discussion ;)
Hey Josh -
I can appreciate what you are saying: If folk are wanting a duration feature to exactly plan their day to the minute, that is a waste of time.
However, the feature I am looking for can NOT be accomplished with tags as you describe. I do not attempt to plan my day down to the minute at all, but my life and work right now is such that I'm not looking for 15 min chunks of downtime in the day. Instead, I have an entire open day in front of me (most of the time) and am trying to make a plan for how to use that time.
It is extremely helpful for me to be able to add tasks to my "Today" list, and have the tdtimer total the tasks on the list. I am not trying to plug these into a calendar. I simply love seeing a total of my day. This helps me be realistic about my plans. I've often struggled in the past because i put to many things on my list and at the end of the day have accomplished so few of them. Having a task duration feature that totals the time estimate on my tasks helps me be realistic and not schedule 19 hours of work in an 8 hour day. (I'm usually pretty good at estimating time on individual tasks, the breakdown for me happens in totally them... so seeing the total on my day is a HUGE help!)
TDTimer has been a huge help - yet only works on the web. I would really love to see this feature as native Todoist functionality and available on all their platforms.
Thanks for that, Laura. That's exactly what I was thinking about in my comment earlier in the thread. Since I routinely try to schedule 19 hours of work in an 8 hour day, starting to put estimates on the larger tasks and track them would be a huge help instead of trying to do that mentally after the fact.
Are you using TDTimer in conjunction with Todoist?
Lee ^_^
Hey Lee -
Yes, I am using TD timer. It works perfectly for what I need currently. It's a script specifically designed to work with Todoist:
You simply enter your time estimate in the task line: [1] = 1 hr, [.5] = 30min, etc. Then the script will show the total in the section header. You can see more information further up this thread.
Basically: This is not an official "chrome store" script, so you need to install an extension to allow you to run "unofficial" scripts. I'm using TamperMonkey.
@RenovaWeb (above) wrote out instruction's for getting it set up. I'm simply copying his thread from above here so it's easier to find:
OK TDTimer is working. It was not so easy, but I explain what I did on my Mac 10.9.5 Chrome 39.0.2171.x.x
Sorry I speaks french so my browser is french and my head too - damn frenchies
1. Installe TamperMonkey for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo?hl=fr
2. I run extensions in 'developper' mode, so got o Chrome/preferences/Extensions and select Developper mode at the top
3. Click on the tampermonkey icon in icons bar and be sure it's running and select 'add script"
4. Write a name for the scrip at the top and copy-past the content of the tdtimer into the window (erasing everything) and save (the little floppy) https://github.com/beda42/tdtimer/blob/master/tdtimer.user.js
5. close/restart Chrome
6. Go to https://todoist.com and you should see the timer at the window or days or projects ...
Good luck!!
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Lol. I don't know many people that try to schedule 19 hours of work into one day without knowing there's no way they could do all that in a single day. Most people that have that much work have personal assistants. If I ever did have that much work that HAD to be done in one day, I wouldn't have any choice but to get it done anyway, no matter how much time I had allowed for each task. So it wouldn't matter if I was accurate with the estimates or not. If some of it could wait until tomorrow, I would have to sort through it by priority, not by estimated completion time.
The point of time estimates are so you can pick a good task for the amount of time and energy you have available, right now, before your boss comes for the next meeting or your lunch delivery shows up. Choosing tasks for today is based on priority. Everybody has a hundred tasks they could try to fit into their today list if they wanted to. My whole point is that this all gets way too complicated with minute by minute estimates. Task management shouldn't be any more complicated than it HAS to be.
:-) Josh, I don't ever TRY to schedule 19 hours of work into one day. However, not all my deadlines are of my making nor do things necessarily fit into the available time implied by the deadlines. In the same spirit of planning and understanding in Laura's earlier post, I'm interested in tracking estimates of task durations so that when I'm trying to schedule things that are time critical on to a day, I see the 19 hours of work before I actually do try to schedule them into the day. The sooner I see that, the better I can go negotiate deadlines and get them to match what realistically can be done.
For me, having a duration field gets one step closer to my dream task
management - where I can use a calendar program, such as Sunrise (or one
day built in to Todoist) to 'shuffle' tasks - dragging and dropping tasks
around a calendar. Sometimes this would be in response to changing
circumstances, but also to see just how busy or quiet a given day/week is
and re-schedule items as needed.
I find Todoist absolutely fantastic for recording, mapping and structuring
tasks and projects, but poor at visual scheduling. This is where a 2-way
calendar sync comes in, and a duration field is a pre-requisite to that for
my use case. I'm sure there would be others who would use the same/similar
configuration too.
+1 for task duration implemented in Todoist
+1 for task duration implemented in Todoist and +1 for two-way calendar sync of Todoist tasks per Chris's suggestion above. Though a complex issue to think through - I may have a task that is going to take 8 hours to complete, but I won't get to do it in one continuous period of time (which would be what would appear on the calendar if I scheduled by duration).
+1 for task duration implemented in Todoist
Add yet another premium user to the list of those who need a duration. My goal is simply to see how much time I've dedicated to my projects each day, rather than how many tasks were completed as I can see now.
It doesn't require re-writing of the date parser. Just put in a new field where I can enter in minutes/hours, then allow me to see the graph based on time rather than task count.
I'm a new user and I love the product so far. But, it is a little bit frustrating to know that the feature was requested starting 15 months ago by well over 100 users (mostly premium) and still isn't there. Help us out.
459 days since David's response and no duration in tasks ?!?
C'mon guys - can't be that hard of a feature to add it to otherwise a great app!!
+1 for durations on tasks!
Continuing to be frustrated by the, "We will consider it for future updates," response, I decided to do some research and see what kinds of features have shown up in past Todoist updates.
The answer is very revealing: https://todoist.com/Support/show/79953/
My premium account just expired. I'm too thinking of not renewing it as there is not real value addition.
Guys, please, add duration field. No special logic, just for proper calendar synchronisation. It would be enough for me. Thanks.
That's what I decided Dilan. They keep adding support for new gizmos, but the core usability and feature set has not been updated, regardless of how many users request additions.
I don't care about having Todoist an the Apple Watch... I would like to add duration to my tasks (per this thread), change the color of the priorities, or view filtered tasks sorted how I want, or have some way to designate "Next Actions"... among other things.
However, as my looking back at Todoist's update history clearly showed - https://todoist.com/Support/show/79953/ - the product has not really added any features since 2013. Not sure why we should expect that to change.
+1 for task duration
I did the same as Dilan and Laura; I didn't renew my premium subscription.
+1 to Michel, Dilan and Laura.. Unfortunately we have only choice to motivate these guys.
I'm not renewing mine, either. Todoist had a lot of potential, but it's an epic fail in terms of hearing customer needs and doing something about them.
this thread is pointless :-(
there is something they know that we do not, for some reason this feature is too hard for them to implement.
Add the time ... definitely miss it ...
Bill Quinn: Development for 12 different platforms aren't too hard for you, but one additional field with no special logic is too hard to implement. Okay, I've got it.
Serge: It perplexes me too; the addition of the duration fields seems like it would be straightforward.
My comment "this thread is pointless" was made out of frustration. This thread has been open since January 2014, I joined the discussion in November 2014. I would like Todoist to either say "it is on the list for x.xx release or to formally state this will not be implemented"
It is either too technically complex to implement OR there are not enough users wanting the feature.
Completely puzzled why todoist is not addressing this thread.
Yes, they are not bothered about the real user needs. However, when the premium account expires, there are enough and more emails to remind you to pay for it. Sorry, not spending money for Todoist anymore. In the process of moving to another task manager.
I shifted from Toodledo to Todoist because of the better UI. But at least Toodledo has start and end time.
Yes, please add the option to set task duration.
It's ridiculous that this thread was started over a year ago and to date nothing has been done about this, except vague promises. The development team is not taking this seriously and to me, it's like a slap in the face. I'm a premium subscriber but have all but stopped using Todoist due to this.
I shifted from Toodledo to Todoist , better ui but.... only better UI :(
Have a look at this again:
Michel Olivès - Asked on Oca 23, 2014 - 16:27 UTC
"It's a real pity that you didn't set the task duration function in your new release! We are asking for it for a long time... ..."
David Trey STAFF - Replied on Oca 23, 2014 - 17:58 UTC
Hello Michel,
We're sorry to hear that. We'll consider adding this feature in future updates.
Best regards,
It is hard to believe that still there is not any progress on this feature even after 1,5 years! Just hoping that you do this soon!
I think by now it's safe to assume there are no plans to do this, and we as users shouldn't expect it any time in the future, which means the search continues for the perfect to-do management software (and I can kiss my premium subscription goodbye).
Sadly I agree - folks have been asking for this for sometime now
If you plan your tasks using a calendar I would recommend you to use this workaround:
It's not the perfect solution but it works and it has the advantage that you can specify the duration of the tasks using natural language.
If you're putting tasks in a calendar, then just use a calendar.
The whole point of a GTD system is taking advantage of the gaps in your day that aren't planned. If you've got 15 minutes befor a lunch appointment and you have your phone, you can check your list to remind you what calls you wanted to make this week or today. If you need to make a call at or before a certain time, then set a reminder.
The recipe @Weekist posted in fact is just an automatic way to add tasks to a calendar. In fact, it's a truer GTD implementation than subscribing to the Todoist calendar feed which puts everything with a date into the calendar feed. The IFTTT recipe as described requires you to put a specific label in the task for it to be added to the task.
David Allen is quite explicit about putting things that need to happen at a specific time and date on the calendar. Only those things as @Josh points out.
Can this be done via outlook?
"The recipe @Weekist posted in fact is just an automatic way to add tasks to a calendar. In fact, it's a truer GTD implementation than subscribing to the Todoist calendar"
Hi Emily,
As long as you create a task it should work. It doesn't matter how you create the task, whether is in Outlook through the Todoist addin, directly in Todoist web/mobile app, etc.
IFTTT checks whenever you create a task and add its to the calendar (Google calendar does the tricky part to interpret the duration and time).
Skip the date parser!! Complicated enough.
Add the FIELD for DURATION!
This also helps in learning about:
1. How long it really takes to do a task.
2. Improve my productivity.
3. Allows me to filter by today, priority and duration. This allows me to look at the appointments on my calendar and select tasks to fill in the gaps based on the criteria that is most useful to me.
back to toodledo ;-)
All that info is spreadsheet type data. I don't want it in my todo list. I need to know if I got stuff done or not. I don't really care if it took longer than I thought it would take. It has to be done either way.
Josh, some of us like to know how much time we spent being productive every day. Seeing that I've accomplished 3 tasks today and 4 yesterday means nothing towards that since one of the 3 today could have been a 6-hour project, while all the other tasks may have been 15 minute things.
How could you not remember that you finished a 6 hour project yesterday?
If I have 15 minutes to kill at the end of the day, I'm gonna go buy my daughter an ice cream cone. I'm not gonna sit and stare at charts and graphs about projected vs. actual time allotment of tasks, that have to be done no matter what.
Does it HAVE to be completed today? Yes
HAS it been completed yet? No? Okay, then do it now.
It HAS been completed? Awesome. What's next?
Its okay for there to be different opinions on the same thread.
It's ok to have a different opinion, but you're being obtuse about my use case. The purpose of a to-do list app ***for me and almost everyone else in this thread*** is not simply to see what's remaining to do. I can use a pen and paper for that. It's to track my productivity over days, weeks, and months so that I can see how my time was spent to make improvements.
I would like to see Task Duration added because it would increase the utility of the Calendar Feed function. The Calendar Feed function is a great tool because it populates my calendar with tasks that are scheduled for a particular day. If the task is scheduled for a particular time on a particular day, the Calendar Feed function populates my calendar with that information as well. At present, the Calendar Feed function populates all time scheduled tasks into my calendar with a default duration of one hour. Without the ability to adjust the task duration of a time scheduled task, the time scheduled task information that is populated into my calendar is of diminished use since information fed into my calendar via the Calendar Feed function cannot be edited. My calendar is stuck with a time scheduled task that is one-hour in duration.
Guys, here is a new app that seems promising. It is called Plan: http://www.getplan.co/ Only on the web so far, but the mobile app is coming soon...
Can you please add task duration with the next update, I think enough people have been asking for it for a long time. Task management and calendar integration are useless without this feature and I'll have to switch to another app and discourage people from using Todoist otherwise.
Have to agree - I can't see the point of calendar integration without the ability to set the duration of the task
Have to agree - I can't see the point of calendar integration without the ability to set the duration of the task
What you're saying makes sense about calendar integration and task duration. The point I've been trying to make is that putting tasks in a calendar is a major no no in the GTD system.
Hi Josh, I have to respectfully disagree with your comment about putting tasks on a calendar. From page 43 of David Allen's Getting Things Done, Revised Edition:
"Three things go on your calendar:
- time-specific actions;
- day-specific actions; and
- day-specific information."
He goes on to clarify "time-specific actions" as appointments, "day-specific actions" as things that have to happen on a particular day and "day-specific information" as ticklers or things you will need to know on a specific day.
I agree with you that the thrust of the methodology is to track tasks (next actions) primarily without dates and times and rather to use reviews and awareness of next actions, context, energy, time available to choose what do next with any open time.
Yeah he goes on to clarify pretty clearly about tasks on the calendar.
Agreed, Josh, that was what I was trying to allude to in my last paragraph. Those three things ONLY on the calendar. Next actions generally don't belong on the calendar.
+1, Need to automatically run timer when I start to work on task and stop, when finish. For example, manually run timer(with start, pause, stop buttons) when start to working with task, or set task status to Open(and timer turns on automatically)
David Allen suggest in hif book "Getting things done" that action choice is made according to :
- the current context: I use tags like @home for that
- the priority : check !
- the energy level required to complete the task: I use tags like @high @low for that
- the time available: this is why a task duration feature would be nice. I have to use tags like @T30 for a task that should take me less than 30mn to complete for instance.
I can create custom filters using this tags to see which tasks I should handle at a given moment, but I can't, for instance, add up the total time required to handle all my daily tasks and compare it to what's available in my caldendar. Moreover this is a bit tedious.
Therefore, I think that if you decide to add a time duration feature, you should go beyond what can be done with tags and filters :
- include an energy level equired for a task
- get the ability to interact with a calendar (compare available time with sum of durations)
- get warnings when the sum of duration exceeds a parametrable amount
- get automatic parameters (energy, duration) for all filters : when you create a filter like today @home, get the ability to adjust to the current energy level or time available automatically.
+1000. I integrated Todoist with Google Calendar now my calendar is extremely messed up as each task defaults to 1 hour on the calendar and as everyone else is saying that does not make sense at all.
+1 for duration of a task. But I trust todoist design team, if there is anything smarter than just having the duration please let us know. Or if you have a theory why duration should not be used please let us know that as well.
When duration of tasks will be implemented? I give +1 for it.
+1 this will be very useful.
Todoist is proposed for GTD.
Todoist now have two-way sync with Google Calendar.
Thus task duration option is obviously necessary here.
Any news?
Is there still no answer to this question/request?
I stopped using Todoist last week, after my premium account expired.
I've moved all of my tasks to Outlook Tasks. It's not pretty, but at least they have time estimation built in. That's more important to me than looking good.
After using Todoist for over a year with Premium membership, with 11,006 Karma points (A Master), today I removed the last pending task from Todoist. Bye Bye Todoist.
@dilan to what did you move to?
Dear devs!
Just reviewed the topic.
Can't get one thing.
What is the secret long story with this your words about "improving our date parser which will include more options"?
There is no one question in this topic about implementing text parser for task duration. There are plenty of people asking you to NOT spend your forces on improving the parser. We just need plain separate duration field in task properties with any suitable interface.
Excuse me, but it looks like talking about improving of the date parser is just pretext to burke the deal.
1.5 year is gone. We have now brand new and very doubtful material interface but still don't have that stupid task duration field. By the way, Wunderlist, Outlook, GQueues, Producteev, Tick-Tick, Any.Do, Things, Trello, Clear, etc. are at the gates. Posts from Troy Brophy and Dilan on their leaving are good reminder for this fact.
Hey, guys! Todoist is not the Candy Crush Saga and even not the Asassin Creed! All these carmas and new fashionable designs are not mandatory, especially when some feature request are dangling here for YEARS. Your instrument is for work and organizing, not for parties and hangouts. And we can use your lovely product without text parsing with few more screen clicks. Give us functionality, make it predictable and don't lock on bells and whistles, please.
wow. impressive thread. I'm just starting to use todoist for team management, and I immediately began to search for a function to add duration to a task, and landed here. a thread with hundreds of pleas for over a year.
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I too would like to have the ability to set task duration or size, something. aka if i have 10 things on my list, its helpful for me to know that two of those items are going to take 4 hours, and that the others are 10 minute takes, etc. Maybe instead of setting time they could add some kind of a timer or number option - e.g. i tag this task as a 15 min task, and tag another as a 2.5 hour times?
but a little timer of some kind would great.
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When/Where : March 6-9 - Middlebury, Vermont
Lobos Competing: Chris Acosta, Michael Bansmer, Joonas Rasanen, Mateja Robnik, Kate Williams, Mary Rachel Hostetter, Mats Rudin Resaland, Christian Otto, Sjur Prestsaeter, Anni Nord, Linn Håvelsrud Klaesson, Clara Chauvet
By Richard Stevens - Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
When the Beast from the East clashes with the Best of the West, will the growl of a New Mexico underdog even be heard?
The Lobos think so.
"I expect the team to be up there fighting," said Lobo Nordic skier, Mats Rudin Resaland. "I think we have a good shot for the podium and also the title."
For sure, the Lobos will be an underdog at the 2013 NCAA Skiing Championships to be held Wednesday thru Saturday in the white hills near Middlebury, Vt. Colorado, the Best of the West, and Vermont, the Beast from the East, have avalanched their competition all winter and are expected to be in a two-team dual for the title.
But there are patches of ice and exceptional performances beckoning to each competitor. The Lobos are shooting for exceptional and that is likely what they'll need in order to climb onto the team podium that has room for only four teams.
"I'm always going for a top four. I like us to bring home a trophy," said Lobo Coach Fredrik Landstedt. "I don't think we are a favorite by any means. I don't think any other team is looking at us as being a contender. So, we hope to surprise them.
"It can be a little bit more relaxing (not being a favorite). The fact that the other teams aren't really looking at you makes you really want to show them something and really perform well when it matters."
This definitely is when it matters. There are 74 men and 74 women scheduled to hit the slopes in Alpine and Nordic events. Colorado had dominated the West and comes in as the NCAA West champion/RMISA champion. Vermont has ruled the Northeast and comes to the NCAAs with its third consecutive EISA title (NCAA East).
Dartmouth is the No. 2 team in the East followed by New Hampshire. Denver came in second in the NCAA West region followed by Utah. UNM finished fourth. The top four spots on the podium should be filled by one of these seven teams with Montana State and Alaska-Anchorage as long shots. A team from the RMISA has won 15 of the past 17 national titles.
It is expected that Colorado and Vermont will be on the podium. Who will grab the other two spots?
A team can only advance 12 skiers - six Alpine, six Nordic -- to the NCAA finals. The Lobos join Vermont, Colorado, Denver, Alaska-Anchorage, Utah and Montana State with the full contingent of skiers. Dartmouth and New Hampshire have 11 skiers at the finals which puts them at a disadvantage.
"It's the last race and it's bigger and more important than all the other races and you really want to ski well," said Lobo Nordic skier, Linn Håvelsrud Klaesson. "There is more pressure because everyone wants to win, but at the same time, it's important to stay relaxed."
The Lobos' strength in 2013 comes from the Alpine races (downhill) while there has been inconsistency in the UNM Nordic (cross country) sides.
"We had a hard time coming together as a team at the same time," said Landstedt. "There were a lot of good individual performances. On the Nordic side, we seldom had all three top men and all three top women competing on the same weekend. That made it tough to get a lot of points for the team.
"Overall, the Alpine team performed very well and hopefully we get together for NCAAs."
To win a national title, you have to have strong individual performances and you need additional points from quality depth. The Lobos have quality and depth on the Alpine sides.
The UNM Alpine men have three wins from Joonas Rasanen and two more from senior Chris Acosta. Acosta was second at the 2013 NCAA West Regionals (also the RMISA Championships) in the slalom. He has five top-five finishes this season.
"I feel like I'm skiing like I should and I feel like I can carry that momentum right into the NCAA Championships," said Acosta. "It's a really special race. It's something different. It means more and you have to perform. I think that's why it's so special because there is a lot of pressure and when you overcome that it feels really good.
"It's a great race to be at. It's a one-time deal and a make-it or break-it thing."
"We are ramping up," said Williams, a senior, who has five top-five finishes in 2013. "We are strong in slalom right now. We really feel confident. Each skier on the team is good enough to be top three or winning races.
"It's my last (NCAA meet) and we're looking forward to a good strong finish. It's the last hurrah. There will be nerves, for sure, but you have to stay calm and when you do that, you let the best come out."
The UNM Nordic group finished last as a team and in both the men's and women's division at the NCAA West/RMISA Championships. If UNM plans to step up onto the podium, this group needs to step up on the snow.
"I want to do better than we have done in my other years since this is my last year," said Klaesson. "I think we can do better if we have a good day. We want to be on the podium. I really want to be Top Ten.
"It's different because all the teams are taking just the best skiers, so the level is higher. That's more fun."
Said Resaland: "We have been preparing (for NCAAs) the whole season. It's kind of been that every event has been some sort of training for us. We knew that the most important races would come at the end of the season "
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UNM's 2013 NCAA Championship Roster:
Chris Acosta Alpine SR Ashland, Wisc./MIddle Park HS 4th NCAAs Four-time All-American (2010, 2011, 2012)
Has two first-place and five top-five finishes in 2013...won the giant slalom and was the runner-up in the slalom at the 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals, Feb. 22-24...four-time All-American: 2010 (8th in SL), 2011 (5th in GS) and 2012 (10th in GS and 3rd in SL)...if he earns All-America honors, he'll be the third Lobo men's Alpiner in school history to earn national honors all four years of his collegiate career, joining the likes of Lars Loseth (2004-07) and Oeyvind Larsen (1990-93)
Michael Bansmer Alpine SO Central Pointe, Ore./Crater HS 1st NCAAs
Has placed as high as second in 2013 in the giant slalom at the CU Invite on Jan. 8...has three top-5 finishes...finished seventh in the giant slalom and fourth in the slalom at the 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals
Joonas Rasanen Alpine SO Helsinki, Finland/Nilsian Lukio 1st NCAAS
Has three victories and four top-five finishes in 2013...won the slalom at the CU Spencer Nelson Invite, the DU Invite and UNM Invite...ranks tied for fourth in UNM history for most men's alpine wins in a single season and is tied for first for most slalom wins in a single-season
Mateja Robnik Alpine SO Luce, Slovenia/Univ. of Ljublijana 1st NCAAs
Has led the Lobos and placed 14th or better in all eight RMISA events she's competed in...recorded career-best 3rd-place finishes in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals...transferred to UNM at the semester break from University of Ljublijana in Maribor, Slovenia
Kate Williams Alpine SR Park City, Utah 4th NCAAs All-American (2010)
Has three top-five finishes in 2013, including a season-best fourth place in the giant slalom at the RMISA Qualifier...finished fifth and 11th in the SL and GS at the 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals...second team All-America in 2010 (9th in SL)
M.R. Hostetter Alpine SR Steamboat Springs, Colo./Denver 4th NCAAs
Has four top-10 finishes in the slalom this season...placed a career-best third place in the SL at the CU Invite...finished 18th and 12th in the GS and SL, respectively, at the 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals...30th in GS and 20 in SL at 2012 NCAAs...skied for Denver at the 2010 and 2011 NCAAs
Mats Rudin Resaland Nordic SO Kongsberg, Norway/Norges 1st NCAAs
Has led the Lobos in every RMISA event in 2013 and placed in the top-10 in all regular-season races...finished 13th and sixth in the classical and freestyle races at the 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals...placed as high as second in the CL at UNM's Invite
Christian Otto Nordic JR Waltersdorf, Germany/Eliteschule 3rd NCAAs
Has six top-20 finishes in 2013...season-best 14th in the freestyle at the Utah Invite...finished 19th and 22nd in the CL and FS at 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals..placed 28th in CL and FS at 2012 NCAAs...finished 12th in CL and 30th in FS at 2011 NCAAs
Sjur Prestsaeter Nordic SO Lillehammer, Norway/Norges 2nd NCAAs All-American (2012)
Has placed as high as 23rd in the classical in 2013...has battled a lingering sickness all season but feels good heading into NCAAs...placed as high as sixth in 2012...second-team All-America (10th in CL) at 2012 NCAAs
Anni Nord Nordic SO Tammela, Finlad/Sotkamon Lukio 2nd NCAAs
Has led the Lobos three times this season, including tying her career-best with a fourth-place finish in the classical at the UNM Invite...was sick and missed 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals...16th and 28th in the FS and CL at the 2012 NCAAs
Linn Håvelsrud Klaesson Nordic SR Oslo, Norway/Lambertseter 3rd NCAAs
Has led the Lobos five times and placed in the top-20 nine times in 2013...placed a season-best fourth in the freestyle at the CU Invite...placed 11th in the CL and 24th in FS at 2012 NCAAs...finished 23rd in FS and 33rd in CL at 2010 NCAAs
Clara Chauvet Nordic SO St. Gervais, France 2nd NCAAs
Has led the Lobos twice and placed in the top-10 four times in 2013...is strongest in the freestyle...placed 25th in the CL and 11th in the FS at the 2013 RMISA Championships/NCAA West Regionals...finished 21st in the CL and 12th in the FS at 2012 NCAAs


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The most popular way to reduce the deficit, according to 81% of Americans? Put a surtax on federal income taxes for those who make more than $1 million per year.
WASHINGTON - March 16 - Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), member of President Obama's 18-member Fiscal Commission, introduced the Fairness in Taxation Act, which would create new tax brackets for millionaires and billionaires. Original co-sponsors include co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), as well as Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA), Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
Quoting Schakowsky "In the United States today, the richest 1% owns 34 % of our nation's wealth – that's more than the entire bottom 90%, who own just 29% of the country's wealth," said Rep. Schakowsky. "And the top one-hundredth of 1% now makes an average of $27 million per household per year. The average income for the bottom 90% of Americans? $31,244
It's time for millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share, which is why I introduced the Fairness in Taxation Act. This isn't about punishment or revenge. It's about fairness. It's about avoiding budget cuts that harm middle class families and those who aspire to it. We can choose to cut education, job creation and health care, or we can choose to ask those who can contribute more to do so."
The Fairness in Taxation Act asks enacts new tax brackets for income starting at $1 million and ends with a $1 billion bracket. The new brackets would be:
- $1-10 million: 45%
- $10-20 million: 46%
- $20-100 million: 47%
- $100 million to $1 billion: 48%
- $1 billion and over: 49%
Support for Schakowsky's Fairness in Taxation Act:
"I think very wealthy people like me should pay substantially higher taxes, since we have done exceedingly well in the last few decades," said Katharine Myers*, a millionaire from Pennsylvania whose income comes from royalties from the Myers-Briggs personality test, created by her mother-in-law, which she has managed with Peter Myers since the 1980s. "Our taxpayer-funded government contributed to my success." Myers has been a supporter of United for a Fair Economy and its Responsible Wealth project for many years.
Groups that have endorsed Schakowsky's Fairness in Taxation Act:
"Congresswoman Schakowsky has shown that there is another way," said Steve Wamhoff, tax expert from Citizens for Tax Justice. "Her proposal would make the federal income tax more progressive by introducing higher rates for taxpayers with income in excess of $1 million. Millionaires have benefited disproportionately from the tax cuts enacted over the past decade, so it seems entirely reasonable that they share in the sacrifices needed to get our fiscal house in order."
"The budget cuts being debated in Washington shamefully require middle class families to pay the price for the recklessness of the Wall Street bankers and hedge fund managers who broke our economy," said Brian Miller, Executive Director of United for a Fair Economy. "Instead of punishing middle class families and de-funding America, the Fairness in Taxation Act asks those who have benefitted so heavily from the economic bounce of Wall Street to share responsibility for getting our nation's finances on track."


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If President Barack Obama were a Republican, recent media reports would likely have Democrats, equal rights activists and affirmative action proponents up in arms.
With an abundance of recent media controversy that paints conservatives as being racially insensitive and as having a "War on Women" complex that allegedly has them wanting all women at home "barefoot and pregnant," two recent headlines about the President's Administration are a bit ironic.
The first came in the form of a photograph that made its rounds on news sites and through the conservative blogosphere. The photo, taken from the Obama campaign's Tumblr page, shows a gathering of members of the campaign team at its Chicago headquarters. Conservative pundits have pointed out that the "army of twenty-somethings" pictured in the photo isn't an extremely racially diverse one.
The latest ironic Obama headline comes on the heels of the recent release of a number of White House financial records. The records show that women hold very few top-level positions on the White House staff and earn, on average, about $11,000 less every year than their male counterparts.
The median salary for women was $60,000, while the median salary for men was $71,000.
In a 2010 statement, Obama addressed the fact that women typically earn less in the workforce.
"Paycheck discrimination hurts families who lose out on badly needed income. And with so many families depending on women's wages, it hurts the American economy as a whole. In difficult economic times like these, we simply cannot afford this discriminatory burden," Obama said in 2010.
Obama's behavior is not new. In 2008, it was discovered that women in McCain's office were paid much better than the women in Obama's.
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When driving by an accident or traffic stop scene with the blue lights, yes, they are blinding. I have to turn my eyes away when I pass so as not to hit anything. No one is trying to be insensitive to anyone working the scenes on the busy interstates; just stating facts. It seems to be the newer blue lightsthat are the most blinding. I thought I was the only one but now I see others are experiencing the same thing as I am. So glad this guy didn't kill anyone. Unless he's taught a strong lesson now there will be a 3rd, 4th & possibly 5th DWI from this knucklehead. Merry Christmas everyone.
Why are they screwing with the dolphins? What kind of 'science' are they doing? They'll probably accidently drown one or two all in the name of 'science'.
Too bad Wilton Anderson wasn't convicted of any of his numerous, previous charges. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Evans' family.
Shaking my head, repeating, only in New Orleans. This is quite possibly the dumbest idea yet.
Prayers sent for this family. God bless.
cranberrie: That's hilarious!! Thanks for the laugh.
Get well soon!!
Get well soon!!
Stupid is as stupid does. Send her away for a long time & fine her for being stupid.
I hear ya' saintsfan. This is not news worthy.
Astrid: Very funny, true & sad all at the same time. You hit the nail on the head!
Ahhhh, how 'bout stop handing out 'stealfromus' package money?
Have to put http:// in front of the above website.
SDT Rocks!!
Hoorah for the baby penguin!!
Well said Wispa.
Why don't they tax milk, eggs, bread, etc....
Would think they would raise more money that way since most people buy those items.


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Too much or too little: thyroid problems and the heart
The thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland at the base of your neck, is part of the endocrine system, which is comprised of various glands that produce hormones. The thyroid releases thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) into the bloodstream which carries it to every cell and organ in the body. The thyroid also helps regulate your metabolism, the rate at which your body works.
What does the thyroid have to do with the heart?
The heart is very sensitive to abnormal levels of thyroid hormone, whether too high or too low. This can have a direct effect on heart muscle.
"If you have thyroid disease, the risk for heart disease is increased not only by the thyroid disease, but also by the presence of other risk factors, such as weight gain and lipid abnormalities that result from thyroid disease," says Palmetto Health Heart Hospital cardiologist Dr. Donald Alexander. "It is best to seek treatment for the thyroid problem and to reduce any cardiac risk factors."
If your thyroid releases too much hormone, your metabolic rate increases, resulting in hyperthyroidism, also known as an overactive thyroid. Increased levels of the thyroid hormone stimulate the heart to beat harder and more rapidly. Other symptoms may include weight loss, nervousness, anxiety and hand tremors.
The palpitations are perhaps the most common symptom of an overactive thyroid gland. Prolonged stimulation of the heart with thyroid hormone may cause incoordination within the heart, which can lead to atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation occurs when the heart's two small upper chambers (the atria) quiver instead of beating effectively. Blood is not pumped completely out, so it may pool and clot, which may lead to a stroke.
"If untreated, this prolonged stimulation of the heart rate and contraction can increase blood pressure and cause angina and heart failure," says Dr. Alexander. Angina is a condition in which the heart muscle does not get enough oxygen and the patient may feel a discomfort in the chest, throat, neck, jaw or arms. Left untreated, the condition can lead to heart attack.
If your thyroid releases too little hormone, your metabolism slows down, causing hypothyroidism. Slow heart rate and low blood pressure are typical symptoms, yet are not usually noticeable unless detected by your physician.
Prolonged hypothyroidism can cause metabolic changes and may elevate cholesterol. The condition also may cause the heart muscle to weaken, possibly resulting in heart failure.
"The link between thyroid problems and heart disease is well known. Heart function and rhythm can be affected by thyroid problems, and underlying problems of the heart can be unmasked," says Dr. Alexander.


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