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Discussion on: Open todo list standard?

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Raunak Ramakrishnan • Edited

The problem is that different people have wildly different expectations and use-cases from todo lists. For example:

  • Simple list of stuff (like grocery lists)
  • Diary like entry
  • Simple list with due dates
  • List with multiple statuses (not just To Do and Done)
  • Ability to assign priority labels e.g Imp/Urgent/Later
  • Full Project management capabilities
  • Individual vs collaborative lists

And these may just be the tip of the iceberg!

There will also be a lot of debate about usability features e.g notifications, reminders, calendar integration and whether the standard should cover these as well.

I think every developer is destined to write their own To-Do list app :P