Better quick capture
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Lucas
For due dates, writing "task due X" leads to the task being scheduled for X, not due date set to X. Could this be improved? Thanks for creating this app!
Another helpful thing would be having the same quick capture NLP for the normal brain dump adding. I see no reason why this is not done.
Chris
Lucas Ah thats a good point. I think when I created this I didn't factor in due dates. What language would makes sense for setting the date? "Grocery Tuesday"? something where it just detects? and then if its "due X" its due date?
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Lucas
Chris Yes, “grocery tuesday” would work for example on Todoist as well. Maybe if the user doesn’t have the due date feature on, then “due tuesday” can also schedule to that day.
Chris
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Rolled out to all users now for testing!
Just hit "Q" and you should see it. This is a v1 and I have a lot of plans for this in the future :)
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Mike
Chris: Loving this. Would love to be able to assign to a list and add estimated time without @ or = 💯
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Sunil
I'm in
Chris
Sunil: you should have access now! Just hit "Q" and it will appear. Let me know if you have any feedback/bugs :)
Chris
Looking for a few beta testers to test this on the web 👀
Comment below if interested!
For v1 you'll be able to use NLP for things like date/time and then @lists #label and =1h30m for duration
I'm a bit worried about edge cases (especially since i try to detect date/time as naturally as possible without any sort of prefix keys) so would love to get this tested before integrating it into the Mac app
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Richard
Chris: Im in!
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Richard
Just whitelisted your account! Also whitelisted everyone else that voted on this so you should have access to now :)
You can now hit "Q" and the new quick create bar should appear.
Let me know if you have any feedback or find any bugs!
(ps you might have to refresh the page or restart the app to make sure you have the latest version)
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Nigel
Chris: I'll test :)
Chris
Nigel: you should have access now! Just hit "Q" and it will appear. Let me know if you have any feedback/bugs :)
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Nigel
Chris: I see it! Thanks :)
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Julian
Chris: Would love to test this!
Chris
Julian: Added, just hit Q :)
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Mateus
Chris: I'm in!
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Tyler
Yes pease for windows. Natural language processing of quick add from global hotkey in windows would make the overall experience 2x with that single feature
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Fredrik
With this quick capture, I truly hope there will be a way to not having to use your mouse to select for time and label, but that you can (like in Sunsama and Todoist) use all with keyboard shortcuts, for instance:
Call back dad #personal ~15 (min)
Is this on the table for near future?
Edit: Also a possibility of selecting time allocated from drop down. Having to manually write minutes is friction
Edit2: I figured the lists-option worked pretty well for auto-label, but time is still wanted
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Mateus
Chris any chance of seeing this soon?
Chris
Mateus: Working on this very soon!
For transparency:
The Mac app went through a huge overhaul that makes building features on top of it. This week I'm working on a calendar menu bar so you can quickly see calendar events and join meetings (as a test run to get more comfortable building directly for the Mac app) and then once thats released I hope to do quick capture immediately after :)
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Mateus
Chris: that's great! As bench I can recommend a pretty simple but useful app to check on which is Itsycal. The quick capture will probably enhance the Brain Dump usability. Chris, as a Product Mgmt professional and enthusiast of productivity, count on me for any tests, questions you may have.
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Mateus
This would be THE game changer for me. The quick add feature with textual date def in Todoist is what keeps me there instead of joining the Ellie fam