What ToDo
May 15th, 2007 by PhoeniX42
Rating: 4.5/5
General Info: The aptly named app, What ToDo, is relatively simple, but that is no criticism. For a newcomer in the increasingly more complex field of Mac apps for “Getting Things Done”, What ToDo is near the top. The whole focus of this app is not a general repository of every little note and idea like other GTD apps. What ToDo focuses wholly on what needs to be accomplished by having only “To Do” items.
I’m growing to prefer it that way. A plethora of great, free note-taking apps already exist. A “To Do” app with many of the GTD concepts in mind make this stand out. The learning curve of this, compared to apps like iGTD, is very small. Handled expertly in What ToDo are: pages in the “Shelf” (sidebar), nested folders of ToDo items, and .Mac syncing. If you’ve seen what OmniFocus will be like, then you have a good idea of how What ToDo operates. In fact, What ToDo can be eerily similar to OmniFocus, which I consider a good thing.
What What ToDo doesn’t do well is handle “contexts” (which are like places in GTD). Annoyingly, What ToDo comes preloaded with ToDo items already. After easily deleting these initial ToDo items the “contexts” still remain; and now we come to the main problem. When you switch to the “context” viewing mode, the unused “contexts” are still listed, even though no items apply to them. This app needs some minor visual tweaks in the color of the numbers’ backgrounds in the “Shelf” and a few other things, like the fact that the sidebar is labeled “Shelf” at all. Does iTunes have a label identifying the sidebar as “Sidebar”? For a ToDo manager this app needs a setting for what happens to completed items, a la iCal. What What ToDo doesn’t do at all is sync with anything other than a Mac. This is the crux of many GTD solutions. A GTD system has to be accessible anywhere. Nevertheless, What ToDo is an amazing way of managing ToDo items, especially for a first release. What ToDo is a tad on the pricey side, but is still worth it’s price to many.
Retail Price: $29.00
Site: http://www.objectivesatisfaction.com/what_todo/
