Any.do

Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 28, 2012 at 11:53 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
>It’s available for both Android and
>iPhone (and Chrome), with web interface in the works. It has a very minimalistic
>interface, which does appeal to me.

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>I knew that Any.do rang a bell, and indeed I had mentioned it
>myself some time ago here http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3128/5
> >I was clearly not impressed, as I didn’t proceed to actually trial it…

Nope, it didn’t work for me either. However, in my quest for a minimalist to-do app for my iPod/iPad/PC, I’ve ended up using and actually liking the app I dismissed initially out of hand: Apple’s own built-in Reminders app.

It looks very clean, items can display inline notes, exclamation marks for 3 priority levels, as well as time and date, if assigned:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/428516/Apple_reminders_app.PNG

On the PC, it can be called up through the iCloud Control Panel and it will be displayed in a browser (I created a shortcut to it in my bookmarks toolbar in Firefox).

But there is an inexplicable design decision in the iPad version and in the desktop version: neither would let you rearrange the list manually. Fortunately my iPod is my main interface for entering new tasks, so I can live with that.