Planleaf
Productivity
task management
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How HN took it
8 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 3 for, 4 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Frictionless collaboration across platforms without signup
From 2 comments
Used this for starting a quick ToDo list between friends over the weekend. I really like how this allows me to quickly collaborate with people across different platforms (and…
azharkhan on HNThanks! We wanted to remove all barriers of collaboration. It's friction-less using Planleaf, you need nothing other then an email to get going :)
ramoq on HN
Clever use of email for task management
From 1 comment
Clever how you do task management using email rather than an app or chrome extension. Any reason why you chose email over the other approaches?
CrimeM4sterGOGO on HN
Works with HTML lists and mobile Gmail
From 2 comments
Pretty cool - I was happy to see it worked with HTML bulleted lists. Most managers I know don't use plain text emails.
owenmarshall on HNVery nice, I love the seamless use on mobile gmail. However, does every interaction result in an immediate status update email, or are they 'chunked' together at all?
webmaven on HN
Objections
Input validation and feedback on mistyped addresses is weak
From 1 comment
I found working on the todo list myself very easy, however I wanted to involve another person in the 'send me a tasklist' list and couldn't. I tried: - Add a new task with a…
drsim on HN
Dislikes adding more email
From 1 comment
The idea of it sounds horrible to me. I want less email, not more. Getting a daily digest and managing to-dos via email in general doesn't appeal to me.
cheshire137 on HN
Possible spoofing of sender addresses
From 2 comments
ramoq: I haven't tried it, but what if someone spoofs the from address? For example, if I used the old telnet to port 25 trick, could I create a task from billg@microsoft.com to…
nnnnni on HNNice idea! On backend, how do you authenticate the email sender? Would someone be able to flood a task list by spoofing an email ID?
thekonqueror on HN
Plain-text and non-HTML clients may not work well
From 3 comments
Oh, that's a good point. I suspect that it won't work with Pine/Mutt or commandline email handling (vim+mail?). What about clients that don't support (or have disabled) html…
nnnnni on HNFrom their sample email: "This is the plain text version of the email. Please enable HTML to be able to interact with the list"
icebraining on HNthe task email froze my claws-mail in html view. js and pictures are disabled for html view.
holri on HN
Requests
On-premise or self-hosted enterprise version
From 1 comment
I work in a huge enterprise that will not allow any company data on third party servers. I also am constantly in need of ways to collaborate with team members on multiple…
mattkopecki on HN
Custom statuses such as in progress
From 1 comment
If by task status you mean complete/uncomplete, yes - just click the checkbox next to the task or the edit button. If you mean custom statuses like "in progress", it's possible,…
afarra on HN
Adding assignees after list creation
From 1 comment
I found working on the todo list myself very easy, however I wanted to involve another person in the 'send me a tasklist' list and couldn't. I tried: - Add a new task with a…
drsim on HN
Integration with IDoneThis
From 1 comment
Integration with IDoneThis would be awesome.
oakaz on HN
Questions
Whether statuses can be updated by replying to email
From 1 comment
Can task statuses be updated through e-mail? I don't see anything mentioned about it. I work on a team where it's typical to respond to the email when something is done instead…
joebo on HN
Whether multiple senders merge into one list
From 1 comment
Really awesome! My account managers just said "That's awesome! I'll use the s* out of that!" We're willing to be on the beta of the business version! If multiple people send me…
TheBiv on HN
How status updates are batched
From 1 comment
Very nice, I love the seamless use on mobile gmail. However, does every interaction result in an immediate status update email, or are they 'chunked' together at all?
webmaven on HN
Alternatives named
task.li
From 1 comment
Looks a lot like http://task.li/ I happen to know the team behind task.li - all extraordinarily competent. They completely rewrote it a couple of times until the backend as well…
preek on HN