It was German web designer extraordinaire Manuela Hoffmann who suggested we might publish status updates on Twitter. And a point she has.
Posting blog entries and following the comments always takes focus away from actually evolving Things itself. Often the question is: shall we continue implementing that user request or shall we rather explain what we are doing? Very simple you might say: do both!
Tweets to the rescue: Writing a line or two shouldn’t be that distracting or time consuming, should it? We decided to give it a try. All credits to Manuela if it works, we take the blame if it doesn’t :)
Oh yes, why shouldn’t you follow us on twitter? Well, why would you want to be frequently updated with boring details about writing code?
Tip: Tweets will be signed, so you can see who wrote them. Chris (ck), Jürgen (js), Oli (om), Werner (wj).
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OK, well, what’s your twitter name?
Haha ^^ I thought the same thing.
Cough up - twitter us!
Their Twitter name is culturedcode.
You can go to their Twitter page here: http://www.twitter.com/culturedcode
Now the link is there :)
It’s ‘culturedcode’, of course..
Well, thats hilarious.
Luckily I managed to find you on the Twitter search engine.
Its @culturedcode
http://twitter.com/culturedcode
can we get menu-bar integration, including the option to run Things without a dock icon?
The menu bar icon could change colours depending on the priority/or number of tasks due on that day.
I’m sure that this has been requested, but I was surprised it hadnt made it into the top 4-5 most requested.
Thanks!
@vandozza: A menu bar addition is a no-brainer. We will certainly have it. But I don’t like the idea of running Things without a dock icon. I think a better solution would be to provide an extra little widget, no dock icon, semi-transparent window, that would provide access to upcoming todos like in the Today list.
@Jurgen: sounds like a good idea, will be interesting to see how it works out.
out of curiosity, why don’t you like the idea of being able to run things with a dock icon?
im using only a 13″ screen (macbook), so saving dock space where possible is helpful. if its an easy coding job to add to things, then a checkbox preference for an option of a dock icon/no dock icon might be nice. what do others think?
also another feature that you might “borrow” from other applications that i find useful is an “auto-hide after x second” option. with GTD software i seem to bring up the window once every hour or two, and always forget to re-hide the application. i think an “auto-hide” would be nice.
again, keep up the good work culturedcoders, things is shaping up really nicely!
Apps without a Dock icon have a few limitations. I’m not sure, but not having menu items (like, regular menus, not icons) could be one of them (can’t remember an app without Dock icon but with a regular menu — switching to those apps tends to be pretty difficult, too).
Also, in my personal opinion… I think it’s a pretty useless option (one additional item in your Dock? Come on!) for most people, only adding complexity for the developers and users. The other thing you suggested, imo also not that useful, also only adding complexity without real benefit (Cmd-H? Spaces?). I hear many people prefering Things over OmniFocus, because it’s elegantly simple? I really hope it stays that way.
I agree with Daniel. As an application developer I always try to focus on the core identity of an app. It is very tempting though to put too many diverging features into one package…
I totally see why vandozza would suggest those features. I believe the best solution is to provide an extra lightweight client to the Things library. Such a client could also provide an auto-hide option.
vandozza: you say about saving screen space by having one less icon in your dock - why not just auto-hide your dock? That’s what I do (and have it docked on the left, where it should be) :-)
In addition, the only apps I permanently have in the dock are Finder and Time Machine. Anything else only appears if it’s running.
@daniel/jurgen - good points you make guys, i now understand that there are limitations to a dockless app!
i also see the point of making things as lightweight as possible. this lightweight client sounds interesting, would it be a dashboard app, or other?
@james - i have 18 icons in my dock, all stuff im using regularly, and it is set to auto-hide. im starting to run out of room! although i think i could fit 2-3 more, and im guessing things will be one of them! I imagine you are using some form of app launcher to be able to keep your dock down to 2 permanent icons? Tried quicksilver but I didnt really get into it, and now I hear its development is stalled.
@vandozza: I use the Applications stack on the right in the dock as an app launcher (as well as Spotlight), plus only show active apps on the left side of the dock.
unfortunately for me the applications stack only shows me up to applications starting with “R”. maybe when stacks has the list view thing in 10.5.2, ill try and put lesser used apps into subfolders or something like that. i probably should get rid of stuff i dont use much hey!
@vandozza: yes, maybe you have to many applicatiosn installed… If that is possible.
Erm, isn’t this *exactly* what your RSS feed is for?
@dbr: Many users were asking for more frequent updates. Using Twitter we can provide these without taking the time to write full articles. Check out Twitter to see the difference. It has worked very well for us so far.