Slacklist

This is a draft!

Slacklist is a web-based todo list manager, inspired by the ideas of David Allen in his book Getting_Things_Done

scratched an itch / first text editor / then I created a little java application carried around on a memory stick / web-based / returned to pain text files, because I found it to cumbersome to … / What I missed were the sort and filter options and the browser-based access from everywhere. / But why web-based then? / I dont want to mess around with sync tools on different laptops desktops and PDA's / Just have only one single version of my documents. This version is always up to date and it lives in the internet. / I don't like to carry a laptop around. I just need an ordinary computer with internet connection somewhere and I can start working. / Eisenhower-Method possible

• Web-based, works with all browsers, no need to install software on the clients
• No tedious dialog boxes to edit tasks, just plain text
• Keep your fingers on the keyboard, little need for mouse usage
• Rapid creation of similar tasks by just copying and pasting plain text
• Sloppy editing of tasks and their attributes. slacklist formats and sorts them for you
• Abundant sort and filter options
• Almost everything is done on the client side with AJAX and Javascript, no page reloads necessary
• Content is stored on the server in files, no database required, just some version of PHP
• Temporarily offline usage is possible
• Input field automatically adapts its height to the amount of tasks, no unnecessary doubled scrollbars

• Graceful degradation to a static HTML form for browsers without AJAX support

• Left over whitespace in a sinlge line results in an empty task with default attributes