Just received a very nice update for Things 3:
For some reason I did not capture the main feature updates. Here they are.
Just received a very nice update for Things 3:
For some reason I did not capture the main feature updates. Here they are.
This is a great update!
My muscle memory for some of the keyboard shortcuts is going to take awhile to change, particularly Command+L for logging completed items.
Cultured Codeās blog posting on the update is back (at a different URL):
https://culturedcode.com/things/blog/2021/08/remarkable-notes/
Thanks for the link to the blog. I was not aware of the blog. I could have spared the forum the screenshots had I known.
Wow, this latest update, with Markdown support in notes, has caused me to reconsider trying out Things. Iāve been a longtime OmniFocus user, and before that a Kinkless GTD user. But given the direction Omni is taking OF in version 4, I think this might be a good opportunity to try out Things. Moreover, the nature of my work has changed considerably since I started using OF
Iād love to see these features:
These have been on my wishlist for a long time.
EDIT: I realize that I donāt have insight into all data from all users. So this is an overly harsh assessment from me.
As beautiful as āThingsā is, the developers really donāt seem to care at all about what users actually request. When this beta came out, I wrote them a lengthy explanation about how Markdown support needs to look more like Day One. Having Markdown but not obfuscating much of the syntax is just sloppy for an app like Things. No response from my feedback, and then I see they released it today as is. Ah wellā¦ Not like I have to use the feature. I was just hoping for at least prettier URLs.
I agree that file attachment support would be great. I honestly probably wouldnāt use it unless they added end to end encryption, though.
I created a folder (creatively) named āThingsā, and I put files in that folder that I want to reference in a task. I then drag that file from the Finder into the notes field of the Things task. Itās better than nothing and at least my data is kept locally.
Iām jealous - I wish I were a Things beta tester!
You actually donāt get much of a heads up on any features. Itās usually about a week advance at best.
@kennonb @cdeck ā¦ and a couple of the betas have been buggy enough that I donāt look at them unless theyāre compelling. Which they have not been recently, for me. But I am not Cultured Codeās only customer.
@kennonb I must strongly disagree with you about Cultured Code listening to users. Many Markdown usersāincluding myselfādo NOT want the Markdown code hidden. We like to both see the code and see the result, which is exactly how Things seems to implement it, along with Byword, Obsidian, and probably many others Iām not thinking of at the moment.
That was an overly harsh assertion on my part. Iāll make note of that.
However most of those apps have a āpreviewā mode that hides that syntax for readability. I find seeing the syntax when Iām not writing it to be quite hard to parse. Especially links.
True about preview mode.
And you could make a ānot listening to usersā argument about Cultured Code prioritizing markdown formatting at all. Iām not seeing a lot of demand for thatābut there is seemingly strong demand for completing recurring tasks early, third-party APIs, collaboration, Windows/Web version, etc.
Love this! Now, I can really use the Task in Things action in Drafts!
In Obsidian, I thought the standard for highlight is using ==highlight== but, Things said that it is using ::highlight:: I am wondering which is the standard.
On a side note, I am wary that one day, Things might just go subscription model
Highlight isnāt formally a part of markdown. But I believe youāre right that ==mark== is a more common unofficial syntax.
I hope not but if they do, Iāll get creative and figure out how to make Reminders suffice. Iām growing wearing of subscriptions.
This looks like a great update. Iām a bit jealous of you Things users!
I write notes in many of my actions and projects using OFās plain text with hyphens for dashes. Itās certainly functional enough to read, but these touches would make review and viewing completed/dropped actions much nicer.