Wunderlist is beautiful, functional and overall awesome. There is one area that needs some extra love: Confirmation Modals.
Example 1: Deleting a list
There are too many words on the buttons. Why not do something a bit more simple like:
Example 2: Deleting a task
Why should a person apologize to an application:
Instead, keep things short and consistent:
These tiny changes would improve the UX of Wunderlist.
Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
~ King Solomon (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
Here’s a story about a Pastry Chef named Joe:
A customer orders a cake and gives Joe the following directions:
Joe moves forward and begins to bake the cake marching against the deadline. The cake is baked and delivered. It looks, smells and tastes OK, but it is not excellent. As the customer eats a slice of the cake a big smile appears on his face and says “this is good”. Had Joe put more time, planning and resources, the cake would be excellent. “Next time” says Joe. What he doesn’t know is that he will never bake another cake again.
What does this have to do with being a User Experience Designer?
A designer should put a piece of his/her soul into every project. Push with all your might, apply all your knowledge, plan and deliver the best product possible. Imagine this is the last project you will ever complete in your life.
Learn how to create the perfect GTD system in 3 steps using nothing but Tomboy notes
Take a look at the final setup in all its majesty
Requirements
Step 1: Create Six Notebooks
Create the following 6 notebooks and be sure to pay close attention to the naming convention.
Step 2: Creating a bunch of notes in your .GTD notebook
It’s time to create individual notes to hold next actions and context notes. Create the following notes paying close attention to the naming convention.
All next actions go into one of these 5 notes. I use ..@na as my default next actions list.
Step 3: Awesome Inbox
There is no need to create an inbox since Tomboy’s Unfield Notes section does the trick.
The GTD setup is now completed!
How to maximize this GTD setup.
Dealing with Projects
Create a note for each active project in the GTD notebook. Completed projects are moved to the corresponding reference notebook. Inactive projects live in the someday notebook.
Creating tags for search
Create tags for easy searching using []. For example let’s say I wanted to tag a note with UX and information architecture. The note would have [ux] and [information architecture]. Using [] ensures that one can search for tags and not pick up other content. Cool huh!
Archiving information
Move all completed projects, links to files and articles, notes and more to the corresponding Reference notebook. Tomboy’s search functionality makes it really easy to find stuff.
Dealing with Large Projects
Create a separate notebook for projects that are too large for a single note. Use naming convention to determine where the notebook will appear. For example, append z to the project to force it to bottom of the notebook list.
Going the extra mile with the tombox setup
Using Tomboy notes and dropbox this setup can be used across many computers. This is awesome since one Tomboy and dropbox work in Linux and windows computers. This article covers synchronizing tomboy notes and dropbox, I like to call it tombox. This article walks you through the setup.
Let’s take a look at this legit GTD Linux friendly setup