Just how far has Things fallen behind?

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Things Sync Beta

Recently I was accepted into the CulturedCode Things Sync Beta, both on the Mac desktop application and the iOS applications. Hurrah I thought as I hurriedly reinstalled all 3 apps on my iMac, Macbook Air, iPhone and iPad. I forgot just how lovely the UI was, and working with the flexibility of tags was a breath of fresh air!

NDA

Whilst being held to the NDA regarding the sync beta I can reveal it works very very well, syncing is instantaneous and has worked without a hitch since I installed it.

Development hell

But….. Things now feels somewhat stuck in the past. I applaud the Things CulturedCode devs for it’s sync implementation, but it’s taken far too long. The main problem now is that productivity apps have moved on a lot since Things was released in 2009, it’s taken the developers so long to get to this sync beta stage the main desktop app has not kept pace with the competition, as other apps have continuously developed to include Location aware contexts, Team integration, Siri Integration, nested Contexts/Projects and a whole host of other features Things has just stood still….

The King is dead, long live the King.

I fear that the once wonderful Things will be consigned to a footnote of Mac app history, ‘That great little GTD Mac app with a lovely UI’ will be all that remains. Which will be sad as it deserves so much more. I hope the dev’s get the Sync released really soon to everyone then announce some new features (with a timescale!) for Things in the future.

 

Am I being harsh or is Things a thing of the past?

  • http://www.productiveorganizer.com Kyith

    the problem why its falling behind is that majority prefer not to have their data tied in to one platform. and things does that. you cannot move over to another platform easily like this smartphone to that. the platform. wunderlist shows that if u develop a to do list that is beautiful and ubquitous people will like it.

  • Guto Carvalho

    I feel the same – sutcked in the past, I love things, I bougth the app for my mac, iphone and ipad, now I’m using the beta, but i’m looking for another solution, perhaps wunderkit will replace my things someday, but i’m still waiting for a better gtd compliance on wunderkit.