Single task-event time blocks
I’m a new user to Akiflow. Overall, I like the application and picked it after reviewing several options. I particularly like the emphasis on keyboard shortcut navigation as an integral part of the design which was probably my main reason for choosing the app.
However, the next major reason I want to use Akiflow is the task management integration feature (personally, I use Todoist as my task integration app). I like the way it pops up the tasks at the top of the calendar and how it allows drag and drop time blocking for the tasks.
Unfortunately, I am continually frustrated by the rest of the task to event interface. Akiflow sets up a separate task and event almost every time (not sure why it doesn’t sometimes). This double marking of the calendar is frustrating and counter intuitive. Plus it makes the event text hard to read since it splits the already narrow column in half.
If everything always synced correctly, then it would be less frustrating, but when changes are made to the schedule, it regularly lags or even does not properly sync the calendar “task” with the calendar “event” it coincides with. Thus, I must regularly manually move or resize both time blocks. This is especially annoying when I am moving it to a different week.
Then it further deletes the event block when the task is checked as done in Akiflow, but it is the event and not the task that is represented on my Google Calendar if I look at that elsewhere.
I’m sure there was a reason for these design decisions, but intuitively in my opinion, the task/calendar event should be a single calendar item/block. The little check box should be a part of this single task-event time block. Also allow the task-event to be colored, perhaps at an increased opacity to set them apart from the “regular” scheduled events.
Overall, I really want to like Akiflow, and I love the keyboard shortcuts. I don't want to change to a different app, but I’m having a hard time working through the task/event issues.
Thanks for your time,
Peter Ronhovde
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Sep 21, 2023
[Deleted User]
May 9, 2023
Hi Peter, thank you so much for your message!
Did you create an integration between Todoist and Google Calendar that makes you block every Todoist task in Gcal?
This will explain you seeing your tasks as events and the "lag" in updating those events. Let me know!
[Deleted User]
May 16, 2023
Stefania:
Thanks, that did help clear up some of the task to event repetition. I had forgot I had previously set up a Google integration with Todoist.
However, I am still a little confused about why there are some tasks on top of the timeline waiting to be planned (drag and drop), but others are at the bottom. The ones on top are "colored" events made from tasks, but the ones one the bottom are the "regular" tasks. Just doesn't quite make sense to me.
Plus the task planned "events" are black, making the categories hard to differentiate. They should be colorable to allow categories just like events, perhaps with a little extra transparency to differentiate them from regular planned events.
Overall, I like Akiflow, and I look forward to practicing with the shortcuts, but some of the design and interface is a little odd to me.
[Deleted User]
May 23, 2023
Peter Ronhovde: Hi Peter, the task at the bottom of the calendar are the todos you have for your day, the ones you can find on the Today page as well.
On top of your calendar you have your All-day events. Those are probably imported from Todoist as well, because in Akiflow tasks are not shown as events. I'm sharing two screenshots about the different features. Let me know if this is now clear or we can jump on a call to check this together.