Checkvist story

Server update: improvements and fixes

It’s hard to concentrate when your product begs for a dozen of big features and dozillion of small ones. Of course we want Checkvist to be able to do all that’s mentioned on http://checkvist.uservoice.com. But we want to do it as perfectly as possible, hence the importance of “small things’ updates”.

This update features:

• Number your list items: select the “Show as a numbered list” option in the View options pop-up to create an ordered list. Very convenient for those who take a large outline of tasks to the meeting: it’s easier to reference a task or a group of tasks by number. (Sorry, Internet Explorer users. Let’s wait for the 8th incarnation of this browser. Or - while we are waiting - please try FireFox or Chrome?)
• Change status of a parent task: now changing status of a parent task will also work (via updating status of its children). Undo it (Ctrl-Z or uu or click the Undo link) if you did it mistakenly. Please, note that if the group is collapsed, the first key press will open it and the second one will change status. So to complete a collapsed group of tasks, you must press Spacebar twice.  
• Add new task above the selected one: press Alt+Enter instead of Enter and a new task will appear above the selection.
• Paste task below the current selection It looks like this behaviour is more natural and more predictable.
• View Options popup is visible even when you’ve scrolled down the list (type oo and it will appear in the top right corner of the screen).

Fixes include:

• When task is closed and “Hide completed” mode is enabled, the selection is moved to the next task in the list. Previously, the selection was lost in this situation.
• When “Tab” is used to move the task one level right under a parent, we expand the parent group. Previously, the moved task disappeared from view because it went to the collapsed group.
• Undo link will disappear after a minute.

And speaking about more significant stuff … yes, we’re working on it :-) . Stay tuned!