Using a third party solution is always more complex than a native solution, and the lack of those feature, whether available by third-parties, is in part what this thread was about. Time delays make IFTTT webhooks a bit unpredicable. While I admit that what you mentioned, BigChungus, is possible, the vast majority of users arenât interested in all that linking and multi-application cooperation. Obviously, you are someone to whom that type of workflow is familiar, as am I. I had given up on getting Siri voice integrated so I wrote a dotnet executable that sits on another computer and âscrapesâ my siri-generated reminders immediately from an exchange server, looking for the words âin dynalistâ and emails those to my DL inbox. But realizing that I had to do all that, and that it was subject to every glitch in gmail, security changes, apple iOS reminder changes and the like proved to be very annoying. To paraphrase Apple, I want it to just work so I can do what I need and not write all the âglueâ and maintain it. That, I believe, is what we pay for, and hope for in our suggestions and comparisons with other applications on these forums and trello.
@BigChungus, you are probably correct in guessing that 5000 users is on the high side (I was erring on the side of optimism and probably shouldnât have). But, if what you suggest is true, and an application is a âhobbyâ, then donât you think when large suggestions (and volumes of suggestions) are made by users that the devs should hint that âthatâs never going to happenâ, or isnât very likely to manage expectations? Perhaps over optimistic goals on company management are the cause, but Iâve never been a fan of the marketing concept of âthe illusion of progressâ. You are also likely correct as to your guesses about Erica and she has eluded to as much in other threads. I respect that, and the limited time people sometimes have due to personal constraints and commitments. But to be honest, Iâm not certain I would have moved from Workflowy to Dynalist if Iâd realized it was (more or less) a two person operation.
I also agree with what you stated about Workflowy. I chuckled when you mentioned âhaving to bullyâ Jesse about features. I was a user of Workflowy for some time until their development tapered off and pretty much stopped. I donât consider going back to Workflowy lightly. To be honest, although I work on all platforms I prefer Windows and would move to OmniFocus in a heartbeat if they had a Windows version. Unfortunately (for me) that company is dedicated heart and soul to the Apple ecosystem.
There are surprisingly few good, multiplatform cloud-based outliners out there besides Dynalist and Workflowy as they rapidly bury themselves in features and development overhead. Either that, or they fall victim to what I call the âAdobe Effectâ, where instead of charging a flat fee rope you in with subscriptions and slow development, guaranteeing nothing and severing the need to push new feature in order to encourage users to upgrade every year or so. It is a shame that that very marketplace doesnât seem to have enough market share to spawn a (relatively) simple outliner that can support its own continued development and pay the salaries of enough employees to sustain itself in a stable fashion.