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They're two entirely different classes of programs. In my mind, a good to-do lists has the feature set of being able to manage both 'evergreen' (i.e., informational stores) or ephemeral (i.e., time-logging / task completion) with ease.

The first thing that stuck out at me was it was browser only. I want my information close at hand. I use a tiling window-manager, so I can just keep Chrome open 24/7 and within a day or two be a key-stroke away from Tdo, so that's not too much of an issue, I suppose, but being able to `tmux attach` from any console and hit `1 (my leader key is `) to get to my main emacs instance is far more convenient. (In fact, I've xmodmap'd my Windows key to swap to that screen with a permanent instance of my terminal with my pane containing nothing but org-mode, so I'm never more than a keystroke away from reading my notes/adding a task/jotting something down, but I digress)

Second, it claims to be 'keyboard driven' but none of the GNU Readline (standard bash/emacs bindings) or vim hkjl's work. The second I have to leave my homerow, my workflow is broken. The arrow keys along with F5 through F8 on my laptop are keys which immediate "no gos"* I can't muscle-memory-hit.

Thirdly, it's not nearly as feature rich as TaskWarrior (which, despite being a time-tracking tool in name, has enough functionality re: tags and search, that I consider it to be an information store).

Not that it's trying to be as far as I can tell. To use an analogy from a bygone era, its functionality is oriented more towards what you'd put onto Post-its rather than what you'd write on your legal pad.

* Pro-tip, map R_alt + hkjl to the arrow keys and you won't ever have to use the arrow keys again.



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