If you click a todo it will expand and you can click on the date which is a permalink to the todo. I agree it's not very visible.
I think ideally when you click a todo to expand, it would change the browser URL to show the permalink.
👍 I like that idea. I often get the same questions anyway. I will write some guides which can later be turned into a course of sorts. Might follow up asking for a guest post of you as well if you're down.
Maybe we can recycle this -> github.com/marckohlbrugge/wip…
Also, what about creating a WIP GitHub org that can be joined by paid members to manages those community-driven resources?
Can you also add in this guide or help section the supported format used in the todo body? I tried using Markdown-style links ([title](url)), but can't get something like you
I'm considering switching to a rich text editor for comments. It would also make it easier to add inline images, etc. I'm not 100% sure yet.
The [title](url) you tried should work. Make sure to start the URL with http:// (or https://)
Maybe some kind of roadmap type course thingy? I know @camerondare is building that for Gamequitters, I might do similar for Nomad List
Ah cool. We do have a personal daily digest email you can enable in settings. We also have a weekly digest, but that's for the whole community.
We can add a personal weekly/quarterly digest and/or add it to the existing community digest.
I like the image idea. We can definitely do something like that as well.
It currently isn't displayed on the timeline. It totally should though!
Right now it doesn't count as a done todo either. I guess we could make it count for the streak, as writing a status update is indeed work. And having to create a todo "Wrote a product update" just after you wrote it on WIP seems like unnecessary work.
I've been on the fence for this one as I think it's a two-edged sword.
One the one hand it's a useful way showing someone you saw their todos and appreciate it. Not everything warrants a written comment.
But on the other hand, it's so easy those claps can quickly lose their meaning. And only a lack of claps remains meaningful, but in a bad way.
It wouldn't be too hard to run an experiment for a few weeks and see what happens. It's a relatively easy feature to build. (We actually experimented with this same idea, but only available through the chat. So the foundation is already built).
What if you add a small set of icons to show "reactions", like the one's at FB?
Yeah those those are fun, but also have their downsides. Basecamp wrote a great article about it: Introducing Boosts: an all-new way to show your support in Basecamp
Their approach is quite interesting too. I prototyped it for WIP, but eventually settled on regular comments.
But it's definitely something we can explore. We could have one type of reaction (👏), multiple types (e.g. 👏 😍 😢 🎉), or allow any emoji like Slack has:
I never noticed this to be honest. But you're right. If there's a long URL in a tweet, it only shows the first X number of characters.
I haven't really found long URLs to be an issue on WIP, but I will keep that idea in mind. Wouldn't be too hard to implement.
Another example (not from me) -> wip.chat/@gijsheerkens/todos/…
Excellent question!
Streaks are based on your local time zone. So as long as you complete a todo every day before midnight local time, your streak should be safe.
Other than that, it doesn't matter how much time elapsed between todos. So for example, you could complete a todo today in the morning and tomorrow in the evening. Technically, there would be more than 24 hours between those todos. But intuitively you'd feel like you've completed a todo each day. So your streak should be safe. And it is with the way we implement it.
Of course this does mean you should have your time zone configured correctly. It looks like it is for your account, but you can always double check by clicking your avatar on the top right and going to your Settings page. If you travel to a time zone and visit the website it should automatically prompt you to change your time zone.
One final thing to note is that, other than calculating streaks, the website shows everything in UTC time zone. So a todo might show as being completed on Monday, while it was still Sunday in your time zone. That can be a bit confusing and we plan to improve someday.
Thanks for the detailed answer! :p