💡 [FEAT] Approximate Task Duration

[FelixKratz]

I really like this tool, it makes planning todos so much more fun. Thank you for creating it!
One thing that I would really enjoy is to have an approximate task duration field where I could enter how long I think the task will take to accomplish. E.g. if I look for a task that takes ~1h I could find them more quickly and work on them when I have a time constraint.

A next step for such feature could be support to "pick" tasks for the day. Once a task is picked for the day its due date is changed to today and added to a "Today" view, along with the estimate duration of the task.

[kraanzu]

if I look for a task that takes ~1h I could find them more quickly and work on them when I have a time constraint.

I guess you mean a task timer something similar to taskwarrior.
I'll explain the workflow and you can give me feedback for this:

• You go to the task and let's say press s for start
• You are prompted to enter a duration for e.g. 50s or 50m or 50h
• A timer starts and notifies you when the time is up ( If the task is not done by then else just stops)
  If not done, It can maybe add some extra time ( let' say 10% of the initial time) and notifies you again. Something like a alarm snooze

A next step for such feature could be support to "pick" tasks for the day. Once a task is picked for the day its due date is changed to today and added to a "Today" view

Hmm..that can be a nice feature to add. Thanks for recommending
I'll release a new version soon and will be sure to add these 😄

I really like this tool, it makes planning todos so much more fun. Thank you for creating it!

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it <3

[FelixKratz]

I guess you mean a task timer something similar to taskwarrior. I'll explain the workflow and you can give me feedback for this

What you describe is different from what I had in mind, but it sure is nice too.

What I thought was an "Approximate Duration" field for a task that can be filled at any time and is displayed next to the due date (or anywhere else). I find myself creating tasks for which I know approximately how long they will take when I create them.

E.g.:

• I create an item: Refactor Code
• I fill the estimate duration of the task: e.g. 2 hours
• I work on different tasks
• When I have ~2 hours of time I search for tasks that can be completed in this time
• I am able to easily find the Refactor Code task and start it

Once I start the task your idea with the timer would directly attach onto this workflow.

[kraanzu]

Ah, I see now. That surely will be nice! We can attach more functionalities later on but for now the basic idea of estimated duration will be easy to implement.

I'm planning on adding a config option so that the user can determine the UI.
To be specific: How the rows will be rendered (both the size and position)
For e.g. if somebody does not need an urgency column but the estimated duration column, that would be possible to tweak through the config.

What are your thoughts on it?

[FelixKratz]

Ah, I see now. That surely will be nice! We can attach more functionalities later on but for now the basic idea of estimated duration will be easy to implement.

I'm planning on adding a config option so that the user can determine the UI. To be specific: How the rows will be rendered (both the size and position) For e.g. if somebody does not need an urgency column but the estimated duration column, that would be possible to tweak through the config.

What are your thoughts on it?

Making this configurable sounds great! Thank you for your work on this project.

[kraanzu]

Awesome then!

[kraanzu]

Hi @FelixKratz,
Woah I'm really late on this one haha. Was really busy with some other work :p
but I've implemented an "Effort" parameter which is just a number and you can use it like the hour thing you mentioned
which you can currently edit by pressing 'e' (this is default and can be changed)

I'm closing this issue as of now. Feel free to re-open if you have any questions