December 10, 2009

TeuxDeux: A Temporal To-Do App

TeuxDeux is a great example of how making a temporal view of the user’s information the default view can help the user get a quick grasp of the currently relevant information:

The simple idea of showing individual to-do lists for each day side-by-side makes this application much more useful than a «traditional» single-list to-do app.

Via Daring Fireball.

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