Comments on: LifeShaker Review and Giveaway

By: Franca Richard

Franca Richard — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:02:57 +0000

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By: Jessica Alba Movies

Jessica Alba Movies — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:51:24 +0000

Josh did! He asked for requests for art subjects to break in his new tablet pen. Dude got nearly 200 replies.

By: Mr. Manish Kothari

Mr. Manish Kothari — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:56:10 +0000

I would like the ability to prioritize individual steps that make each goal. That way, after a shake, primary steps always appear before secondary steps. That would be cool.

By: Martin Baker

Martin Baker — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:07:00 +0000

The main reason that LifeShaker is only single install is because in version 1 it is not possible to sync the database between two systems so therefor it really doesn’t make sense to have more than one install. You could manually transfer the database file between two systems but you’d also really have to transfer the preferences too and it soon gets messy.

Printing will be the next major feature and existing customers will get that for free.

I’m sorry that you feel deceived because of course that’s not our intention. The whole reason we have a 14 day trial is so you can try LifeShaker out and decide if it is suitable for you or not.

Martin Baker
http://www.funkycloud.com

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:27:40 +0000

This program made me think at the crews of “conquistadores” that traded clinging and colored beads [colored basic list and rattling sounds] with natives, against rich and valuable resources [my own 29 bucks]. While the program tries to place its value in its simplicity, lack of critical features [for me] such as no printing capability and one single installation per license [I can't transfer all of those cute lists onto my laptop when I travel??!!] have left me with that terrible taste as when coffee is mistakenly sweetened with salt … Not worth the $29.00 with its present features.

By: dgbly

dgbly — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:10:48 +0000

I agree LifeShaker could use .Mac integration, and several other things folks have already mentioned.

The feature I would add immediately: a way to get phone numbers and/or addresses from Address Book without launching Address Book. (Lots of other apps do this.)

Also instead of just the one star option I think there should be three ranking indicators — if the iTunes-like 5 star model is too busy (which it well would be I think) maybe 3 different graphic symbols? Like a comet, a star, an asterisk, an exclamation point (well-styled),…?

Otherwise I find LifeShaker very pleasing. It’s highly intuitive, attractive (non-threatening to look at – which is important in a presentation of things one must do) – has some “fun” built in (the sound effects), is colorful but not obnoxiously so…

[one thing though -- sometimes the program will not accept the category/color I assign to it, takes two or even three tries to register as correct category.]

Lovely app though! Thanks…
- DGBly

By: Martin Baker @ Funky Cloud

Martin Baker @ Funky Cloud — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:15:53 +0000

Thanks to everyone who commented, there’s some very interesting ideas in there! Congratulations to the three winners, we hope you’ll have a lot of fun with LifeShaker.

Patrick – you could make a category for each person and use LifeShaker that way.

Richard – genius idea. made me smile.

Josh & Mitch – it’s much quicker to use the keyboard shortcuts: Cmd-N creates a new goal and Shift-Command-N creates a new step.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:27:51 +0000

Lifeshaker fits the bill for me very nicely! I have it full screen on a 2nd display hooked to my macbook pro. It is like having a digital whiteboard that helps me keep my eye on the ball. Good work!

The one thing I wish you would add is the ability to click on an empty line in categories, goals and steps to make an entry instead of having to hit the “+” sign each time.

Keep up the great work!

Mitch

By: LifeShaker Giveaway Winners | MacApper

LifeShaker Giveaway Winners | MacApper — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:00:53 +0000

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By: ErichD

ErichD — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:15:42 +0000

@TI3VOM – have you tried daylite?

As for me, I’d buy this in a heartbeat if it easily synced with my Treo (and wiht my Daylite database as well as my iApps). I had one app I was trying that did that, but it didn’t work in the same fashion as LifeShaker.

By: Yong Hwee

Yong Hwee — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:08:10 +0000

Would be great if the interface was cleaned up, looks a tad messy now.

By: Robert D.

Robert D. — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:14:16 +0000

Can it be translated to French?

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:08:45 +0000

Jut put the demo on my computer but find that there is a lot of dragging and clicking. Maybe I am missing something but the less I use my trackpad the better. I think that lifeshaker could do with more shortcuts for shaking it up or backburner or completed.

By: Robert D.

Robert D. — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:03:49 +0000

Wow! So simple but It’s doing the job! I would like to be able to change the icon on the left side with a library or by custom icons! And may be a link with iCal.

By: Chris A.

Chris A. — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:24:51 +0000

I’d like to see iCal integration with Lifeshaker. Other than that I think this is an excellent app! Tried it out and I’m liking what I see so far.

By: Austromac

Austromac — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:11:16 +0000

I’d like to see an iCal/Entourage Integration.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:01:46 +0000

I would like to be able to sync with multiple different calendar type apps/devices (e.g. gcal, ical, and my blackberry).

By: Toni

Toni — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:56:30 +0000

Some kind of workflow for GTD implementation, quicksiver and ical integration, and especially mail integration (so we can easily make todo item from mail message).

By: Libin Pan

Libin Pan — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:17:44 +0000

Well. It is really unique way to do todo. Wish I could give a try on it.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:45:01 +0000

The ability to “link” Lifeshaker Goals to different objects would be cool. For example, if I’m writting a paper, I could drop the .rtf file onto the Goal associated with that paper. I would also be nice to have deadlines associated with Goals that need them (or the ability to link to iCal events).

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:43:47 +0000

The product looks fantastic! The feature I would most like to see added is .mac syncing. The ability to sync everything across two computers is pretty essential for my work style.

By: Nathan C

Nathan C — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:09 +0000

This looks liek a pretty great app. What would be pretty cool to see in the next version is access to the program in the menu bar. so if you click on the icon in the menu bar, you can look at the 9 goals you recently had shaken up.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:06:14 +0000

This certainly won’t increase the functionality of the app but how about leveraging the macbook and macbook pro motion sensor capabilities and allowing tasks to be shaken by actually shaking the laptop instead of clicking on the lifeshaker button.

By: Dan Limke

Dan Limke — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:49:35 +0000

In the next version, I’d like to see a beer and sandwich retrieval module, a function that lets the dogs out and a hardware dongle that surrounds the use with the aura of Jessica Alba.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:20:13 +0000

I would like it so family members can “login” by hitting a button on the top of the screen and see their own tasks. It could then replace the family chores board we have hanging on our fridge!

By: RavenCub

RavenCub — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:43:28 +0000

I like my task list visible at all times so I can easily see what I need to do next. A (customizable) sidebar with stacked blocks that hangs out at the edge of my screen would help. Click-and-hold on dock icon to show small version of grid would be cool.

Categories may be used as contexts or locations, and goals may consist of steps that happen in different contexts/locations. So, categories should apply to individual steps, and only to goals when there are no steps (goal category could serve as default for step category).

Streamlined item creation would be nice, too. I should be able to double-click an empty area of a list to create an item. Creating a category, for example, takes 2 clicks, typing, and 2 enters – it should be double-click, type, enter.

By: Martin Baker

Martin Baker — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:27 +0000

Terry – you can right-click or control-click on the goal’s category to change it.

By: Pfuy

Pfuy — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:20:13 +0000

I’d like to see Quicksilver integration.

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:03:23 +0000

I can’t find a way to move a goal from one category to another. I like the randomness of the shaker but I would also like to be able to set a fixed priority to my goals.

By: sam pieter

sam pieter — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:45:19 +0000

What a great application! It combines my ical usage together with mori. What would be really great to see in a future version is that seperate goals can use the same categories.