Hacker News Reader

Why does a to-do list have to have any features by default? It could be a blank screen with a "settings" sign in the upper right, where you can enable just the features you need.

If I don't find such a software, I will write it myself. I actually already started:

https://x.com/marekgibney/status/1844077244903571549

I am developing it on the side, while I try to get by with existing solutions.

View on HN

Not every "feature" is a checkbox. Many features are about how the UI integrates everything and changes over time.

So your "settings" asking the user to design their own app!

That's the developer's job!

What would be an example of a feature that can not be enabled via a checkbox?

Remind me in X number of days.

The setting to use checkboxes.

Which language the settings menu should appear in, for one.

> It could be a blank screen with a "settings" sign in the upper right, where you can enable just the features you need.

That's a "feature" that makes it more annoying for your first time user, which probably puts off a decent proportion of them.

The out-of-the box experience is what most people will use - they will not dive into endless settings and config

(ignoring the insane dev cost of supporting every possible feature combination)

Reply on news.ycombinator.com