Unlimotion

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Strengths

1. Unlimited levels of task nesting
2. The ability to build execution chains by blocking tasks
3. A task can be a subtask in several tasks at once
4. Storing your data on your device

Launching the application

Case 1: If you use OS Windows, Debian or MacOS, you can click on the link with releases and download the latest version of this application. You need to run the following command: sudo chmod -R 755 /Applications/Unlimotion.app after installing on MacOS. Rights aren't automatically granted due to Apple's security policy for unsigned applications. No additional steps are required for correct installation on OS Windows and Debian.

Case 2:

1. Download and install the .NET 10.0 SDK for your operating system
2. Download the latest version of the program's source code as a zip-archive and unpack it to any folder on your computer. If you know the git version control system, instead of downloading the archive, clone this git-repository to your computer in any folder using your favorite git-client (for example Fork).
3. Open the resulting source сode folder on your computer.
4. Run the script file from the folder depending on the operating system:
   • Windows - run.windows.cmd
   • Mac OS - run.macos.sh
   • Linux - run.linux.sh

Conceptual description

Task states

Any task can be in only one of five statuses:

1. Not ready - an empty square
2. Prepared - a square with !
3. In progress - a square with a play sign
4. Completed - a square with a check mark
5. Archived - a square inside a square

Prepared means the task has enough context to be started or delegated. Dependency and planned-date blocking is not a status: it is calculated separately and makes the task visually muted.

Acceptable transitions are described by the diagram:

stateDiagram-v2
    notReady: Not ready
    prepared: Prepared
    inProgress: In progress
    completed: Completed
    archived: Archived
    [*] --> notReady: Creation
    notReady --> prepared
    notReady --> inProgress
    notReady --> completed
    notReady --> archived
    prepared --> notReady
    prepared --> inProgress
    prepared --> completed
    prepared --> archived
    inProgress --> notReady
    inProgress --> prepared
    inProgress --> completed
    inProgress --> archived
    archived --> notReady
    archived --> prepared
    archived --> inProgress
    completed --> notReady
    completed --> prepared
    completed --> inProgress

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Moving to In progress is blocked when dependency blockers are incomplete or the planned begin date is still in the future. Moving to Completed is blocked when child tasks, blockers, or completion criteria are unfinished.

Markdown outline import/export uses these markers:

Marker	Status
[ ]	Not ready
[!]	Prepared
[>]	In progress
[x]	Completed
[#]	Archived

On first startup with the new model, old active tasks (IsCompleted=false) migrate to Not ready, because Prepared now means an explicit user decision that the task has enough context. Migration rollback is expected to use the Git history of the task storage directory.

The same status picker is available in task lists, the roadmap and the current task card, so a task can move between planning, active work, completion and archive without changing views.

Tasks links

Each task can have links to other tasks of 4 types:

1. Parents Tasks - parent tasks that contain this task within themselves as an integral part necessary for execution.
2. Containing Tasks - child tasks that are part or steps of this task and arise during the decomposition process.
3. Blocking By Tasks - blocking tasks that must be completed to unlock the current one.
4. Blocked Tasks - blocked tasks that cannot be unblocked while this task is not completed.

Hierarchy of tasks

All tasks have their place in the general tree hierarchy. The very first level is called the root level, it contains tasks that have no links to parent tasks. Any task can become a child of another task, visually it looks like a nesting in the task tree. Unlike other task schedulers, Unlimited allows one task to be a child of several other tasks at once. This is convenient in cases where the task has an inter project value and cannot be assigned to only one parent task. Also, this feature can be used as a replacement for tags, you can create a parent task with a certain meaning and add to it all the child tasks that are related to this meaning. This will allow you to observe the same task in different slices right at the hierarchy level.

Blocking

A blocked task cannot be completed until it becomes unblocked. Blocking is visually expressed by a more transparent color of the checkbox and the text of the task description. A task is considered Blocked if it has:

1. Uncompleted tasks inside
2. Has uncompleted blocking tasks
3. Has uncompleted blocking tasks for any parent task

Interface description

The interface consists of 3 parts.

1. On top are the so-called breadcrumbs that show the path in the hierarchy of the currently selected task.
2. On the right is a panel of detailed information of the currently selected task, where all the task fields available for viewing and editing are displayed.
3. The left panel has the ability to switch between tabs:

The screenshots below are generated from a deterministic synthetic workspace used by the UI automation pipeline, so the README can be refreshed after visual changes without hand-editing demo data.

All Tasks

It's a hierarchical representation of all tasks. At the root are those tasks that don't have parents.

Last Created

Shows all tasks by creation date in descending order.

Last Updated

Shows the tasks with the most recent edits first.

Unlocked

Window of Opportunity - represents only those tasks that are currently available for execution.

Completed

The list of completed tasks in the reverse order of execution - the last ones from the top.

In Progress

A flat list of tasks with the In progress status. The tab helps track current work and how long each task has already been in that status.

Archived

The list of archived tasks in the reverse order of archiving - the last ones from the top. This includes tasks that no longer need to be performed, but you don't want to delete them either.

Last Opened

Shows the tasks that were opened most recently, which is useful for quickly returning to the working context you just left.

Roadmap

Displaying tasks in the form of a roadmap. Inspired by the development tree from games. In this view, tasks are displayed in the form of a directed graph, which allows you to visualize the tracks of tasks that need to be completed in order to reach the goal. Green arrows - child-parent relationship Red arrows - the ratio of the blocking task to the blocked one

Settings

Settings window - allows you to change the parameters that affect the operation of the program.

• TaskStorage Path - Path to the directory(folder) with tasks. It is along this path that the task files in JSON format will be saved. The path can be specified absolute or relative. If the path is not specified, the tasks are saved in the "Tasks" directory, which is created in the working directory from which the program was launched.
• SSH Key Storage Path - Folder where Git backup keeps SSH keys and the dedicated known_hosts file when an SSH remote is used.

How to get started

Tasks creation

New tasks are always created relative to the selected task. To do this, you can use the buttons on the top right panel with the sign "➕" or use hotkeys:

• ➕Sibling (Ctrl+Enter) - Create a task at the same level as the selected one
• ➕🔒Sibling (Shift+Enter) - Create a task at the same level as the selected one and block it with the selected one
• ➕Inner (Ctrl+Tab) - Create a nested task inside the selected

After creating a task, you need to fill in the name of the current task, because if a task without a name is selected, the creation buttons will be disabled.

Tree expansion shortcuts

In all task list tabs and relation trees on the task card, you can control expansion with these hotkeys:

• Expand nested for current (Ctrl+Shift+Right) - Expand the selected node and all nested nodes under it
• Collapse nested for current (Ctrl+Shift+Left) - Collapse nested nodes under the selected node
• Expand all nodes (Ctrl+Alt+Right) - Expand all nodes in the active tree
• Collapse all nodes (Ctrl+Alt+Left) - Collapse all nodes in the active tree

Tasks deleting

Tasks are permanently deleted when you click the "❌" button in the task list. Also, when you press Shift+Delete, the selected task is deleted.

Dragging with the mouse

In all tabs, you can perform drag-and-drop actions with the left mouse button. The task that you pulled is called draggable. The task on which you release the mouse button is called the target. Depending on which buttons on the keyboard are clamped when you release the left mouse button, different commands are executed:

• Without keys - Attach a draggable task to a target task
• Shift - Move the dragged task to the target task
• Ctrl - The dragged task blocks the target task
• Alt - The target task blocks the dragged task
• Ctrl+Shift - Clone the dragged task to the target as a subtask

Grouping by emoji

If the emoji symbol is present in the task name, then it becomes possible to quickly filter such tasks and those contained in them using filters on the tabs. To add an emoji to the text field, use the special menu:

• In Windows it is called by the keyboard shortcut Win+.
• In macOS it is called by the keyboard shortcut Cmd+Ctrl+Whitespace
• In Ubuntu, it is called by the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+.

On the tabs where the tasks are not displayed in a hierarchical form, all the emoji that the parent tasks have are displayed to the left of the name of each task. This allows you to visually immediately understand where this task comes from.

Emoji filters open as a searchable multi-select dropdown: type part of a tag title or emoji, keep the list open and toggle several include or exclude filters without resetting the panel.

Backlog of features

• Emoji in the title is inherited for subtasks
• Hotkey Shift+Enter to create a blocked subtask of a task
• Fields "Start date of planned execution" and "End date of planned execution"
• Filter by execution status
• Filter by the start date of the planned execution
• "Task Duration" field
• Ability to clone tasks via drag and drop with Ctrl+Shift
• Automatic saving of tasks when links change
• Repeatable tasks can be created
• Emoji Filter
• Go to the task description by double-clicking from any list
• The unlocked view is updated when the day changes
• The buttons for adding tasks have been set up
• Search for tasks
• Navigating through breadcrumb tasks
• Block all subtasks of a blocked task
• Filter by the relevance of scheduled tasks
• The planned period is inherited for children
• When changing emoji, refresh all the inscriptions of children
• Watcher for tracking file changes
• Mass transfer of tasks
• Fixing the time spent on the task
• Advance task reminder
• Build a mobile app for Android and iOS
• When drag and drop, so that scrolling works when moving the pointer to the top and bottom of the list
• Attaching files to a task
• Write a server for storing tasks
• History of transitions between tasks
• Change history with the ability to roll back changes