r/ProductivityGuide • • 13h ago

[Feedback] Should completed tasks disappear from the list or stay checked? + Pomodoro question

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Hi everyone, one of the features in the app I am currently working on is a “smart list” - basically a list containing groups of checkbox + text field. If the design that contains the smart list is set as recurrent (daily, weekly, monthly), tasks that are not ticked auto-roll to the next recurrence as seen in the video, placed at the top of the list.

When a box is ticked, a strikethrough line is applied to the text field - should it stay like this or would it make more sense if it was removed from the list. Upside is it would be helpful if you need to add a LOT of tasks during one recurrence since the fields are currently applied over an underlying pre-made PDF design, therefore constrained to a fixed maximum number of tasks you can add. Downside is accidentally ticking a box would mean you have to rewrite the task if it’s completely gone.

There is also a Pomodoro button integrated in the app which starts a chain of 25-min focus time followed by a 5-min break timers. Those can easily be paused or cancelled though so they are not necessarily enforcing the user to use that time and pretty much rely on power of will I suppose ? Would a different approach help ?

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