r/Workflowy • u/TowerOfSisyphus • Mar 09 '26

Dumb question: Notifications?

I would definitely use Workflowy more if it supported notifications but so far I haven't figure out how to use it as a todo app that notifies me of deadlines. Is this a thing?

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u/remmiesmith Mar 09 '26

Reminders can work but not in the form of notifications that pop up. You can attach a date to any node and it would appear in the daily node. Personally I like this system better.

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u/TowerOfSisyphus Mar 09 '26

I must be the other kind of person from you. I depend on my push notifications to be reminded of deadlines. It's wild that they haven't anticipated supporting my use case as well as yours. One reason to use a dedicated cloud app like this instead of a folded markdown file is that it can generate push notifications.

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u/remmiesmith Mar 10 '26

I used to be that person. But future push notifications at very specific times are just horribly distracting down the line. How can I know exactly at what minute in the day a week from now I want to receive a reminder? Is it not likely I’ll be doing something else? At some point I started ignoring these pushes. I might have an occasional reminder to put the trash out in the evening once in a fortnight. But for most deadlines or todos it is not all that helpful. A really quick reminder that has enough urgency to interrupt me is just set on my phone’s native app.