Focus|Project for Trello Preview

A quick, keyboard-first free/affordable agile productivity app for Trello with Linux support

More screenshots are at https://f-p.app/gallery.html

Intro

Part of a philosophy, part of a concept. Change gears in 2021 with us!
An appetizer for the planned Focus|Project, come and try!

It can now be thought of as a tiny agile tool, a

• basic, but fast Trello client with some extras (search, edit/"imagify" & prioritize your cards and todos rapidly), or
• a note/snapshot taking PC app with a Trello backend (Joplin, MicroPad, Simplenote are perhaps somewhat similar tools)

Perhaps this nippy app can already help - whether when zoning in, or looking out (e.g. when planning a sprint) - more info at https://f-p.app, feel free to try (the video from last year... things improved :) )

And when it just isn't enough ... you're welcome to go for Trello's rich functionality powerhouse, including their mobile app!

(Btw we like Trello! Feel free to get acquainted at: https://trello.com/ if need be - the app won't do much without a Trello account.)

*What's waiting for you?*

From the top of my mind:

• NEW: Cover support (nearing completion)
• NEW: some Offline Mode (incomplete beta)
• new: Data Snapshots - helps to undo, or view/check back offline!

(incomplete)

• Introductory Wayland global shortcut support
• Advanced todo support (due date, member), create several quickly!
• Take screenshots (as description/attachment), view and edit images (annotate, flip, resize ...)
• Basic attachments support on the active card - view, add, delete, save, drag & drop into the description
• Insert (paste) images at cursor, snoozable Trello notifications overview ("very beta")
• Clipboard-friendly hyperlink editor, with some rich editing features
• Advanced editing features for the card description (devs: we do go beyond the basic "Notepad" experience), to take markdown notes quickly - add rich content directly from the clipboard/drag&drops (gets more or less converted)
• Standard due dates (e.g. "due tomorrow")
• Checklist items on steroids (multi-item ops + rich editing - an easy way to link to a subtask card if its link is on the clipboard)
• A quick "local" search ('filter') + sorting on the current list/board,
• A mostly followed keyboard-first principle: many shortcuts
• Apparently handles cards well in the 100s or even 1000s
• a touch of green, adaptive theming, fuzzy story point estimates: https://bit.ly/393FKqP

(What are story points? https://bit.ly/2Xg9MC6 )

• Of course, hiccups :) but it's just a beta, don't give up yet!
• And many, many tiny features, considerations, concepts ... although even more numerous missing :))
• Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/focus-project-for-trello-preview/9nzn3t1r9bnt

*Installation note*

At a minimum, privileges need to be granted to the app for password storage:

 snap connect focus-project:password-manager-service

Then just start with focus-project or look for Trello in the launcher!

2 more for attaching files from/saving to your home directory:

 snap connect focus-project:home

 snap connect focus-project:mount-observe

(Confession: when running it from the console, you'll also see a number of warnings, and perhaps an error about a missing en locale, each of yet unidentified origins ¯\\(ツ)/¯)

Troubleshooting

Some distros may not like this snap, Debian, Ubuntu Mate, ZorinOS 15 Core seem to pan out.

*Licensing note*

The app is currently free and will likely remain free of charge without ads for a broad audience (well, wouldn't ads just defeat the purpose? :) ) especially for personal, academic and open-source use.

Even for professional use, a very reasonable pricing is in mind.

Disclaimer: We are not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by or in any way officially connected to Trello, Inc. (https://trello.com/).

F|P is is just the beta of the Trello integration of a bigger thing to come (it does theoretically exist, stop laughing! :) )