new Beta: Planner feedback

[Tom van Baarle]

Hi Trello,

Some feedback:

I love:

- the inbox.  Even if it is a bit cumbersome to not have it available when you are ON a board on mobile, rather than on the home page.

- the visualisation options on desktop (inbox/calendar/board)

- the UX of the Planner (however, see below)

Would like to see improved:

- the disconnect between Trello due date and the addition of an item to a certain slot in your calendar.  I mostly do not want to see my todo's on my calendar, but I'd create a dedicated Trello google calendar in order to be able to use the great UX of the planner to set a due date in Trello itself.  But in such case, I'd expect the Trello due date to be set/updated upon adding an item to the calendar.  Otherwise, these two date concepts would co-exist in a confusing way.  Okay, I can imagine a response from hardcore GTD/personal productivity/... afficionados like "the due date is different from the date you will perform the task". But I'd keep my setup as simple as possible.

- next to that, mostly unrelated to the Beta: I plan my Trello items per day, not to the hour.  I miss that sort of simplification option (to just 'assign' an item to a calendar day).  Current workaround: my items with a due date have a due date during nighttime.

[Lori Sirmen]

💯 agree. Also, it is a bit counterproductive to not have the planner on mobile. Or am I missing something?

[Victor Dronov]

@Lori Sirmen it's coming!

[Victor Dronov]

Great thoughts @Tom van Baarle ! Definitely something for us to consider.

[Pablo Mario Dintz]

Excelente la Bandeja de Entrada, tanto en PC como en el móvil. Consulta: Si en un trablero en especifico, es compartido con alguien más, ¿La info d ela Bandeja de Entrada también la ve la otra persona? ¿o solo yo? Gracias. Aguardo respuesta.

[Jordan Mirchev]

Hola Pablo. La bandeja de entrada es individual. Solo la puedes ver tú aunque el tablero esté compartido. Saludos

[Gianito]

@Tom van Baarle 

I completely agree with your feedback on the planner.

The synchronization between a card's due date and the planner seems essential to me. Currently, this disconnect creates unnecessary confusion between two date concepts that should be aligned.

It would also be great to have an option that displays all cards with due dates on the planner automatically.

Like you, I work with daily due dates rather than specific times. If Trello could synchronize due dates in a daily format on the planner, it would be really valuable and greatly simplify planning.

[Maître Juliette Courteau]

Hello, I disagree regarding the synchronisation of the due date and the planner date, I find it very helping. I never used the planner view for that particular reason, because i want to keep track on the important deadlines in my files / cases, while setting specifics times to work on one task or an other.

Sorry for beeing that hardcore GTD/personal productivity/... afficionado !

I find the non-sync so helpfull that I really hope we don't go back.

[Tom van Baarle]

I understand and appreciate that your usage is different.

Separate existence of both date concepts could also work for me, on the condition that both date concepts would exist within Trello and could also be managed/exploited within Trello, rather than just trigger a 'fire-and-forget' event addition in Google Calendar.

To be really precise: following the introduction of Planner, there are now actually three date concepts: due date within Trello, start date within Trello (which seems pretty similar to the date you plan to execute an item) and now the Planner date within Google Calendar.  I think that is one too many, in any case. :-)

Allowing to add an item to Planner as a full-day event would also be helpful, for me. I explicity do not want to plan items to a specific timeslot within a day prior to that day. :-)

[Gianito]

@Maître Juliette Courteau 

I get your point, but in the context of this beta, it actually adds complexity. Trello is shifting back to individual productivity — not trying to become a lightweight Jira. Having three unlinked dates (due, start, planner) just makes things harder to follow.

If the Planner doesn’t reflect due dates, we lose what Trello does best: clarity and fast, visual action. Even a simple sync would reduce a lot of friction.

As @Gaurav Kataria, Trello’s Head of Product, said: “In the past, Trello drifted toward project management to help users plan larger, more complex projects. Now, we’re focusing on individual task management." Source

GTD has definitely influenced how some people use Trello — but it’s never been at the core of the product.