ToDoList (AbstractSpoon) Support

Hello,

We are currently using the 8.0.5.0 version in the company.
We are now considering switching to the latest 8.3.0.0 version.

The question now is:
is it worth it?
What new features will I gain?
What are the concrete improvements of the new version compared to the old one?
What has changed?

Many thanks in advance

With kind regards
Rnkwrkstdnt

Hi @Rnkwrkstdnt

A lot has changed since 8.0.5 as you can see in the summary below.

And since 8.3 has only just been released I would expect there still to be issues that will not appear until it receives a greater uptake.

If this concerns you, you might prefer to upgrade to 8.2 first since that was released nearly 12 months ago and has had numerous bugs fixed.

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This is a summary of all the feature improvements since 8.0:

8.1

• Added '@' to display 'Allocated To/By' popup in 'Comments' fields
• Added '14 day' and '28 day' views to 'Week Planner'
• Added 'Any <field> can match' options for 'Status' and 'Version' filters
• Added 'Background Image' (watermark) support to 'HTML comments'
• Added clickable 'File Links' to 'Kanban' items
• Added 'Command-line Option' for modifying task icons (-ic)
• Added 'Command-line Option' for specifying a titlebar prefix (-tp)
• Added 'Complete' button to 'Reminders' dialog
• Added 'Ctrl+A' shortcut to 'Reminders' dialog
• Added 'Custom Date' attributes to 'Filter Bar'
• Added 'Find Tasks' option for hiding dependent tasks until their predecessor is complete
• Added 'Font' drop-list to 'HTML Comments' toolbar
• Added 'Insert Date/Time' toolbar above 'Comments' field
• Added 'Item Grouping' to 'List View'
• Added 'Lead/Lag' times to 'Task Dependencies'
• Added 'Left' and 'Right' alignment options to 'Mind Map'
• Added mandatory password check before allowing 'Change Password'
• Added more 'Time Periods' to 'Analyse Logged Time' dialog
• Added option to 'Analyse logged Time' dialog to open report automatically
• Added option to 'Calendar' to display 'Future Occurrences' of 'Recurring' tasks
• Added option to 'Mind Map' to draw dependencies
• Added option to 'Week Planner' to display 'Future Occurrences' of 'Recurring' tasks
• Added 'PDF Exporter with bookmarks'
• Added 'Pie Chart' option to 'Graphs' view
• Added 'Preferences' backups (once per day)
• Added 'Previous/Next Match' buttons to 'Quick Find'
• Added 'Remaining Time' to 'Infotips'
• Added 'Reminder' to 'Offset Task Dates...' dialog
• Added 'Save to Image' support to 'Week Planner'
• Added 'Shift+Tab' support to 'Comments' fields
• Added 'Spreadsheet' comments type
• Added 'Week Planner' dragging 'long' tasks onto 'day column' and vice-versa
• Added 'Table/Paragraph/Wrapped' HTML sub-formats to 'Export' dialog
• Added 'Tools > Anonymise Tasklist'
• Added 'Tooltip' support for cryptic 'Outlook' links
• Added 'Unallocated' column to 'Workload' view
• Added Vietnamese translation (thanks to chinhbeta)
• Added 'Zooming' to 'Mind Map'

8.2

• Added 'Markdown' comments
• Added highlighting of 'Circular Dependencies'
• Added 'Calculations' to 'Custom Attributes'
• Added 'Custom Date' attributes to 'Week Planner'
• Added 'Custom Date' attributes to 'Calendar'
• Added 'Drag and Drop' from 'Explorer' to 'Spreadsheet' comments
• Added dedicated toolbar button for creating 'ToDoLIst UDTs'
• Added 'Recurrence' options to 'Filter Bar'
• Added '-mp' command line switch to use first decryption password as a 'Master Password'
• Added toolbar button to 'Find Tasks' dialog to allow closing when docked
• Added 'Calendar' preferences to show 'Week Number' in cell header
• Added 'Straight Line Connections' option to 'Mind Map'
• Added 'Completed Date' to 'Attribute Inheritance'
• Improved layout of overlapping 'Calendar' tasks
• Improved handling of 'Due Task Notification' hyperlinks
• Improved 'Time Tracker' task selection
• Improved 'Edit Dependency' task selection
• Improved performance of 'flat' tasklists

8.3

• Added 'Evidence Board' plugin view
• Added 'Dark Mode' (add -dm to commandline)
• Added 'Word Cloud' toolbar for 'Ignore selected word' and 'Edit Ignore List'
• Added 'Week Planner' preference to show active tasks on 'Today'
• Added 'Week Planner' support for calculated parent dates
• Added 'Time Blocking' to the 'Week Planner'
• Added 'Calendar' preference to show active tasks on 'Today'
• Added 'Calendar' support for calculated parent dates
• Added 'Spreadsheet' context-menu to populate 'Dropdown List' cells
• Added 'Task Font' to be used by 'Find Tasks' and 'Reminders' in preferences
• Added 'Sorting' to 'Reminders' dialog
• Added 'Thousands' separator to 'Cost' column
• Added more regular background 'Preferences' saving
• Added option to paste attributes between tasks
• Added 'Auto Drag Scrolling' to 'Mind Map'
• Added 'Label Tips' to 'Mind Map'
• Added 'Comments Format' column to 'Task Tree' and 'List View'
• Added 'Scroll to To Selected Task' to 'Move' menu
• Added 'Grouping' to 'Kanban' view
• Added 'Ukrainian' translation (thanks to knnsumy)

I have already been given a long list of differences between 8.0 and 8.3.

Now the question is, which of these is really a big difference or a big step forward?

Thanks in advance for your opinion

Hi @Rnkwrkstdnt

There is no way anyone else can make that decision for you without knowing exactly how you currently use the software.