I’m evaluating Vikunja as a replacement for ToDoist, and honestly the backwards priorities are the single showstopper.
I’ve had a lifetime considering 1 to be the top priority, and any other task manager or PM tool I’ve ever used works that way. It’s very difficult to reverse this thinking.
Priority numbers and labels have been mentioned here before…
…but I’ll combine this into one proposal: making priorities configurable. The internal key wouldn’t have to change, but if the display text and the number used by the interface were customizable, then everyone could set Vikunja up to meet their own needs.
Current default…
| Priority rank | Key | Priority num | Priority name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 5 | 5 | DO NOW |
| 4 | 4 | Urgent | |
| 3 | 3 | High | |
| 2 | 2 | Medium | |
| Lowest | 1 | 1 | Low |
An alternate example…
(Eisenhower method)
| Priority rank | Key | Priority num | Priority name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 5 | 1 | Important and urgent |
| 4 | 2 | Important, not urgent | |
| 3 | 3 | Not important, urgent | |
| 2 | 4 | Not important, not urgent | |
| Lowest | 1 | 5 | Backlog |
Another possibility…
(time-based)
| Priority rank | Key | Priority num | Priority name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 5 | 1 | Today |
| 4 | 2 | This week | |
| 3 | 3 | Soon | |
| 2 | 4 | Later | |
| Lowest | 1 | 5 | Whenever |
Yet another…
(Classification)
| Priority rank | Key | Priority num | Priority name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 5 | 1 | Commitment |
| 4 | 2 | Goal | |
| 3 | 3 | Necessity | |
| 2 | 4 | Option | |
| Lowest | 1 | 5 | Wish |