Several suggestions for the mobile app
Several suggestions for the mobile app
I'm using a Galaxy S10+ with the EPIM dark theme...
1. All appointment reminders have stopped working. No, re-installing, re-booting did not help. Yes, I've checked my system notification settings, app settings, etc. Yes, volume is on. All the obvious things have been thoroughly checked. Yes, I'm using the latest update. By the way, I was using a Motorola two years ago, and the appointment reminders were not working on that phone, either, so, no, the problem is not related to the model of cell phone. (this one is more of a bug report. Sorry)
2. EPIM can set a default "category" for new tasks, but not a default "priority" for new tasks. That means that, for every new task, I must also stop and choose a priority, in order to get "highest priority" for that task. Time waster.
3. EPIM can't customize how many weeks to show in monthly view. It should, at least, allow the dates from the previous month and next month, to not appear in view at all, if the user chooses, because otherwise it can be confusing to see which dates are for which month.
4. EPIM doesn't darken the color of past events automatically in "monthly view," so, at first glance, it always looks like an entire month of urgent tasks still pending! It should fade the text AND the color label for past events, as other PIMs do. In dark mode both should turn dark gray.
5. EPIM doesn't highlight "Today's date" ENOUGH in monthly view; it's still very hard to see, especially in dark mode. Make a thicker and brighter border around the date square,, and let the user even change the color of that border, if he wants to.
1. All appointment reminders have stopped working. No, re-installing, re-booting did not help. Yes, I've checked my system notification settings, app settings, etc. Yes, volume is on. All the obvious things have been thoroughly checked. Yes, I'm using the latest update. By the way, I was using a Motorola two years ago, and the appointment reminders were not working on that phone, either, so, no, the problem is not related to the model of cell phone. (this one is more of a bug report. Sorry)
2. EPIM can set a default "category" for new tasks, but not a default "priority" for new tasks. That means that, for every new task, I must also stop and choose a priority, in order to get "highest priority" for that task. Time waster.
3. EPIM can't customize how many weeks to show in monthly view. It should, at least, allow the dates from the previous month and next month, to not appear in view at all, if the user chooses, because otherwise it can be confusing to see which dates are for which month.
4. EPIM doesn't darken the color of past events automatically in "monthly view," so, at first glance, it always looks like an entire month of urgent tasks still pending! It should fade the text AND the color label for past events, as other PIMs do. In dark mode both should turn dark gray.
5. EPIM doesn't highlight "Today's date" ENOUGH in monthly view; it's still very hard to see, especially in dark mode. Make a thicker and brighter border around the date square,, and let the user even change the color of that border, if he wants to.
I'm using a Galaxy A54 5G w Android 14, AND separately I'm also using a Galaxy S10+ SM-G975U1 with Android 12.0 w system-wide dark theme and a system-wide dark theme.
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Re: Several suggestions for the mobile app
Thank you for sharing your suggestions in such a detailed and thoughtful way. All points have been noted and will be considered.
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