Design update

[dkorecko]

Hey everyone,

We are committed to make using Ticky as nice of an experience as possible and since it started as a project for school initially, the design hasn't received the love it deserves up until now. For some time now we have been working on a refreshed design to the app and we would love to hear your thoughts. Take a look at this Figma view-only link: https://www.figma.com/design/xWBSlplNjy2v1J9RoEQ82o/Ticky (if you've never used Figma before, make sure to answer the cookie banner so you can pan/zoom around). This design hasn't been finalized/implemented in code yet, so it's easy to make changes.

Let us know if you have any thoughts, suggestions or in case you don't like something about this new design. We're open to any feedback.

You can either share your thoughts or join our Discord to discuss in real-time.

[swinis]

Hi @dkorecko I really appreciate your approach for redesigning the app - despite of me finding it already really useful as is ;)

One improvement proposal: It would be great to have the design a bit more responsive - so that on wide screens, e.g. the ticket information is spanned over two columns. This would provide a far better overview on the tickets contents, without the need of scrolling everytime.

Best, Stefan

[dkorecko]

Hey, thanks for the suggestion!

Do you and @noMoreCLI both mean essentially the columns would be as wide as the screen space is, only going back to today's single column width only once there's enough columns to fill up the screen?

[noMoreCLI]

@dkorecko, I just started using Ticky and it looks really promising for what I need and want it to use. Keep up the great work!
The new design proposal looks nice and clean to me. However there are some areas in the app response & usability category which could be addressed
Cards

• Card 3 dot menu: assign card to user (and list the top 3 or more users of the board) for quick assignment
• Card 3 dot menu: set start date to now
• can the cards have different color? I haven't figured out how to do this. the labels help, I wished for a bigger visual representation to visualize different activity types
• linked cards: there you show the CardID, Card Title, Project and Board. For me it would be helpful to have the Card Title and ID swapped. Also to make this a link to jump to that card would be super useful to me.
  Board
• The [+ New Column] seems to be always there and eats space. I think that could be easily in a "Edit Board" or the board setup as I'm rarely changing the columns after I designed and setup the board
• make the columns to adapt/responsive to the screen width, so that the entire screen can be used. Right now it looks like that only 2/3rds are used by Cards and the rest is allocated

These are some initial observations and thoughts. I really like the approach from Ticky and find it super useful already. Keen to see where it evolves too.

[dkorecko]

Hey there, thanks for the suggestions!

• How would you imagine the part of listing the top 3 users of the board for quick assignments actually looking with that dropdown menu?
• What do you mean by setting the start data, do you mean for the timer?
• Not currently no. Are you imagining being able to set the card's background color to whatever color you want, having some presets/card types, or?
• That's a fair point, I'll get those implemented.
• I guess my question is whether the space would be used for anything else? Since personally I appreciated being able to quickly create a new column without having to faff about. If you really hate it, maybe I could consider just a user setting for this?
• Are you referring to the same as @swinis above?

Appreciate all the suggestions. For the things I mentioned would be implemented, all those will be done after the redesign (since it's a different person working on it).

[AkilisUi]

Hey there,
I'm a bit late to the party but just found out about your wonderful app!
I'm looking forward to using it in a semi-professional way (already have).
Ticky really is the one app that's closer to what I like about a kanban : clarity and efficiency.
Also the redesign looks very promising!

Following up on discussions and issues I've seen here and there, I'd like to suggest a few things myself :

• I have to agree with the design being more responsive. I work both with ultra-wide screens and on my phone and that would be so nice.
• Regions/language options would be great. I am very capable of working with English only apps, but I hope to work with more people soon. They may or may not speak English (at least not fluently). Anyhow, that would really help the workflow, specially with newcomers to the app. I'm willing to help translate it in French if needed!
• Implementing a notifications system would be great. Whether it be simple e-mails or any other service through an API (such as Gotify or whatever, I'm willing to use one that won't be to much of a hassle for you).
• Some kind of reminder or notification banner on the home screen that lets users know what tasks they have been assigned to. Also a reminder of the running tasks and upcoming deadlines. Maybe those could be an per user option in the settings.
• Integrating or linking a calendar. It would be real good to have
• Ability to pin boards so they keep a certain order instead of boards moving around. Currently it seems the last board you visited is dragged to the beginning of the list, on the left side of the screen.
• Maybe custom background themes? I totally vibe with the colors you've presented for the redesign, but maybe proposing a little customization, like a set of different colors for dark and light themes would be great. That point is far less important though.

I know that's a lot but I'm really fond of the app already and of the way it's going. I'm no dev but if I can help in any way with the time I have, I will gladly do so!

Thanks again for the beautiful app.

[AkilisUi]

One more thing I forgot to mention :

• The ability to transfer tags from one board to another. Or rather have a global list of tags inside a project that can simply be added to boards by checking them from the list.

I'm not totally clear about what would be best, but I hope you get the idea.

Thanks again!