Tasks
Tasks are the work you owe someone. AlphOne opens on the day’s list, and that list is the main screen of the product: work it top to bottom and postpone whatever did not happen.
The day
Section titled “The day”The Tasks screen shows one day at a time. The chevrons either side of the heading move to the previous and next day, and a Today link appears whenever you are looking at another day.
Everything on the screen belongs to you. Tasks are owned by the person they are assigned to, and the day list only shows your own.
Adding work
Section titled “Adding work”The Task title field above the list adds a task to the day on screen. Type a title and press Enter. That is the fast path, meant for capturing work while you are on the phone.
The New task button at the top of the screen opens the full form, where a task also gets a due date, a priority and an optional contact. Search for the person by name and pick them, and the task is linked to them from both sides. Add task in a contact’s row of the contact list opens the same form with that contact already picked.
Completing
Section titled “Completing”Complete moves a task into the Done group at the bottom of the day, which stays collapsed until you open it. Completed work is kept in view rather than disappearing, so a misclick is one Reopen away and the finished pile is visible at the end of the day.
Overdue work
Section titled “Overdue work”Open tasks from earlier days appear in an Overdue section above today’s list, each showing the date it was originally due. They are never folded silently into today. Moving them forward is something you do, not something the app does behind your back.
Rescheduling
Section titled “Rescheduling”Postpone moves an open task one day later. A task due today, or overdue for a week, lands on tomorrow, never on a date that is still in the past. A task already due on a later day moves to the day after it. This is the no-answer pattern: call, no reply, postpone, and it comes back tomorrow.
For any other date, open the task and edit its due date directly.
Tasks on a contact
Section titled “Tasks on a contact”A contact’s page lists the open tasks linked to that person, across everyone on the team, and has its own form for adding one. It answers the question you have while looking at somebody: what do we owe them.
Type a title, pick the day it is due, and press Add task. The date starts on today and goes back to today after each task, so a follow-up for Friday takes one extra click, not a trip to the task’s own page.