After one or two reloads, things usually show up where I expect them to but I get the impression that I can’t trust the app to function as it should.

I’ve added six items and only four items appear in my list. This is also a problem when using only one device. I’ve also found that it gets out of sync if you leave it open for too long and you’ll also have to reload it to see changes made on other apps or devices. You’ll be asked to reload it after a few hours or sometimes after only a couple of minutes. You can’t leave the web app open in a tab all day to avoid the initial load either.

To make matters worse, the app frequently fails to load so you just sit there and stare at the loading animation for a long while before you give up or try loading it again. I’ll admit to being a forgetful person, and I’ve found myself being unable to remember why I opened the app following the long loading time. I’ve got plenty of bandwidth, low latency to all the web servers involved, and a fast modern computer but To-Do still takes an unacceptably long time to load. Let’s just say the issue here’s that it’s not designed with conservative web development in mind the web app loads 120 different resources and weighs in at 3,3 MB. The webpage takes over 10–15 seconds to load in a modern web browser. Instead I’ll stick to just discussing the parts that made me leave the service: its reliability, sync, and data portability problems. I wanted to write a review of Microsoft To-Do for a long time but I’ve had so much problems with synchronization in To-Do that I never got around to it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work reliably enough to get anything done. The user experience design is solid, and I like most things about the service. I’ve given up on getting organized using Microsoft To-Do after trying to use it for ten months. It has just the right number of features so you can focus on getting things checked off your task lists rather than focusing on managing your lists.

Microsoft To-Do is a nice looking multi-platform task manager built around a workflow that I’ve found helpful for prioritizing and completing tasks.

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