We’ve enhanced our Planning feature so that you can now plan not just the date, but also the time and duration.

We’ve been busy working on improving the stability of the product, like identifying where performance might be lagging and addressing infrastructure gaps, so the update list is a bit shorter this time. But don’t worry, we’ll walk you through every detail. 

⭐This Week's Highlights

Planning Update - Time Planning ⏰

Now, when you press the ‘ H ’ shortcut to plan your tasks, you can set not only the date but also the time and duration. When you plan the time, it automatically creates a time block in your calendar.

How to Use 📚

• Time Planning: Add a time after the date to plan your tasks. We support both 24-hour and 12-hour formats.

  • Tomorrow 13:00

  • Tue 3PM

• Duration Planning: Plan your task duration using keywords like 'to', '~', '-', or 'for'.

  • Tomorrow 4pm to 5pm

  • Today 5pm for 1 hour

  • Mon 4pm ~ Tue 8am

  • Mon 4pm - Tue 8am

Heads Up 📢

To use the updated Planning feature on the desktop app, please press “CMD + R” to refresh the app.

💎 Hidden Gems

New option for recurring events update

We’ve added a new option for editing recurring events. Previously, you could only choose between "This event" and "All events," but now you can also choose "This and after." It’s a basic feature, but we’re glad to finally bring it to you. (It may seem simple, but trust us, some things are trickier than they look!)

🐛 Bug Fix

• We’ve fixed part of an issue where WebSocket wasn’t working properly, causing real-time updates to fail.

🚀 Upcoming

• Tagging Feature: Soon, you’ll be able to add tags to your tasks, helping you organize them in a way that fits your style, beyond just using lists.

• List Reordering: We’re working on a feature that lets you reorder lists easily by dragging and dropping, instead of adjusting them in the display settings.

• Natural Language Task Creation: We’re preparing a feature that lets you create tasks more easily and quickly with natural language input, capturing all the details you need.

• Todoist Integration: We’re planning to add a light integration with Todoist so you can use it alongside our app.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• This week, we’ve been focused on identifying and addressing any issues with the product, so there are fewer updates than usual. While new features are exciting, we believe it’s just as important to ensure the basics (like login, speed, and integration stability) work flawlessly. We’re making sure everything is set for a smooth experience.

• Since our global launch, things have been both hectic and dreamlike. We’ve had the pleasure of speaking with users from France, Prague, Japan, Israel, and Ukraine, learning about what’s missing in our product and what we can improve. It feels like we’re taking the first steps toward our dream of creating a global user base. And it’s all thanks to you.

• But this week has also been a time to realize where we still have room to grow. We’ve noticed that our product speed in some regions isn’t quite what it is here in Korea (where it’s blazing fast). We’ve also seen that it’s crucial to handle the basics well, like ensuring smooth logins for all users.

• We have so many features we want to build, but above all, we’re committed to making a service that gets the basics right, every time. Even without flashy AI, we believe the most important thing is to deliver a service that feels natural, easy, and fast in your hands.

💞 Special Tanks

Zorlu Sena, Angie, Ari Alkalay, Ian Corvin, Rao, Suleymenov Anuar, Cciaranddunne, Intaraprasert Patiparn, Chunsamphran Chayut, Honcharuk Stanislav, Preetham, Ahmed, Metehan, Murshid R, Arnav Varma, Ciaran, Anuar, Catalina, Steven, Chaves pinto, Annika, Sena Zorlu, Siri Jodha, Deepak, Jamie and all the anonymous users — thank you for your feedback this week. We’re committed to creating a great product that never forgets the importance of getting the basics right. 🙂

You can now import Linear issues into OFFLIGHT and manage them directly. With two-way syncing, you don’t need to switch to Linear to update issue statuses. You can also save related links to your tasks and quickly open them by pressing ‘ O ’.

⭐This Week's Highlights

Linear Integration - Alpha Ver. α 🔄

We’ve made it possible to manage your Linear issues within OFFLIGHT. While we originally planned more detailed import and sync options, we decided to release a minimal Alpha version first.

• You can import issues assigned to you in Linear that have a status category other than Complete or Canceled.

• The descriptions from Linear will automatically be added to the task notes in OFFLIGHT.

• It pulls in issues created after the integration is set up.

• Two-way syncing is supported. When you complete a task in OFFLIGHT, it’ll be marked as done in Linear, and vice versa.

🗳️ Try out the Alpha version and let us know if there are any additional settings or features you’d like by submitting a feature request.

Task link addition 🔗

We’ve added the ability to attach links to your tasks. After adding a link, you can press ‘ O ’ to quickly open it. Also, task notes now allow you to click on links directly. It’s a basic feature, but we’re glad to finally have it in place. Oh, and if you include a link in your note, it’ll automatically save the first link in the task link section.

💎 Hidden Gems

Custom time format settings

It’s really important to recognize information instantly. If you’re used to the 24-hour format, you might know what 15:00 means right away. But for those who aren’t, it can be a bit tricky. If the 12-hour format is more familiar to you, head over to Setting > General and toggle the ‘Show 12-hour time format’ option to change the time format displayed in the app.

Changelog and feedback widget

We've noticed that some users were not fully aware of the new features and improvements being released weekly. To help you stay updated, we've added a changelog widget on the left side of OFFLIGHT, where you can easily check for any new updates.

Additionally, we've added a feedback widget to make it easier for you to share your thoughts. The feedback widget allows you to capture screenshots of OFFLIGHT and add comments. We look forward to receiving more of your valuable feedback!

 🐛 Bug Fix

• We fixed an issue where tasks would duplicate when dragging them between the Unplanned and Planned lanes.

• We resolved a problem where dragging calendar events into the Unplanned lane would cause them to be deleted.

• We fixed an issue where Google login wasn’t working properly on the desktop app.

• We rolled back the desktop app mini-browser completely.

  • We rushed to release this feature, and it wasn’t quite ready yet. We’ll let you know when it’s back and more stable. We’re really sorry for the inconvenience.

🚀 Upcoming

• We’ve managed to resolve most of the critical bugs, so we’re wrapping up the emergency status we’ve been in for the past two weeks. Now, we’ll be focusing on organizing the feedback and feature requests you’ve shared with us, and we’re planning to create a new roadmap based on that. We’ll share it with you soon.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• Some users have mentioned that the Alpha version of the mobile app is unstable, with tasks not showing up. We’re trying to fix it quickly, but if it requires a deep overhaul, it might take a bit longer.

💞 Special Tanks

Thank you to Wilson, Chaves pinto, Aayush, Mike, Jason, catalina, Mark, Jason, Stanislav, Jamie, Arnav Varma, Peter, Ari, Mia, Ian Corvin, Victoria Cordeiro, Stepan, Jason Stavrou, Peter jauhal, Mark Ridgeon, Adam Stein, Honcharuk Stanislav, Dennis, Steven and all the anonymous users for your invaluable feedback this week. 🤟

We've updated the system so that when you time block a repeating task, it automatically blocks future occurrences too. Plus, Google finally approved our Contact info access, so we've rolled out the event attendee auto-complete feature we built earlier. And... we squashed a ton of bugs 🥲

⭐This Week's Highlights

Recurring task time block 📆

Before this update, if you created a recurring event on your calendar, you couldn't manage it as a task. And if you created a recurring task, you had to add it to your calendar one by one every day. Now, you can create a repeating task and time block it. Manage your recurring events right from your to-do list!

Notes

• Changes to repeating tasks won't immediately show on your calendar; you'll need to refresh to see updates. We're working on improving this.

• The "This and After" option for changing time blocks isn't ready yet, but we'll improve and release it soon.

💎 Hidden Gems

Auto-Complete for event participants

When you add participants to a calendar event, their email addresses now auto-complete if their info is in your Google Contacts. We made this feature four weeks ago and were waiting for Google's approval—finally, it's here!

Improved Calendar Event Drag & Drop

Have you ever been surprised when a long event block moved up or down while trying to adjust it? It might seem like a small thing, but it’s an important part of the user experience. We've updated the calendar so that you can move events more smoothly and seamlessly. Now, when you adjust your plans, it’ll be a more comfortable and enjoyable experience.

🐛 Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue where tasks not included in a list weren't sorted by deadline correctly.

• Fixed the Apple login issue in the desktop app.

• Fixed various integration issues on the desktop app that didn't work correctly.

• Fixed an issue where events ending at 00:00 showed up on the next day's schedule.

• Solved a problem where completed tasks appeared as duplicates on the organizing page.

🚀 Upcoming

• After the major milestone of the Product Hunt launch, we plan to focus on improving existing features rather than adding new ones for a while.

• We'll share the next roadmap as soon as it's decided after discussions with the team.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• It’s been a week since our Product Hunt launch, and we’ve had a lot of new users checking out OFFLIGHT. We've received tons of interest, love, and some tough feedback. We’ve got a long way to go, but we are eager to crush these bugs and show you exciting improvements soon!

💞 Special Tanks

Big thanks to Ian Corvin, Anne de Joly, si.joecc, vasanth Muraildharan, HanSu Lee, Matt Minev, Bruce Driggers, Dias, Dawn Farmer, Brandon, courtney, Miles Weddle, Will, Joe, Huseyn Isamyilov, Khadinakbar, Ken, Mike, and all the anonymous users for your feedback this week 😊

You can now give top priority to the most important task of the day. Also, on Windows/Mac clients, there's a new feature that lets you redirect original source of tasks in a mini browser without opening a separate window (shortcut key ‘O’). Finally, with the implementation of WebSocket, integration data can now be synced in real-time and displayed on your screen. Let's take a closer look at each update!

⭐This Week's Highlights

Top Priority 🏆

The more tasks you have, the more you need to think about your priorities. What is the most important task you need to do today? Set that task as the top priority. The task layout will change so it's hard to ignore.

• You can set the top priority by selecting the Top priority option from the more menu that appears when you hover over a task.

• You can also set the top priority by using the shortcut key ‘ ! ’ (SHIFT + 1) on the task.

Client Mini Browser 🪟

Were you tired of new browser windows opening every time you opened a original source of task? Now, with the Windows and Mac client apps, you can open original source of tasks in a mini browser within the app itself using the redirect feature (shortcut key ‘ O ’). Stay in the flow of work without interruptions.

Real-Time Data Sync ⚡

One of the saddest moments when interviewing users was seeing them constantly refresh the page to check for changes. I promised to solve this problem so that users can use the service without unnecessary refreshing. Thanks to our development team's WebSocket implementation, when new tasks are added from Slack or Gmail, or new calendar events are created or changed, you can see the updates immediately without refreshing the page.

💎 Hidden Gems

Onboarding Renewal

With our Product Hunt launch, we've completely revamped the onboarding process. We've made a guide focused on how to use shortcuts to maximize productivity from OFFLIGT. you can also experience the new onboarding by clicking on profile and selecting the onboarding menu.

Mobile App

We've launched a very light version of the mobile app where you can add new tasks, plan your day, check today's tasks, and mark them as done. Normally, this would be included in the Week’s Highlight update, but we feel it's not quite ready yet, so we'll reintroduce it when we think it’s truly ready.

• Download android app

• Download IOS app

Hover Quick Actions

The actions that appear when you hover the task have been changed. The buttons to plan for today's tasks and delete tasks have moved to the more menu, and new options for focusing, planning, list mapping, and top priority have been added.

🐛 Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue where deadlines were not displayed correctly according to the time zone.

• Fixed an issue where re-planning time-blocked tasks using the planning command bar did not work correctly.

🚀 Upcoming

• After the major milestone of the Product Hunt launch, we plan to focus on improving existing features rather than adding new ones for a while.

• We'll share the next roadmap as soon as it's decided after discussions with the team.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• We finished our Product Hunt launch. We got 4th place for Product of the Day, which was higher than we expected. We couldn't have achieved this without the love and support from users. Thank you so much!!

• Special thanks to Jay for creating the new onboarding, Roy for developing the client app, and Nick for handling many tickets so the other FE team members could focus. Leuo, who handled all the design and created an awesome intro video, and Luke, who managed all the APIs and stability. Lastly, Jules, who managed all the operations for the Product Hunt launch, great job! 👍👍

💞 Special Thanks

Helena, Matt, Ivan, asgraf, Mike, Kim, Khadinakbar, Huseyn, Joe, Kieran, Laxmi, Aayush, Kostya, Eric Lee, Nastassia, Nika, Daniel, Christofer, Simona, Jay Song, Rene, Casper, Yernar, Tony, Markus, Howard, Esteban, Taka, Majid, Stephen, Bhuwan, Nazar, Sergey, Kaushik, Roshan, Jayden, Steffi, Bilal, Francesco, Salar, Lakshya, Itai, Maison, Piyush, Nicola, Sergei, Yvik, JaredL, Zulkar, Hamisu, Madhu, Ken, Toshit, Kyrylo, Gregory, Puja, Morgan, Abhishek, Md Jahangir, Aaron, Idris, David, Harshu, Ishaq, Jayesh, Matej, Sahir, Thons, Issac, Paige, Hamza, Lukas, Ivy, Elizabeth, Glen, Munna, Subham, Julia, Jack, Lesile, Sadam, Nausad, Indomie, Subham, Samuel, Enyi,

We received a lot of feedback from many people this week. We'll make sure to digest them well. Thank you so much. Let's continue to make a great product together!

You can now easily see what type of tasks you’re working on in your calendar by syncing list colors with calendar event colors. You can also adjust the width of each lane to customize your interface. Lastly, though still in beta and needing optimization, we’ve added AI summaries for Slack messages and Gmail content. Let’s take a closer look!

⭐This Week's Highlights

Sync List Colors with Calendar Event Colors 📆

If you’re into productivity, you’ve probably heard about using calendar color codes. This technique lets you assign colors to different types of tasks in your calendar so you can quickly see what you’re working on and how much time you’re spending on each type. But until now, you had to change the colors of calendar events manually.

With this update, OFFLIGHT’s list colors are synced with calendar event colors. So if you’ve categorized your tasks by lists, you can automatically create your own calendar color code system without any extra work.

• The list color to calendar color sync is enabled by default.

• You can turn this option on or off in Settings → Calendar Settings → “Match event color with task list color.”

Adjusting Lane Widths 📏

If you’ve wanted to use your calendar space more effectively or adjust the width of less important lanes, this update is for you. You can now adjust the widths of the Unplanned, Planned, and Calendar lanes on the Planning page as you like.

💎 Hidden Gems

Slack and Gmail AI Summary Beta

AI-powered productivity is expected to bring significant changes in the next five years. While we  currently focus on the basics and usability of productivity tools, we’re also gradually incorporating AI features based on user demands. The first step is AI summaries for Slack and Gmail.

• When you save Slack a message into OFFLIGHT, the task title is automatically replaced as 'To-do from the message'. The full message is written in the task description.

• Clicking the AI Summary icon at the top right of a Gmail task will write the summary in the description.

Although it’s still a beta version that needs more optimization, please let us know what could be improved!

Shortcut for Creating Calendar Events

• Fixed an issue where Gmail content wasn’t displayed correctly in dark mode.

• Fixed an issue where login sessions were intermittently ending.

• Fixed an issue where the Planning feature sometimes didn’t work correctly.

🐛 Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue where Gmail content wasn’t displayed correctly in dark mode.

• Fixed an issue where login sessions were intermittently ending.

• Fixed an issue where the Planning feature sometimes didn’t work correctly.

🚀 Upcoming

• Jira Integration: Soon, you’ll be able to import tasks managed in Jira into Offlight.

• Mobile App: We’re developing a mobile app so you can manage tasks with Offlight from anywhere.

• Task Prioritization: We're working on a feature to visually identify the most important tasks of the day.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• To prepare for our Product Hunt launch, we’ve worked quickly for a week to add essential features and fix issues. Thanks to our dedicated OFFLIGHT makers who’ve been working late nights! Just one more week until we showcase our work 🏋‍♂️

• We plan to launch the first beta of OFFLIGHT on Product Hunt on July 29. If you want to stay updated, sign up for alerts on our launch page 😊

💞 Special Thanks

Adam, Andreas, Jakub, Hussam, Richard, Beth, Facundo, Nathan, Taewook Kim, and all our anonymous users, thank you for your feedback and support this week. Because of you, we learn and grow every week 🙂

We have finally released the most requested feature: recurring tasks. You can now set up presets like daily, weekly, and custom recurring schedules as you desire. Additionally, we have released recurring calendar event creation, modification, and deletion. Focus on more important tasks by eliminating duplicates.

⭐This Week's Highlights

Recurring Tasks 🔁

Create recurring tasks for routines like exercising three times a week or checking the dashboard every Friday. You can set up recurring tasks from the task popover where you want to set the recurrence.

• You can quickly create recurring tasks using presets like:

  • Daily, weekdays, every week, every two weeks, monthly, annually

• Customize your recurring schedule as desired:

  • Set the days of the week (e.g., every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday).

  • Set recurrence for a specific period (e.g., until August 30).

  • Set the repetition cycle (e.g., every two weeks, every three days).

Recurring Calendar Events 📆

If you have specific tasks or routines that need to be repeated at certain times, you can create recurring events in your calendar. The spec of recurring options is the same as for recurring tasks.

💁‍♂ Note

Would you like to manage recurring calendar events as tasks? This feature is included in future updates, so please wait a bit longer. 😄

List Mapping Console (Shortcuts) 📋

We often organize tasks into lists multiple times a day. How about reducing the time spent on this process? Now, you can map lists using shortcuts. Press the L key on the task you need to organize, search for the desired list, and map it quickly. Also, we have updated the console design for planning and list mapping to be cleaner and more intuitive.

💎 Hidden Gems

Disconnection Alerts

Have you ever experienced issues with Google Calendar or Gmail integrations and thought it was a bug? Some users reported bugs without knowing there was an issue with the integration. Now, you can get alerts within the service when a specific account integration is disconnected. Suspect an issue with the integration? Check the alert at the bottom left of the screen!

🐛 Bug Fix

• Fixed the issue where calendar events reverted to 30 minutes when time-blocking tasks consecutively.

• Fixed the spacing error with phrases like 'This Monday' when using the planning feature.

• Fixed the issue where the same email sometimes appeared twice when importing Gmail tasks to Offlight.

• Fixed the issue where time tracking information for tasks was not properly recorded on the Focus page.

🚀 Upcoming

• Jira Integration: Manage tasks from Jira directly in OFFLIGHT.

• Mobile App: Manage your tasks with OFFLIGHT on the go. We’re working on a mobile app.

• Task Prioritization: We're working on a feature to visually identify the most important tasks of the day.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• Over the next two weeks, we are starting the official Launch Now project. We will quickly address areas that are insufficient for product release, and improve the landing page and onboarding process. We'll take a brief pause to prepare Offlight for its grand launch and then swiftly return. Please support us!

• This Monday, we moved to a new office. Preparing for the launch in a new place makes it hard to hold back our excitement!

💞 Special Thanks

Thank you to Carolina, Adam, Bruce, Damian, Dodge, Hiroyoshi, and all anonymous users and anonymous users - Thank you so much for providing feedback this week. It seems that the basics are almost ready now(Well.. or may be not 🫠 haha). We will continue to think deeply and prepare amazing solutions so you can enjoy using our product even more.

Key Improvements This Week 

• Calendar Event Creation

• Windows / Mac Client App

No more need to return to Google Calendar to create calendar events. Now you can create, modify, and RSVP to calendar events directly within OFFLIGHT. And we’ve finally released the client app! You no longer have to struggle to find OFFLIGHT among numerous browser tabs.

 ⭐This Week's Highlights

Calendar Event Creation 📆

No more need to switch to Google Calendar for event management. We’ve added extensive features for creating and managing calendar events within OFFLIGHT. With this update, you can now view RSVP responses, and the event layout changes accordingly.

New Features 🌟

• Create calendar events (add participants, location, online meetings)

• Change the account used for event creation

• Change calendar event colors

• Set calendar visibility and busy status

• Calendar RSVP (event layout changes based on responses)

Notes 💁‍♂

• Double-click or drag to create an event in the desired time slot.

• Unfortunately, the auto-complete feature for event participants is not yet available.

  • The features are all ready, but we’re still waiting for Google’s approval. (It’s been over two weeks since we requested it. Come on, Google, please hurry up!)

Client App 💻

A frequent feedback from user interviews was the difficulty of finding OFFLIGHT among numerous open tabs in Google Chrome, making it hard to revisit. Many users requested a client app to solve this issue, and today, we’ve finally added it.

Download Path 🏃‍♂

Click Profile → Click Download Apps

💎 Hidden Gems

Improved User Guide Accessibility

We’ve improved accessibility for the OFFLIGHT usage guide. Click on the profile at the bottom left of the screen to access Docs and Shortcut documents and repeat the onboarding process as needed.

🐛 Bug Fix

• Fixed elements that were not displaying correctly on the Notion integration page.

• Resolved an issue where OR conditions were not being applied correctly during Notion integration.

🚀 Upcoming

• Recurring Tasks: Automatically create and manage tasks that you manually create repeatedly.

• Jira Integration: Manage tasks from Jira directly in OFFLIGHT.

• Mobile App: Manage your tasks with OFFLIGHT on the go. We’re working on a mobile app.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• After four weeks of preparation, the calendar event creation feature has finally been deployed. This improvement project was led by Jay from start to finish. Kudos to Leuo for the fantastic design and Jay for the implementation.

• The client app development project saw tremendous efforts from Roy, Nick, and Luke. Special thanks to Nick and Luke for their work on Apple login development, and to Roy for handling both OS platforms simultaneously.

• From Wednesday to Friday this week, we’ll be on a 2-night, 3-day workshop. We hope to have great conversations and become an even better maker team.

💞 Special Thanks

Thank you to Carolina Mayer, Sun, Grace, Seongwoo Chun, Jongyun Yoon, Seongtaek Oh, Gyuseok Kim, Yoonjae Oh, Jaehun Han, Manong Jung, Hyeonggu Kang, Seunghyun Nam, and anonymous users for listening to our product stories and providing feedback this week. We look forward to greeting you with more exciting improvements 😄

Previously, you had to drag tasks to the calendar with your mouse to plan them for specific dates. Now, with the Planning Command Bar, you can quickly plan tasks for any date you want. Additionally, you can now view all-day events in the calendar.

 ⭐This Week's Highlights

Planning Command Bar ⌨️

Before this update, planning tasks for next week or next month required a lot of interaction with the calendar using your mouse. Now, you can quickly plan tasks for any date using the Planning Command Bar. Press H on your keyboard and input the desired date, day, or duration.

Notes:

• The Planning Command Bar is currently accessible only via keyboard shortcuts.

  • Mouse-based planning will be available in the next update along with a revamp of the task card actions.

• This update only allows date planning. Time planning will be included in the next update.

💎 Hidden Gems

All-Day Event View on Calendar

You can now view all-day events on the calendar. By default, one all-day event is shown, and if you wish, you can expand the all-day event panel to see more events.

🐛 Bug Fix

• Fixed an issue where duplicate tasks were created when using the planning quick action [SHIFT + ← / →].

• Fixed an issue where entering letters into a number input field caused NaN to appear in the list edit.

🚀 Upcoming

• Recurring Tasks: Automatically create and manage tasks that you manually create repeatedly.

• Calendar Event Creation: Create and invite events on the calendar from OFFLIGHT without going to the calendar service.

• Task Planning: Use the command bar to plan tasks for specific dates and times.

• Jira Integration: Manage tasks from Jira directly in OFFLIGHT.

• Mobile App: Manage your tasks with OFFLIGHT on the go. We’re working on a mobile app.

💬 Behind the Scenes

• Many improvements that were supposed to be released this week have been postponed to next week. Things rarely go as planned. However, we will continue to make steady improvements so you can have new experiences, even if they are small, every week.

• Next week, we will finally unveil the calendar event creation feature that we have been working on for a month. You can really look forward to next week's update news. 😎

• Jules and Bella, who will be working on Go to Market with us, joined Offlight as interns this Monday. We hope they have a fun and fruitful experience at Offlight, even if it is for a short period. Welcome!

💞 Special Thanks

Thank you to Jisoo Hyun, Sung Ki Bong, Ko Kyung Jin, Han Ji Hoon, Gon Lee, Eric Kim, Park Yoon Joo, Bohyun, Oh Yoon Jae, Lee Eun Sol, Kim Myung Gon, Kim Ji Hyun, Yang Soo Young, Hwang Je Chul, Oh Sung Taek, and all anonymous users for your feedback and interest in Offlight this week. We learned a lot thanks to you.