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Ask HN: Is desktop offline harder than mobile offline?

1 points by yehosef ↗ HN
I have big chunks of working time where I'm offline. I've been looking for a task/note manager like trello but it and all the alternatives I've seen have iOS/Android apps, but not desktop apps. I understand that there might be less of a demand, but I know in the case of Trello, there is a reasonable number of people that want it.

I asked the support of one of the companies today if their desktop app supports offline, and if not when it would. The answer was that they plan to but it's difficult and there are other priorities.

I'm just curious if there is some reason supporting mobile offline is easier than desktop offline?

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carter_harwood
Just not the demand since most people have constant WiFi.

For your search, take a look at Nozbe https://nozbe.com. It has offline support for both mobile and desktop.

yehosef
Most people - but there are plenty that don't or times when people don't. On planes for example (there are that have it but many that don't.) Do a search for "offline trello desktop" or look in the comment at https://blog.trello.com/trello-mobile-offline.

But I don't understand once you've solve the offline storage and syncing problems for one platform(sync/conflict resolution strategy), why it's so difficult on other platforms.

Thanks for the link - but I didn't see how it's anything like trello. I need something like kanban, but not specifically a kanban tool (trello is general is how you can use it - it doesn't have to be limited to workflows)

yehosef
https://chris.bolin.co/offline/ has some good points about the value of offline for productivity..I didn't read the whole thing because I had to get back online - but he seemed to imply offline is good.