slowness when adding a task

wow, thanks for the quick reply. I am a UI programmer so I do appreciate what you were trying to do. Couldn't this all still be achieved by a hybrid of the two methods?
On the front screen you could have 2 plus signs, one on the lop left, one on the top right (for example, though probably not my first choice as far as appearance).

Once it's hit, it begins recording immediately. You could then detect a few seconds of silence (like google does in it's app). You could even do the thing that google does where you put it up to your ear and it begins recording, and stops when you take it away. Or if you need to, i like the tap anywhere in the screen idea. Or allow all three for flexibility.

You could also change the autosave to 2 seconds, or 1 second, or make that time configurable (That would make it a million times better).

With this plan you could bring it back to 6 seconds, reduce it to 0 clicks, and you could even keep the features of "no-eyes recording" and you could even keep the quick-add thing in there instead of going back to the screen. (or you could make that an option in settings). You could also make it an option in settings where it first opens to (last opened screen, new voice task, etc.) I don't generally think user settings are not the way to go though, it should just work seamlessly and efficiently for 90% of your users.

I really rely on your app, so thanks!

Thanks,
Chris

You're welcome, thanks for replying.
Pleeeeeeeze put some kind of fix in there as soon as possible so i dont have to dread adding tasks, it makes me a lot less likely to use it.
Thanks,
Chris

This very morning I was just thinking about how nice it would be to have the fast loading old version back. The main drag for me is the 5 second autosave. It's not a long amount of time, but I usually use reQall on the go and I hate having to wait everytime I add a task.

I also understand the reason for the UI change, but I'm with Scott for hybrid design. All I need is an unobtrusive out of the way "Save" button. Doesn't matter where you put it or how big because once I've used it a few times I'll know it. Then I can add a voice task and hit the Save button right after without waiting.

By the way, I love a lot of the great pro features. If the iPhone app can speed up its launch and I can save voice tasks faster I'm definitely going to be paying for this!

is there any way i can revert back to the old version?

Unless we use the full 30 seconds to record we must always tap to stop recording then wait for the auto save

How about the following;
Tap with one finger to bring up the options with a 5 second countdown to auto save (this would suit newbies)

Tap with two fingers to immediately save

We could even customise 1, 2 and 3 finger taps for different needs

Hmm. 2/3 finger taps means you can't do it with one hand, but i like the idea that i could customize it. You could make it whatever want by default but if i could customize it then i would have no problem. So, if you could get rid of that 5 second countdown that would be great. Maybe the two finger tap could be used to discard it or to bring up the options. also when i'm done adding a task i'd like to go back to the list to view my tasks. i often only want to add one task

Customisation is the key
For me the default 1 finger tap would be set to immediately save

two fingers is almost as convenient, 3 less so, but 2 fingers could bring up the 'for' (with a discard option) menu when I want to share and 3 fingers could be for some third option (share with multiple people?)

The iPhone can detect when you hold it against your ear (you see the screen go blank while talking on the phone). So it should be possible to hit the + button to add something, then start the recording when the phone is being hold to the ear, and stop and save when you move it away again from your head.
I've been using some other notetaking program which did this and that worked very nicely.

I thought they added this feature to the app? I just went in now and it didn't work. but in the settings it has an option for "eyes-free recording."
reqall - any comment?
btw the way this should work is if you put it up to your ear it immediately begins recording a message.

I turned off eyes free recording since I almost always ended up with accidental recordings while waiting for the last message to sync.

I know i've seen this work in the past, but right now it's not working. when i put it up to my ear the screen gets dark but no recording and no vibrate. I've tried turning off the setting, running the app, turning it back on, and running the app to no avail.

Just emailed support also since it is not working for me also. Have tried turning it off and later back on but that didn't help. Will post an update to this thread when I know more.

NO, i don't have a pro account. I thought this feature used to work, did you take it away? This is another time i've regretted upgrading the app then.
You should fix the normal process then if you're not going to give out the up-to-the-ear feature.

thats not the kind of bug we like to be fixed.
if you read from the beginning of this post, my annoyance with having to tap the screen so many times to add a task is well documented.

As a Pro User I am wondering what reason a UI Programmer could have to stay with the free version?

I use reQall daily and happily pay for the service they offer.

Perhaps you would be happy if they gave all the pro features for free and asked for donations?

I wonder how long it would be before they follow sandy?

haha, touché.... also as a UI Programmer i would know its a bad thing to take away a feature from ur user. But anyway, at least give me back what i had in 2.0!

This is the biggest, most discouraging problem with Reqall. You open it and tap the plus sign and nothing happens because, I think, it is syncing at the same time. You have to hit the plus sign several times to get to the recording page. This started for me as soon as those floating sentences giving examples of the language to use were added. At this point, if I'm in a hurry, I jot the task down on a piece of paper. Can you fix it?