Change Log

Track all the latest features, improvements, and updates to SymphonyTodo

📝 Live Development Todo List

See what we're working on right now! This is our live development todo list that tracks current progress and upcoming features.

🚧 Under Development

🔄 Enhanced Task Messaging

Advanced messaging system building on comment foundation

• Threaded conversations within task comments
• Message reactions and emoji support
• File attachments and media sharing
• @mention notifications for specific users

🔄 Advanced Analytics

Enhanced productivity insights and reporting

• Time tracking integration and analytics
• Task completion patterns and trends
• Team productivity metrics
• Custom reporting and data export

✅ Recently Completed Features (July 2025)

Progressive Web App (PWA) Implementation

✅ Complete PWA Setup

Full Progressive Web App with native app capabilities

• Service worker implementation with offline caching strategy
• Web app manifest with proper configuration for installation
• Installable on mobile and desktop with native app experience
• Background caching of static assets and API responses
• Automatic cache management and version updates
• iOS PWA optimizations for Safari compatibility

✅ iOS PWA Fixes

Comprehensive iOS Safari optimizations

• Fixed zoom issues with proper viewport configuration
• Safe area support for iPhone X+ models with notch
• Dynamic viewport height for proper screen utilization
• Touch optimization with minimum 44px touch targets
• Disabled rubber band scrolling for native app feel
• Status bar and appearance optimizations for standalone mode

Dark Mode & Theme System

✅ Complete Theme Implementation

Full dark/light mode with automatic system detection

• CSS custom properties system for consistent theming across all components
• User preference-based theme selection (light, dark, auto)
• Automatic system theme detection and switching
• Theme persistence across sessions via user settings
• Dynamic theme application without page reload
• Comprehensive component coverage with theme-aware styling
• Integration with user settings and preferences system

Enhanced Task Organization

✅ Weekend Task Section

Special "This Weekend" section for weekend planning

• Dedicated weekend task section with palm tree emoji (🌴) branding
• Smart date detection for current weekend (Saturday & Sunday only)
• Playful styling with green gradient background and glow animations
• Shimmer effects and enhanced typography for visual appeal
• Full drag-and-drop integration with other task sections
• Mobile-optimized animations and responsive design
• Task creation helpers for weekend-specific tasks

Real-time Collaboration & SignalR Integration

✅ SignalR Real-time Updates

Complete real-time collaboration system

• Instant task updates across all connected clients
• Live list sharing and modification notifications
• Real-time in-app notification delivery with unread count updates
• User presence indicators (foundation for advanced collaboration features)
• Automatic reconnection with exponential backoff strategy
• Group-based update targeting for efficient data transmission
• Integration with existing optimistic update patterns

UI/UX Enhancements & Branding

✅ Custom Favicon

Replaced default Vite logo with custom music note SVG favicon

• Music note icon aligns with "SymphonyTodo" branding
• SVG format provides scalable, high-quality favicon across all devices
• Properly configured in HTML head for browser tab and bookmark display

Real-time Notifications & Communication

✅ Advanced Notification System

Comprehensive notification management

• Real-time notification bell with unread count indicator
• Sliding notification panel with clean, modern design
• Notification types: task assignments, completions, comments, due dates, sharing
• Click-to-navigate functionality that highlights relevant tasks
• Mark as read/unread functionality with visual indicators
• Automatic filtering and task highlighting when clicking notifications
• Toast notifications for immediate feedback

Task Comments & Collaboration

✅ Task-Level Comments

Full commenting system on individual tasks

• Popup comment interface with user avatars and timestamps
• Real-time comment submission with optimistic updates
• Comment notifications and unread indicators
• User identification with initials and current user highlighting
• Mobile-responsive comment interface

Enhanced Task Management

✅ Task Highlighting & Navigation

Smart task discovery and highlighting

• Automatic task highlighting when navigating from notifications
• Smooth scrolling to highlighted tasks with visual indicators
• Context-aware filtering when clicking notification items
• Dynamic highlight messages explaining why tasks are highlighted
• 5-second highlight timeout for better UX

✅ Drag & Drop Reordering

Complete reordering system for tasks and lists

• Drag and drop functionality for task reordering
• Cross-section movement with automatic due date updates
• Rank-based sorting within sections
• Smooth animations and visual feedback

🎯 Core Features

Core Todo Management

✅ Create, Edit, Delete Todos - Full CRUD operations for tasks
✅ Todo Completion - Mark tasks as complete/incomplete with visual feedback
✅ Priority Levels - Low, Medium, High priority with color coding
✅ Due Dates - Date picker with timezone-aware handling
✅ Assignee Management - Assign tasks to team members

List Organization

✅ Todo Lists - Organize tasks into custom lists
✅ List Management - Create and manage multiple todo lists
✅ List Statistics - View task counts and completion rates
✅ Color Coding - Custom colors for visual identification
✅ List Sharing - Share lists with team members

Advanced Features

✅ Real-time Updates - Live updates using React Query
✅ Optimistic Updates - Immediate UI feedback
✅ Drag & Drop - Reorder tasks with drag and drop
✅ Smart Filtering - Filter by assignee, list, and status
✅ Progressive Web App (PWA) - Installable app with service worker and offline caching
✅ Dark Mode Theme System - Complete light/dark/auto mode with CSS variables
✅ iOS PWA Optimizations - Safari fixes for zoom, scrolling, and safe areas
✅ Weekend Task Section - Special themed section for weekend planning

Technical Excellence

✅ TypeScript - Full type safety throughout
✅ React Query - Efficient server state management
✅ Component Architecture - Modular, reusable components
✅ Accessibility - WCAG compliant interface
✅ Performance Optimization - Fast, efficient architecture

📅 Historical Updates (June 2025)

Backend-Aligned Authentication & API Integration

✅ Robust Authentication

• Login, registration, and token validation aligned with backend
• All features locked behind login with AuthGuard
• User and token data stored in localStorage

✅ API Helper & Refactor

• Shared apiCall helper with proper Authorization headers
• Todo API refactored to use new helper and backend-aligned endpoints
• 401 handling with automatic logout and redirect

✅ Error Handling

• All forms handle backend error responses
• User-friendly error messages displayed
• Automatic logout on token expiration

Development Progress Summary

✅ Completed

80+ features implemented

• Core Todo Management
• Advanced UI/UX with Dark Mode
• Progressive Web App (PWA)
• Real-time Collaboration
• Mobile & iOS Optimization
• Technical Excellence
• Weekend Task Planning

🔄 In Progress

3-5 features

• Enhanced Task Messaging
• Advanced Analytics
• Team Productivity Metrics

🔮 Upcoming

50+ features planned

• Subtasks & Hierarchy
• Time Tracking
• Calendar Integration
• AI Features