See where it’s stuck, without asking

How does Following work?

1. 1

   You follow automatically

   When you give a task to someone, create it for someone or are made its approver. Any other task you can open is one tap to follow.

2. 2

   Four numbers say how it’s going

   Overdue, stuck, due soon, on track. A tap on a number shows only that group.

3. 3

   Each row says why

   The owner’s face and name, then the reason: “Overdue 2d”, “Quiet for 4 days”, “Away until Monday”, and “Moved 2×” when the date keeps slipping.

The details

• What “stuck” means

  Blocked by a task or something else; no movement for 3 work days; waiting on someone for 3 work days or past its reply-by day; or its owner is away until after its date.

• A fixed rule, not a setting

  Three quiet work days is the same for everyone. The only thing to set is the workspace’s work days (Monday to Friday by default).

• Watching, not acting

  There is no Remind button. Anything that needs your action, like an approval, is in Needs you instead, so Following stays a calm view.

• Hand-offs stay yours

  A task you hand off keeps you as its owner, so it waits in your My tasks under Waiting, and comes back to Needs you if its reply-by day passes.

• Away pauses the pressure

  While someone is away, quiet days don’t count against them and reminders wait. “Away until Oct 28” shows wherever their face does.

• A morning summary, not a stream

  New tasks, comments and changes on what you follow arrive once a day, in a morning summary on your phone (09:00 by default). What needs you comes at once.

On the web

On the web, a task opens beside the list, so you can read it without losing your place.