Deadlines and overdue
The week is the rhythm; a date is the deadline. When both exist, the date decides.
Two time mechanisms that do not collide
Every task belongs to a week — the week it was created in. That is the rhythm of the work and the default always exists.
Set a deadline date on a task and from that moment only the date decides whether it is overdue. Clear the date and the decision goes back to the week.
Where a week starts and ends
Weeks are precise, non-overlapping ranges and every moment belongs to exactly one of them. The first day of the week is configurable.
Indicators use the same definition, so this week's work and this week's indicator always mean the same range.
The bell only carries a number when something really is overdue
The badge on the bell counts your overdue tasks. When nothing is overdue, no number is shown at all — not a zero.
A counter that always shows something stops being seen within days.
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