Wunderlist delayed adding folders for four and a half years
Chad Fowler · FF 016: Chad Fowler, CTO @ Wunderlist, App Of The Year 2013 · Oct 9, 2015 · at 14:45
Chad Fowler, CTO of Wunderlist, explains the product decision and timeline behind adding list folders to the app.
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“Ultimately, we decided that folders really were an essential part of the experience for power users. And we added, added it later this year, but I think it had been on the request list since the initial launch, like four and a half years ago.”
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