Keep List View
List view is the preferred view at my current company and previous company. It's just easier to see all of the items in a folder, project, or task in list view. PLEASE DON'T remove this view from Wrike.
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I have heard non-stop complaints and frustration from our users about not being able to use / constantly needing to switch back to the classic list view and the "set as default" not actually working. Our teams are currently very overwhelmed (and have been for awhile) and we do not have capacity to train on new views at this time. The classic list view is preferrable to many (if not all) of our users. Please do not remove it as an option and please fix the "set as default" settings so it actually works as default across the board (all projects / folders) for that user.
I fully agree with the points raised here.
I use List View for its simplicity and showing the relevent info for projects. Task title, assigned people, due date, and status—in a compact, concise layout.
Whilst tables are robust and show extra info, its not always needed, but I use tables in other cases.
Please keep list view!
Hi everyone! We appreciate your feedback as we continue discussing it internally. We'll keep you in the loop of our further steps and plans.
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Putting in my vote for this as well.
List view is just a more aesthetically pleasing, naturally streamlined way of viewing tasks. It's our preferred default View for average employees. While Table view is objectively "superior" in terms of functionality, aesthetics are important. And, as others have pointed at, at times less is more. Overall, unless there is some complication List view creates on the backend for Wrike's development team (which would be fair), I don't see the value in decreasing UI options ("Views") for users rather than increasing them.
The List view is our preferred default View, and I only occasionally use the Table view for specific purposes. I find it is easier for me to work in the List view because it's a cleaner view that doesn't show extra details of other tasks while I'm only trying to look at one task in the larger view to add notes.
The way I organize and quickly check on project status is in the List view because I can glance very quickly when sorted by Status and see items on the left side very neatly organized. My primary concern is the sort of the Status, I don't need to see any additional information that would be showed in Table view, that's why I don't use Table view.
I REALLY hope you do NOT choose to remove the List view. It is a simplified view for me and I don't need to see ALL of my data like how I see it in the Table view.
Hi Sarah Ellisor, welcome to the forums 🙂
I'd just like to note that you can you disable any fields that you don't need to view in your table and save the settings so that the table becomes a simpler view. Can this help?
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Greetings,
I am adding to the chorus of people who prefer List View remains an option. The heaviest users at our insttitution (who spend much of our days in Wrike) STRONGLY prefer list view. I understand that you prefer that Table view is the first choice. Please continue to allow the option for List View.
Thank you,
Amy
I would also like to mention that LIST VIEW is OUR MOST PREFERRED option as well. I received the email that List View will be phased out by March 2025 and I am very disappointed. I don't understand why you can't keep all of the options available and let people decide which view to use for themselves. I understand once it's removed, we're "forced" to use a different view and we'll HAVE to get used to the new view, but again, it's NOT ideal and I'm dissatisfied.
Hey Lisa, I just wanted to share that LIST VIEW works so well for us because of its ability to stay compact and display all of the information without a table. Tables lock items into a grid with designated spaces for each piece of information. When i an working on the main screen (Info Screen) of a task and need to reference the sub tasks under that task, I can glance over to the column list of sub-tasks on the left of the Info window and see every sub-task, its due date, who it is assigned too, and its status. In the Table view, I can't see all of this information without scrolling to the side or first closing the Info Screen to see the whole table to then go back to the info screen to add notes, direction, etc. Removing columns from the Table view doesn't help. I need all of the columns we use and all of the information in those columns. I need it to be compact like list view so that at a glance I see all the information, not having to close a screen to find the info to then re-open the screen to enter the direction and notes needed for the team. This may just sound like a couple of clicks but when I am working on hundreds of tasks and jobs a day, the amount of time I loose clicking and waiting for information to populate will dramatically slow down my efficiency. Not just a little bit. I am talking a LOT. I am pleading and praying that you will please keep list view. 🥺 🙏
See Screen shots for comparison of how much I can see in List View and how LITTLE I can see in Table View. In Table view, as I explained above, I can't see all the data while the Info screen of the task is open because the table (grid space) doesn't allow the information to condense into a smaller space. 😞
I find table view distracting. I prefer list view and will be disappointed if it goes away.
I swear I'm trying to give Table View a chance but at this point it's just annoying. I need to duplicate a lot of tasks and not having the ability to duplicate or move multiple tasks easily is very frustrating. Why only let a single task selection "Outdent"?? After all this feedback and discourse, you're still getting rid of List View? What's stopping Wrike from keeping it? We NEED it.
I agree completely with Katrina's comments - I tried, but it was very frustrating - List View is what our entire company uses and it is the easiest to follow and keep things organized.
Most of our company also uses List view. I don't understand why you're removing something that is so widely used, especially when you tried getting rid of it a couple years ago and heard a loud cry from the community. The video you sent with the email focuses on the benefits of table view for a project manager. Our project managers use table view, but the rest of the users primarily use list view. It's super frustrating when Wrike changes something that's working well. Please focus on the things that would enhance the platform rather than removing something or changing something that people like. For example, there has been a request for years in this community to allow mass edit of a task prefix. It's cumbersome to have to export tasks into a csv in order to make edits like that. Please work on things that will improve efficiency rather than taking something away that's clearly going to impact people's efficiency in getting work done. I understand that change can be hard, and once people get used to it, maybe it works. But it doesn't make sense to make a change that will impact thousands of users and make it hard for them to get their jobs done. Wrike is already a big system that's hard to learn…we have users that are not fans after being in Wrike for years. This change will make it even harder for them.
Yes. PLEASE KEEP LIST VIEW!
As admin, I use both the list and table view for various reasons. The majority of users at my company prefer the list view and get lost in the table view. Please keep the tool user friendly. Thanks.
Echoing what some others have said, the removal of List View is becoming frustrating for our team, who developed workflows for our company based off of it. The lack of consistency across the platform is also making the change difficult and adoption hard, as the My To-Do area (the primary working location for assigned tasks) is still in List View, but now even subtasks are displaying in Table View.
It's frustrating to see platforms make unnecessary changes and removal of liked features and not be innovating and creating useful ones.
Why would you do away with list view?? This is how I can most easily access EVERYTHING for my job. We were trained to use List, and now it's just going to be gone? You are actively working to make your product worse for the people who use it.
In table, I can't see basic information that I need on a minute-by-minute basis. While it's customizable to get some of that information back, it's not as compact, and is not all visible when the task/project pain is open. You have to scroll over to see it all, which is essentially useless in most views. It seems like most of your userbase is opposed to this change, so I don't really understand the logic behind it. It's just extremely frustrating, and is going to make my job much harder.
I miss this menu the most in list view. I can't access this without clicking on a task.
Unfortunately over the last couple of years UI rollouts in wrike have added more keystrokes and clicks for basic things. Most people in orgs are not power users and providing them with complicated though highly customizable options will result in less utilization of wrike across the org, thus making it less useful eventually.
Update email: This option used to live below the permalink option and could be copied in 2 clicks, now to get to it is 3 clicks and is hidden in a submenu? Why? I just don't understand the logic of moving this, specially when the permalink button is in the same place?
Filter presets: They reset every time i move from one folder to the next, I have to keep going back and using 2 clicks to turn a preset on again.
Search and inbox are both now behind another popup menu? Why? They were nicely placed before and one could access them with one click.
Profile and settings used to sit in the top right and agai easily accessible with one click...now it is again hidden within a pop in menu? What is the reasoning behind these changes? These changes aren't making the platform more user friendly, it is making it less user friendly and I am having multiple users within our org complaining about wrike.
We have been with wrike since 2012 I believe and we are getting frustrated with how the usability of the plaform is getting more and more complex. Hope someone is listening...
I agree with Ajay Ruia
Hi everyone!
I'd like to make sure you've seen our latest update in this post. The main change is that we do understand the challenge and we've decided to extend the gradual sunset to June 30, 2025. This extension provides you with more time to adjust, and we encourage you to explore the functionalities of the Table view.
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Hi Lisa
For sure, most of us List View lovers have seen the latest update (it gave me the ick) and are disheartened to see that after all our pleading, List View is still set for sunset.
I chose Wrike 10+ years ago for my company over many other project management platforms for it's robust and completely customizable features and integrations.
In addition to bringing in my two most successful clients and their teams (100s of Collaborators and Users) to create accounts with Wrike. Training them all on the ins and outs of project management, never influencing them to love List View as I do, but them naturally gravitating to that view.
Your Table View is a terrible view in comparison to List View, so I'm unsure why it's even offered up as if it's comparable. It's hard on the eyes and the efficiency with List View is lost on Table View.
This is the first time that I know workflow will be disrupted for my and my clients accounts.
Hi Lisa,
What I find so difficult to understand, you have so many customers telling you that list view is indispensible to them and yet no one seems to read the room and reverse the list view sunset. From the thread a lot of users complaining about list view disappearing are your oldest customers, including us...it is really something that your team will just not listen.
To other users posting on this thread, I have sent a message to Thomas Scott CEO at wrike with reference to this. If a few others write directly to him, we might get someone to look into this seriously...after over 12 years of using wrike, it will be a shame to be forced to migrate out of the platform...
I agree with everyone's comments on all these multiple threads regarding the sunset of List View.
It dramatically changes the core and ease of use of Wrike for so many people.
I do use table view in lots of situations, but from a day to day project managing List view is the go to.
Some of my major annoyances for table view are:
Please listen to the valuable feedback from your users.
My team's consistent utilization of the List view, exemplified by Katrina Wong's precise characterization of its layout relative to alternative views, underscores its established efficacy. A transition to Table view poses a significant risk of diminished productivity. Given my team's substantial size and the inherent learning curve associated with novel interfaces, widespread adoption would inevitably precipitate a period of operational deceleration. This is particularly concerning given the current volume of concurrent projects, where any disruption to workflow could have cascading negative consequences. Consequently, I seek a comprehensive articulation of the strategic rationale behind this proposed shift.
I understand the need to get off outdated tech but why keep trying to incorporate List View aspects into Table View? I feel like it's even affecting what you wanted Table View to be initially. We clearly aren't fans of Table View or List-Like Table View. Can't a new List View on the new tech be developed instead?
Slava Kogan Maybe I missed it, but what will happen to the recycle bin when the list view is gone? Will it automatically update to table view? In the meantime, there are no other views to change to within the recycle bin.
Caitlin WFH 12.29 - 1.2 Hello! Yes. All smart folders, like my-to-do, shared with me and inlcuding recycle bin will be automatically updated to Table view during the migation.
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The fact that Wrike needs its customers to tell them what functionality list view had that the new table view lacks, says everything.
When a company doesn't listen to a large number of its customers, says a lot. Time to move on.