I know it sounds simple. IT's all I want. I want to say:
"Redesign of X" will take 5 days and either start on 11/3 or will depend on this other task. That's it. This is the most basic functionality anyone would want. After 10 minutes of fiddling, I could enter a task name but not a duration or dependency... unless that's all done via the dragging of the bars. If so, I'll pass.
No reply needed. Just feedback to you may retain the next guy who comes along.