Topic: ToDo application

Which are the best TODO applications that you know?

Looking for hierarchical view and simplicity.

I think I can smell a niche here but I could be wrong...

If the post-it note thing in Windows sidebar were a little more evolved (automatic numbering & automatic resizing would be particularly nice), it'd be perfect for me, but I can think of a lot of other more comprehensive ways to do it, too.

Well for that purpose i use Thunderbirds Callendar Lightning. But what exactly do you want a TODO list to be able to do ??

I use Rainlendar for my to dos.

I usually don't need a calendar for a To-Do list. I just need something to organize notes and things that i have to do for a certain project. I have recently started using Tomboy. A lot of people that I speak with don't like it because it was programmed in Mono, but whatever.

However, I am guessing (just guessing) that you need one for Windows?

Later,

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GMail now has a task list which is meant to be quite interesting.

personally I've been using a nice light weight program called Tasque for Ubuntu, it can be made to work synchronously with Remember the Milk, which is an excellent online app for tasks and todo lists, there are many applications that run with RTM on every OS and platform, so I suggest taking a look through there.

Cheers,

I use TaskFreak for my stuff. I'm typically working from several different computers, plus stuff at home, so online was required. Then also I needed it to support multiple users to be able to 'share' tasks. They're divided up by projects, so I can separate work stuff from home stuff.
It's in PHP, so your can tweak it some if you need to.

Not sure if it's hierarchical enough for what you need, but I like it.

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HyperList looks almost like what I want ... at least visually
http://mac.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/HyperList-Screenshot-40264.html

Blaise: I can't find the gmail task list ... where is it?

Thanks for all the links. I hate all sidebars so that eliminates a lot of them.

Features that I want:

1) hierarchy
2) simple edit and add - no forms or anything like that
3) everything essential needs to be done with one click or drag
4) needs to be on web or synced
5) advanced view button for descriptions, date (and maybe status)
6) some kind of clever way of managing date-based and project/topic -based items
7) alerts (may be e-mail)

if you want it web based, why not code one? You code in PHP don't you Aurhurio? If it's

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Arthurio said:

4) needs to be on web or synced

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then there are going to have to be forms.

For most of what you listed there, it doesn't seem it would be too bad to put something together with PHP / MySQL.

Later,

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Arthurio said:

1) hierarchy
2) simple edit and add - no forms or anything like that
3) everything essential needs to be done with one click or drag
4) needs to be on web or synced
5) advanced view button for descriptions, date (and maybe status)
6) some kind of clever way of managing date-based and project/topic -based items
7) alerts (may be e-mail)

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Honestly, it sounds like TaskFreak that I mentioned above seems awfully close...
1) I wouldn't necessarily say it was hierarchical, but you can group/sort by a 'project' that a task is filed under. You could certainly add the necessary code to support more levels of grouping though.
2) The forms for editing/adding tasks is very simple, single frame popup within the page. I don't like long complicated forms either, and I think this one was well done. Somewhat on par with adding items in Google Calendar.
3) No dragging, but I can do most of the stuff I need in it with one click.
4) Web-based, yes.
5) Default view of tasks includes date due by and percent complete.
6) Each task you add belongs to the 'project/topic' you assign it to. All have an optional due date as well. Can sort by clicking any of the columns (project/topic, task title, due date, percent complete, etc). Dates turn red when they are overdue (could add code to make them bold as well probably).
7) No built in alerts, but I think it would be easy to add a brief bit of code to send alerts as you wanted when due dates were getting close (or even add another field to tasks in the db for a custom 'reminder' date for each item if you wanted to be reminded sooner for different things.

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To do list

Yeah, I know it doesn't help here, but I thought it was funny.


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Arthurio, the tasks feature is a Google Labs item, you find it by clicking on the little bottle icon in the top right of Gmail, or Labs under Settings.

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CPrompt said:

then there are going to have to be forms.

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Nope, you're wrong ... look at how google notebook works. Click on empty space and start writing.

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Lord_Fukutoku said:

Honestly, it sounds like TaskFreak that I mentioned above seems awfully close...

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Thank you very much for the thorough explanation. Yes there are many overlapping features but hierarchy, no forms, one-click actions and dragging are really essential for me to be able to work efficiently. At least this is what I feel.

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CPrompt said:

if you want it web based, why not code one? You code in PHP don't you

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I have but I hate html :P and I have found a new love: FLEX, it has it's problems too but it's really powerful for advanced UI and it works on all browsers in the same way. In all browsers that have flash that is but that's almost everyone these days.

So that's the plan atm: mysql db + php web service + flex ui. Hierarchy and really simple ui being the most important features. This way there are also the benefits of easily changeable skins and the ability to use that flex application/widget on any website, as a standalone or even installed/copied to hd.

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Suho1004 said:

To do listYeah, I know it doesn't help here, but I thought it was funny.

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Blaise said:

tasks feature is a Google Labs item

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Thanks, looks nice and definitely has it's benefits but unfortunately doesn't provide what I need.

Well, there's a hole in the market there then...