As most of you know… I love Google. I love almost everything about them. I have at least tried all of their products I can, and use G-mail, Google Calendar, Picasa Web Albums, Google Video, Google Reader, Google Notebook, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, and Google Maps at least a dozen times each day.
This year for Christmas several members of my family bought me Google shirts and other Google Store paraphernalia. I think I am safe in saying I am the biggest Google fan I know. Self-proclaimed as such, I have only one request for Google for 2007. It’s not huge…. in fact, I don’t even think it would be that hard. I want a to-do list.
Now I know this is on the radar. Back when I started using Google Calendar, as the responsible Google user that I am, I went to their suggestion site and tried to suggest a to-do list. They give you a list of categories to give to your suggestion and the very first one was a To-do list. I just added mine on there, but that was over 10 months ago (ages in Google time). They have launched over two dozen other things since then, but have yet to come up with some sort of to-do list. I have waited and waited…. and waited… but my life is falling apart.
My G-mail inbox will not work as a to-do list any longer. I have tried installing Greasemoney scripts, but I need repeating to-do lists that synchronized across computers so I don’t forget stuff. I tried using Remember the Milk and integrating it with my calendar, but that was only good for cluttering up my calendar with items that were difficult to mark off and slow to synchronize. I search for new solutions just about once a week and am currently trying to use the GTD extension written for Firefox, but I really just want another pane in a window like… shudder… Outlook. Dear Google, please don’t make me go back to Outlook. Please, please. Work your AJAX magic and make some sort of to-do list. Do something like the chat window currently in G-mail that I can open when I want… pop out if I want, and best of all, check off across multiple computers!!
I know you are busy, and all I really need is a simple synchronizing to-do list, but if you have time I have two more suggestions as to how you can make a great to-do list that others will love and adopt too! #1. Make it so I can have multiple lists. #2. Please let me share lists with others (so my wife can share lists with me).
Thank you for all you’ve done for me so far Google… please, though… if you could just make a great to-do list available somewhere.
Sincerely,
Lost in North Carolina
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try google personalized homepage:
http://www.google.com/ig
there’s your to-do list
I had heard of using the personalized homepage for this, but I actually don’t use the personalized homepage. I did do a test and was somewhat pleased with the ability to synchronize across computers, but it is a bit too simple for me. I guess I do want the features RemembertheMilk provides. (E-mail in tasks, multiple task lists, shared access for my wife.) But I want the integration with G-mail and Google Calendar. When I get an e-mail I want a cool little reminder on the right that says “Add e-mail to task list” or something like that. Am I asking too much?
Try Google Desktop , It has a TO DO List , real good
This is a great idea, I’m sure Google has this in the works already. Maybe the soon to be vista release will spark Google into releasing a more complete e-mail client. There hasn’t been anything major for the Google corp in some time.
as for a Pro-Google solution right now, I would suggest trying out Google notebook. http://www.google.com/notebook not quite a to-do list but it is but it is a work in progress and looks like it has potential.
Cheers
Have you seen the new way that Remember the Milk integrates into Google Calendar?
http://blog.rememberthemilk.com/2006/11/add-your-tasks-to-google-calendar.html
WOW! Daniel! Thanks so much! I had no idea that RemembertheMilk had updated their interface. This is light years ahead of the last one. This is getting much closer to what I am looking for! Thanks so much! This will do nicely until Google comes up with something that actually integrates with G-mail too.
Jeff,
Try out the 30 Boxes to do implementation. We base lists on tags and allow you to filter them in 2 dimensions so you can choose a context tag (like @computer) and then another filter (like projectA).
It is also lightening fast, easy to prioritize (with an asterisk or drag and drop sorting).
Thanks for the invite Narendra. I checked out 30 Boxes and it looks pretty nice. I do like the ajax integration. I do however really like to have different views of my calendar available. Is there a way to do that?
Google should just buy Remember The Milk and be done with it.
http://www.apple.com/macosx
You're so lucky! I would have loved to have had a Google shirt waiting under my Pre-Lit Christmas tree. Maybe this year!
A Google To-Do List would be perfect. It's like Christmas tree ornaments on the tree…..perfect!
You really are a biggest google fan! as far as the do list is concern, I think you are right google must come up with this thing as well, I don't think it's a big deal for google, it's kind of everyday stuff for them! I will put my suggestion as well for the do list!
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