Today was like Christmas: Google just added todo lists to Gmail. I’ve been using Todoist for a while, but this looks like it may completely replace it.
Why is this awesome? For one thing, I’m almost always in Gmail, and having my todo items integrated into that workflow is very nice. It’s also a really nice and compact interface, and it’s super fast on the keyboard. I was blown away by how quickly I could add new tasks. Not to mention that you can turn emails into tasks — that is amazingly useful.
I’m hoping we get Google Calendar integration soon, along with repeating events and a keyboard shortcut to pull open the tasks pane. But even with what we’ve already got, I’m a happy camper. :)
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I really like iGoogle – I have my todo lists, countdowns, gmail, facebook (chat and updates), google maps, the time, etc. It’s fantastic! I open google allll the time.
Ben – I just wonder when you sleep – you write nonstop, you read everything, you are aware of so many people and so many things – it’s incredible. I love google too by the way–
Ben, I echo your sentiments. I’ve tried lots of to-do lists and never end up using them because it’s just another thing to log in to. As for a keyboard shortcut, try gk to get to your tasks.
Alyssa: I have iGoogle set as my home page, but I find that since I always have a browser open (with 10-30 tabs open at a time), I almost never actually see that page. So it’s not quite as useful for me, unfortunately. Maybe if I change my browser habits someday…
Jaclyn: Haha, I don’t sleep — a radioactive snail slimed me when I was three and I haven’t had to sleep ever since. :P And amen on loving Google.
Thomas: So it turns out that the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension’s macro setting (which I use because it’s über-useful for going to labels via the keyboard) conflicts with the gk shortcut. ~sigh~ Hopefully Gina over at Lifehacker updates BG2 soon…