New and Noteworthy





  • Tasktop Spring 2008

    v1.1.0,  2008-03-18

      If you have 5 minutes, help evolve the Tasktop by filling out a quick survey.

  If you have 5 minutes, help evolve the Tasktop by filling out a quick survey.

  • Gmail integration

    Since Tasktop 1.0, one of the most frequently requested features to date has been Gmail integration.  With Tasktop 1.1.0 we are please to introduce support for Gmail, allowing you to easily create tasks from your Gmail messages further enabling you to  manage all your tasks from a single task list. Tag a Gmail message you need to follow up on and it will become a task in your Tasktop. Subsequent email pertaining to the Gmail task are threaded and visible as comments within the task editor. Tasktop's standard offline caching of tasks means you now have offline access to your Gmail.

    Quick Start
    To get started, go to your gmail.com account in the web browser and if you don't already have a tag used for Todo's or Tasks, create a new tag (i.e. Task or @Tasktop) and tag an email you need to follow up on with some additional work.

    In your Tasktop, open the Task Repositories view (Task List view menu > Show Task Repositories View) and add a new Gmail task repository.

    With your Gmail task repository configured, create a Gmail query (right click in the Task List and select New.. > Query, Gmail) and choose the label from the previous step (i.e. Task or @Tasktop).

    The Gmail message you previously tagged will appear as a task in your Task List under the Gmail query you just created. Now you are free to open, review, schedule and plan your email tasks along with all your others.

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  • Generic IMAP integration (advanced)

    Tasktop now supports creation of email tasks from any IMAP enabled email account. If you have an IMAP email provider, create a folder specifically for Tasktop email tasks and set up an IMAP query in your Task List to query over this folder. Tasks will be created in Tasktop for each email placed into the folder you configured on your IMAP account.

  • Notes View

    When on a phone call or in the middle of design discussion with team members, we don't always have time to create new tasks for each action item as they arise. A quick, simple, and always accessible mechanism for taking down notes for later digestion and conversion to tasks would be ideal.  To address this need, the Tasktop now comes with a Notes view into which you can quickly jot down thoughts, ideas, and action times for later recovery. Later, when reviewing your notes, easily create tasks by selecting the text that describes the task, right+click, and select "New Task from Selection". You can make the Notes view your own with a custom background color and choose to have your notes saved automatically or only at your request. Emphasis points by placing an exclamation point at the front and the line will be decorated in red.

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  • External application management

    One of the advantages of working with Tasktop is it keeps track not only of the source code we work on as part of a task but also the external application files we interact with.  One lesser known feature of Tasktop is its ability to close documents open in external applications such as Word or Excel upon deactivating a task. This helps minimize open applications, reducing memory consumption and start menu bar over population. Management of external editors is now an option on the getting started wizard presented upon first installation, but can also be enabled by checking off "Close documents open in external applications.." on the Windows preference page accessible via Tasktop Home (dropdown menu) > Preferences > Tasktop > Windows.

  • Tasktop application sans menu bar

    Screen real estate is at a premium, and even more so when on the road with a laptop.   For all its utility, studies have show that the menu bar is infrequently used with the exception of cut, copy and paste. To make better use of this space, the Tasktop application now ships with the menu bar hidden by default and the cut, copy, paste actions available in the tool bar. The usual menus can however be accessed via the Tasktop Home drop down menu along with other actions including Preferences, Tasktop Configuration, and Support.  We realize that working without a menu bar is not for everyone and if you are one of these people, simply re-enable the menu bar via the Tasktop Home drop down menu.

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  • Community

    The Tasktop Home (formerly Tasktop Feature Overview) now has a Community tab with easy access to pertinent Tasktop community resources including Blog, Forums, Surveys, and live queries over bugs and enhancements.

  • Early Access Builds

    For those adventuresome early adopters who have purchased Tasktop, early access Tasktop builds are now available to you. Of note in the early access builds right now is experimental support for your del.icio.us bookmarks (configurable via the Web Browsing preference page).  See FAQ entry: How do I get early access Tasktop builds?