Create A Hotkey To Add Tasks To Remember The Milk Faster
Reader Shawn writes in with his method for quickly adding tasks to Remember the Milk—a shortcut key that simply launches the quick add page.
Remember the Milk has an official quick add bookmarklet that turns the current page into a task, but when you navigate to the URL without any parameters, it becomes a great way to quickly add a new item to your to-do list. Since Shawn always has Firefox open, he simply added a shortcut to his desktop with a shortcut key assigned in the properties window—to instantly launch the add task screen regardless of which application has focus.
To create a similar setup for your own desktop, you can follow his simple steps:
- Navigate to http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/ext/addtask.rtm in your browser, and then drag the icon over to your desktop.
- Open up the properties and assign a hotkey (I used Ctrl+Alt+T).
- Use the hotkey from anywhere, Firefox will open the link in a new tab and you can add your task in a flash.
You’ll want to make sure that the shortcut is placed either on the desktop or the start menu, because Windows doesn’t parse the shortcut keys from other folders—but this could be an excellent bookmark or even a quick launch icon. Thanks, Shawn!
If Launchy is more your style, check out how to integrate Remember the Milk with Launchy, or you can tweak RTM with custom user styles.
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it could also be something to launch in the FF sidebar.
Noah Hendrix
Unfortunately, the RTM staff refuses to add something simple like the URL field to this bookmarklet. Does it make sense to anyone that the bookmarklet wouldn't include URL?
Fortunately, the wise users of RTM have leveraged the mobile interface for accomplishing this.
See: [www.rememberthemilk.com]
goingportable
@Noah Hendrix: That's a good point!
This is the second time in a week that I've said it here, but I definitely prefer using ubiquity for this.
I just started using RTM yesterday, but have it hooked up to Twitter. I use Digsby to tweet, so all I have to do is send a tweet from my Windows taskbar and its on RTM. I also installed the Firefox extension to put the tasks in Gmail, so I tweet and use Gmail with the functionality of RTM. As I get more into RTM I'll likely be on the site more, but for now this is a great way to use it.
BethanyJobnick
I miss rtm. Begged them for outlook integration, nothing happened. So toodledo now
pdfetc
Alternatively, you could assign a keyword to the bookmarklet itself and then use Autohotkey to assign it a shortcut.
sinfony
I wish I understood half of what you geeks are talking about.
@sinfony:
Nice idea! Now I can access my javascript bookmarklets in Google Chrome by shortcuts Alt+smth!
Evgeniy
@[addons.mozilla.org]
goingportable
I use the Quicksilver plugin for RTM on Mac OS X. It's really great, all i do is pop up quicksilver from anywhere, type in my task, hit enter, and it ships it off to any list in RTM. Really fast to capture those thoughts!
Quicksilver plugin : [www.binaryminded.com]
hseikaly
We're missing a fundamental piece of functionality on all online productivity and time management apps: drag-and-drop to-do to calendar.
So far, the only app I've found that offers this basic capability is Outlook and Outlook equivalents for Linux.
We need a to-do list feature on GCalendar, for instance, that not only makes it possible to drag and drop to do's like in Basecamp or Backpack, but also to drag and drop those tasks onto a calendar.
Drag and drop turns task organization into a kinesthetic activity, which in my opinion is far more effective than other means of organizing tasks. Once you add drag and drop, you're able to PLAY with task organization and test different time designs without wasting time.
That's the problem with Remember The Milk integrations. Yes, you can see your to-dos within GCal. Unfortunately, you can't drag them into the calendar and then play with them.
Hopefully, someone will bridge this gap soon and make this possible. A new era of productivity will be born!
Martin Messier