Google Chrome: Web-based task manager Remember the Milk has evened its browser compatibility by releasing a Chrome Extension that can turn starred, labelled or selected Gmail messages into tasks, and let you manage your to-do list from a right-hand panel.
Google’s own Tasks to-dos are a bit too under-powered for many goal-oriented types. If Remember the Milk’s more your speed, they’ve released an integrated Google Calendar gadget that puts your tasks, along with a command line–like Smart Add bar, just to the right of your calendar or agenda view. And Google Apps users, you have, for once, been highly looked after, as explained at RTM’s gadget page. [Remember The Milk]
Smart Add, the command-line-like task adding tool for users of to-do manager Remember the Milk, just got added to RTM’s iPhone client via an App Store update. Grab it if you prefer little text tricks to lengthy menu searches. [RTM Blog via jkOnTheRun]
A fan of Remember the Milk’s task manager wrote a script that writes a custom list of upcoming to-dos directly on a Mac desktop with GeekTool. He’s sharing his script bundle for anyone who’d like to do likewise.
Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe Air): Desktop to-do application App For The Milk puts your Remember the Milk tasks into a stand-alone Adobe AIR window, with both offline and online support.
Web-based task manager Remember the Milk stands out for its ubiquity, and a few of its users have suggested novel ways to use its tags, priorities and separate lists as a multi-person household grocery and meal planner.
Remember the Milk just got a lot more helpful on your iPhone. Version 1.1.1, now available, adds push notification powers to the task management app, giving you a heads up when your important to-dos are coming right up.
Reader Mike writes in with a useful tip for online to-do list Remember the Milk—with some crafty smart lists you can hide the tasks that aren’t due until later in the day.
