This is great! Simple, Straight forward and easy to use. A nice compliment to the the desktop utility (HTML5) at http://workola.com. I'll add this link to my desktop.
Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
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Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a handful of iframes going here: https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig , nothing more. I'll stick to https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas though this is quite nice. I wish it could remember the lists I had visible, but I realize why it can't :) To the maker: nice idea! It makes me ponder over what other sites this could be done to... though this is a particularly perfect fit!
Hey Groxx how did you find about the /canvas link? I could find no reference on Google that would have direct me to it in the first place! Very curious how you knew about it. Thanks for it btw as I never knew it existed.
I found out about it via the Better Google Tasks Chrome extension. Probably never would've seen it otherwise.
Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#53To any other potential task hackers, currently there is no API, but google announced they are building one soon.
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/top-tasks-for-google-t...
Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a handful of iframes going here: https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig , nothing more. I'll stick to https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas though this is quite nice. I wish it could remember the lists I had visible, but I realize why it can't :) To the maker: nice idea! It makes me ponder over what other sites this could be done to... though this is a particularly perfect fit!
Thanks. And yeah, I really wish it could remember the lists. I'm hoping that someone will know an undocumented parameter we can pass to http://mail.google.com/tasks/ig to select a list. Anyone?
I just figured it out! Now, in Chrome and FF4 it remembers the lists you select. I'm really excited about this...enjoy! :)
Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#55Just added a killer feature many people were asking for that I wasn't sure was possible given the iframe approach. In the latest Chrome and Firefox 4 (but apparently not Firefox 3.6), gtasker.com now saves your selections for which lists appear in each cell. Set up your dashboard once, use it forever. :)
Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks. And yeah, I really wish it could remember the lists. I'm hoping that someone will know an undocumented parameter we can pass to http://mail.google.com/tasks/ig to select a list. Anyone?
I just figured it out! Now, in Chrome and FF4 it remembers the lists you select. I'm really excited about this...enjoy! :)
Very nice, that makes it a lot more useful :) I may even switch from Canvas view. Hopefully others see this!
Mind if I ask how? I see the URLs are list-specific now, but I don't know how you set it up to be so.
Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#57I know this is a more reputable community than the typical site, but I would be wary of clicking through these links in non-incognito/private mode... it's amazing how trusting people are.
Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#58He uses frames to pull in tasks. That elementary part of HTML that's been in the spec for some time. I was shocked when loading up comments and I saw many people aghast at how he could have access to their tasks, especially when it's obvious to anyone with a basic knowledge of HTML that the site is using frames.
First thing I thought was "frames" when I saw this site. Pretty obvious really.
Re: Show HN: I made a better interface for Google Tasks and I can't go back
#59Just added a killer feature many people were asking for that I wasn't sure was possible given the iframe approach. In the latest Chrome and Firefox 4 (but apparently not Firefox 3.6), gtasker.com now saves your selections for which lists appear in each cell. Set up your dashboard once, use it forever. :)
Since this is your most recent reply:
How did you manage it? I see some of the info, but I haven't picked apart the code yet. This makes it massively more useful, I think you may have a convert :)