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Google Tasks top 5 user-requested features announced

by Lee Mathews on January 14, 2011 at 10:30 AM

A while back, Google asked users of Google Tasks to submit their most wanted features. The polls have closed, so to speak, and Google has announced the top five (in no specific order):

a Tasks API and synchronization
reminders and notifications
recurring tasks
shareable task lists
visual distinction for overdue tasks

Perhaps more importantly than merely announcing the top picks is the fact that associate product manager David Tattersall states that Google is getting ready to build these new features into Tasks. Tattersall doesn't offer a timetable, only stating that changes to Tasks will arrive "throughout the year."

Tags: apps, google, google tasks, GoogleTasks, gtd, office, productivity, web

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S4RsJan 14th 2011 11:02AM

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All those are spot on. It boggles my mind that there is no API. Now it will hopefully get implemented in Android too.

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djangofanJan 15th 2011 2:58PM

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Wow, you led me to discover this, which if you enter the url exactly as below, gives you a Google Tasks web interface of some kind...

https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig?pli=1

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RoyalKnightJan 14th 2011 11:02PM

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I've been hoping for Tasks synchronization and an API for god knows how long, as have scores of others on Google Groups. I guess it's nice that they're finally doing it, but... it seems awfully late. Late enough that the adage of "better late than never" doesn't seem very comforting anymore.

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