Archive - January, 2008

It was German web designer extraordinaire Manuela Hoffmann who suggested we might publish status updates on Twitter. And a point she has.

Posting blog entries and following the comments always takes focus away from actually evolving Things itself. Often the question is: shall we continue implementing that user request or shall we rather explain what we are doing? Very simple you might say: do both!

Tweets to the rescue: Writing a line or two shouldn’t be that distracting or time consuming, should it? We decided to give it a try. All credits to Manuela if it works, we take the blame if it doesn’t :)

Oh yes, why shouldn’t you follow us on twitter? Well, why would you want to be frequently updated with boring details about writing code?

twitter.com/culturedcode

Tip: Tweets will be signed, so you can see who wrote them. Chris (ck), Jürgen (js), Oli (om), Werner (wj).

22 days since the last blog post — how could that happen? Well, let’s face it, we got a bit carried away with working on Things. That both our coders got sick a week ago certainly didn’t help. Neither did those hard to track bugs in Tiger that required a workaround…

But we promise to be good boys now! Oh, and thanks for all the nice comments! Expect to find more specific replies here soon.

Right now we are working very hard to integrate recurring tasks into Things. And not just any recurring tasks…

Thank you all for your great support.

The Quick Entry dialog now allows to file new todos under existing projects or areas of responsibility. Just open the dialog with your favorite shortcut (-> Preferences) and select a project or area from the “Where” menu.

We have introduced new keyboard shortcuts that are also useful in the Quick Entry dialog. Hold down ⌘1, ⌘2,… to select “Today”, “Next”, etc. from the “Where” menu.

The ⌘1, ⌘2,… shortcuts can also be used in todo lists (see the Todos > Move To menu). Please note that previously these shortcuts have been used to switch to different lists. To go to the Inbox, Today, Next,… lists use ⌘⌥0, ⌘⌥1, ⌘⌥2, etc. (see the View > Go To menu).

Items due today are now automatically moved to the Today list. This is the default behavior, but it can be turned off in Preferences.

Undo/Redo has been completely revised and works much more reliable now. Not every operation can be undone yet, but we will continue to improve the situation in future releases.

Further improvements include:

• Bug fixes and performance improvements
• Several visual improvements for Leopard users
• Changed style for displaying projects and areas in lists.
• “Check Spelling While Typing” now remembers setting across launches.
• Larger drop target for todos dragged to the bottom of a list.
• Double clicking into the empty space below a list now creates a new todo.
• Toolbar button and action menu item for emptying the trash.
• Hot key for Quick Entry dialog now works as a toggle.