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.
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great update!!!
you guys don’t have vacation?
can’t wait for the final release.
a happy new year to all of you at culturedcode.
dan
[…] Things, die GTD-Applikation von Cultured Code wird immer besser. das aktuelle Update bringt neben Bug-Fixes auch viele Neuerungen. So werden z.B. Aufgaben, die für »heute« geplant wurden, nun auch automatisch in der Today-List gezeigt :-). Mehr im Blog: 0.8.5 - Quick Filing and Due Items That Move. […]
Just installed the new update and it seems to have messed up the due date functionality.
Creating a new “To Do” and selecting a due date will result in a weird date: I select January 3 2008 and create the Due Date and the To Do entry reads 1466832 days overdue. Opening the details of the To Do item will show a Due Date of January 2 2009.
I am working on OSX 10.4.11 and Things 0.8.5 (251)
“Hot key for Quick Entry dialog now works as a toggle.”
Might be a small thing but it just made my day. Sweet.
Marvelous - thanks.
I’m having the same problem as thegroove. The calendar is all out of whack. It defaults to 0009 instead of 2008, and increases by 1 year each time I restart it. Fun! I’m running OX S 10.5.1 and Things 0.8.5 (251).
Glad to see you guys pushing new builds out so frequently, though. Haven’t had a chance to check out the new goodness as this due date bug has rendered the app pretty much useless for the time being.
Cheers for the addition of projects to the pull down menu in the quick entry box! That’s exactly what I needed - aside from online collaboration, but I know that’s more intensive and farther down the road.
Cheers, and keep up the great work!
Loving Things so far.
I was really looking forward to the functionality that moves items due today to the Today list. Unfortunately, items aren’t getting moved there unless I quit and restart Things. Is this the expected behavior? I put in a bug for this.
I’m with #8’s comment. Can it move items without restarting the app?
Things is so very sweet, and with each release you keep adding useful features that actually make sense. I hope you’ll be able to keep Things as clean and usable as it is today as you keep adding features. Congratulations!
Excellent update, guys! Automatically moving due items to “Today” is wonderful.
Great update, thanks!!!!
Now give export to taskpaper and I´m happy :)
Good job done!!!
Regards,
Thorsten
Just noticed that as you complete part of a project there’s a shading indicator in the projects overview. Very cool! Looking forward to iCal sync and printing!
This is the first ‘GTD’ app that has managed to stick with me. Are there any plans to add a “this week” to the Focus tab? It would be great to see a time-limited set of actions, as opposed to the catch all ‘Next.’ Can’t wait for the final..!
Can we please have the choice of week starting on Monday for popup calendars? Week starting on Sunday drives me/European users bananas! Otherwise good job, liking Things very much so far.
Love Things, minor request, can we have a due TIME on the date function?
thanks for the app
Also, tagging, if a project is tagged the same keywords should automatically be applied to to-dos filed in that project? The implementation of nested tags is superb right now though.
I like Things very much, great work so far.
But one little thing annoys me: In the sidebar, the order of items is 1) Inbox, 2) Today, 3) Next, 4) Someday, 5) Postponed. In the menu and the corresponding keyboard shortcuts (Todos -> Move to), 4) and 5) are switched.
Can you put the elements into consistent order, please? I am using version 0.8.6 of Things.
Tag menu shows everything in alphabetical order when the “+” is clicked… to hard to use in this format - everything shows including priority etc. When you’re working on a Tag it needs to be simple to use. Also, the only way the letter code will work is if the cursor actually is in the tag line. If the menu is down and you press the letter code it should pull up that item and list it as part of the tag line.
Ist das Programm netzwerk- bzw. gruppenfähig?
Kann man auf gemeinsam genutzte Dokumente zugreifen bzw. projektbezogene Dokumente überblicken?
Gibt es den Zugriff, die Pflege bzw. Synchronisierung von iCal-Gruppenkalendern?
Wann kommt das Programm in deutsch?
Not sure if this was ever mentioned, but if you have some notes for a project, it would be nice to see the notes for that project when you click on it under the “Projects” area. Right now you’re only seeing the tags and to-dos, with no indication of whether or not there are even any notes.
This is a really great application, keep up the great work!
This flurry of revisions is great! Just off the top of my head, some of the changes that I’m liking are:
No more animation effect - good, I found that distracting and slow.
Hot key toggles - great!
Key commands to select Focus with new todo - (although two numbers are reversed).
Double clicking in space to create new todo.
The darker colouring of “items” indicates finished todos inside the project.
I am still hoping that a sub-projects feature will pop up soon, that is probably the biggest item on my wish list. Ideally, these would live in the side bar just like the main Project folder and would also have disclosure triangles beside them. In the work I do, recording CDs, each song is a project (a universe!) unto itself and when I am working on several CDs at the same time it results in 60 or so projects in the side bar and that’s not counting anything else in my life! So having all the songs from one CD in it’s own project folder would be a great sorting device. Currently, in order to make my sub projects easy to find, I must put the artist’s name in front of each song so they all hang together in the Project list. But having subfolders would be sooo much more elegant and cleaner to look at.
As to how that would look in the view that you get when you click directly on the “Projects” folder, I’m not sure. There are several ways that this could be realized. Any project that contained sub projects might have a different colour in the “items” column. The word items could mean projects, rather than actions, or it could simply be changed to “projects” instead and then when you clicked on, say, “9 projects” on the left of the big window it would open and then you’d see the regular “item view” but with only that set of projects.
Yes, nested projects is a must! And the ability to duplicate a project to avoid re-typing the same things over and over.
I anxiously await every build, it’s like the night before Christmas!
Yes — agreed on having sub-projects but my first wish is for recurring events. Appreciate all the hard works guys.
I’m sure it’s so obvious to you that you’re not aware that it’s missing, but now that you’re getting interest beyond your circle of invitees, could you please make it clear on the description page that this program is for Macs only? Pretty deflating to get excited about it, and find out you can’t use it!
I just love Things! The first Getting Ghings Done App that works…
The app is beautifull and the features you have in plan are verry promising.
As someone said before.
Keep it simple!!!
I just started trying this out and I’m hesitantly excited. I have 2 computers, home and work (both Macs). I don’t have a .Mac account nor do I want one. I installed Things on a flash drive that I carry back and forth with me. But I found out after getting things set up on one computer and then trying to use it on another, the info is stored in another file. Is there a way to have a preference that will let me save that file in a place of my own choice, (like my flash drive or a server that I already pay for instead of .Mac?) If not, I doubt I would find myself using the program. But perhaps I just missed a setting…
#27 Brian Zollinhofer:
Read the article here
http://culturedcode.com/things/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_Backup_Your_Things_Library
Move the folder to your USB drive and make appropriate links on both macs.
Sure, but is there any way to change the paths to where it is stored? Instead of having to transfer that file to the Application Support and back to the flash drive every time I switch computers?
I work in Marketing and IT for an advertising agency with about 30 people. Our CEO has always stressed organization. We are all required to use Franklin Covey planners or a system that can keep us organized as well or better.
Things beats the pen and paper system of organization (for me) hands down.
Great application. I’ve tested out other GTD apps but never felt comfortable in them. Things was simple to use from day one. I have about five people in the office using it now, and everyone loves it. We’re very excited to see what is to come, and I’m glad to offer our support in the testing of networked collaboration. We’re an all Mac shop, and I’d love for your application to really take hold here.
Way to go, Cultured Code! Job VERY well done.
I agree with Michael, as IT manager I’ve been looking for the right program to give to employees to help manage all our projects. The only thing really missing now is networked collaboration (and possibly as mentioned above a better way to sync with other computers, besides .Mac). Can’t wait for more updates. Thank you so much.
Just downloaded Things and watched that screencast on your site. WOW! It’s sooo much better than all the other GTD apps! I actually understand this one. The other ones *cough*OmniFocus*cough* are just overloaded with features… in a bad way.
Keep up the great work and keep it simple (that’s the best part about this app!).
Thank you Cultured Code!
love the updates. but forcing the cmd-key to use for filing is not so good as I use this (across my network) to switch spaces and thus it interferes. it would be really good if we could choose as to which modifier key to use!
I miss a “Waiting for” under Today, Next, Someday, Postponed. In a project you are always depended on answers from clients or customers. feedback on various things. And especially when you delegate things to collegues and such.
Do I get any confirmation, when I subscribe to the mailing list?
I’m in the process of “rebooting” my GTD system and tried starting simple with pen and paper, but quickly found (as you so aptly put it on your site) that to-do lists don’t scale well. I have to have an electronic system for universal capture, so I installed Things today … wow.
I am trying to remain *cautiously* optimistic, but this app just *feels* right. I’m really excited to follow the development. It is already a well-polished application with an intuitive, well-thought-out interface. Well done!
Loving THINGS–but. I’m a paid user of OmniFocus (which I’m not loving). Still, for me there’s a race on: will OmniFocus get the TAGS of Things first? Or will Things get the sub-projects of OmniFocus?
Just my way of saying, I love Things, but desperately need some sort of sub-project feature. Keep up the good work!
ds
In my usage, ds, “Areas” work to group together my projects. Of course you can only nest projects 1 deep this way but again, it works well for me.
Can the next version allow you to delete areas?
I wa now beginning to use Things efficiently and realized most of my areas should of been projects. But now their still there..empty.
You can clear projects by clicking in the checkbox to show they are completed and under the todo menu mark completed now — they will move to log.
Steve
Any word on when the next update will be out ?
dMix: you can delete areas - just highlight it in the sidebar and click the “cogwheel” button at the bottom (next to the “plus” button). One of the menu entries there is “Delete area”. You can also delete them by clicking on the top-level “Areas” entry on the left, then selecting the area you want from the list on the right and pressing the Delete key.
The same two techniques work for projects.
Loving the application! Once you implement some sort of ability to create sub-projects, I will happily hand over money for Things.
looking forward for the next update !
Me too. Allready spamming them with feature requests :)
I also wonder when the new update will arrive?
Greetings
I’ve been using Things for a couple weeks now and have found it to be just right for me. I love the “bring forward” functionality of the “Postponed” box - great idea. I’m eagerly awaiting Mail integration (like the awesome F6 trick in iGTD). Print options would be helpful too. Finally, I’d like the option to make the on-screen font bigger - it’s pretty small on my high res monitor. Keep the updates coming and I’ll be buying Things in the Spring!
does Things work with Panther 10.3.9?
Is Things still in development?
Im assuming things are still in development. But it has been a while since we have heard any news! Jan 2nd I think?
Maybe the developer is concentrating on the 1.0 release? Wasn’t Things supposed to go on sale towards the end of Jan?