Tasks Pro™ Archives

  1. Tasks and LaunchBar

    Recently, I’ve chatted with a few folks that also use Tasks Pro™/Tasks and LaunchBar as part of their toolset. I have a number of Tasks Pro™ shortcuts I use with LaunchBar, some of which the others weren’t aware were possible. First the obvious ones: Bookmark for creating a new task (LaunchBar shortcut: nt) Bookmark for…

  2. Tasks Pro™ 1.6 beta 3

    I’ve released Tasks Pro™ version 1.6 beta 3. This version fixes bugs reported in beta 2 and adds a few small features. Added a new ‘dark’ theme. Added the ability to check with taskspro.com for a new release on login (if the user has permission to configure server options). Remove HTML tags from HTML only…

  3. HTML-only E-mail

    I got a report from one of my Tasks Pro™ beta users that the tasks created from e-mails were containing a bunch of HTML when the e-mail was sent in HTML format. My testing indicates that when an HTML e-mail that includes a plain text version, Tasks Pro™ correctly grabs the plain text version and…

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  4. Tasks Pro™ 1.6 beta 2

    I’ve released Tasks Pro™ version 1.6 beta 2. This version fixes bugs reported in beta 1. Here are the changes: The body of an e-mail is properly placed in the notes of a task when there are no file attachments. Time is only added to a task on completion if a timer has been started…

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  5. Tasks Pro™ 1.6 beta 1

    I’ve just posted the first beta release of Tasks Pro™ 1.6. I started making the changes for this release back in February, so to say this has been a long time coming is quite an understatement. Version 1.6 will be a free upgrade for all Tasks Pro™ 1.5 customers. There are two big features in…

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  6. Documentation for 1.6

    I’ve written up most of the documentation (12 new pages) for the new features in Tasks Pro™ 1.6 – enough that I can release a beta next week once I’ve done some more in-depth testing.

  7. Whew!

    I spent nearly a week getting the last part of the last big feature for the next version of Tasks Pro™ and Tasks working, but it seems to be finally working! Now I’m writing the database upgrade scripts (lots of changes from the ADOdb port) and, after some testing, it should be ready to release…

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  8. Tasks Pro™ Support Help

    I’ve got a Use Tasks customer that would like to purchase some support time from an existing Tasks Pro™ customer (mainly usage and how-to questions I think). If you’re a Tasks Pro™ customer with a good breadth of experience with the product and would be interested, please let me know.

  9. Support

    One of the big differences between a large software shop and an ISV is the type of support offered. A large software company may have a toll free number and operators standing by, but they often walk you through a series of canned steps and are often not be able to help with your specific…

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  10. Parent Task Displayed in Lists

    I haven’t talked much about Tasks Pro™ 1.6 development lately, but it’s been coming along quite nicely. I’ve basically finished the main new feature for 1.61 and I’ve been making a few little tweaks here and there as well. One change I put in today is to display the title (with a link) to the…

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  11. Tasks Pro™ 1.5.3 released

    I’ve released version 1.5.3 of Tasks Pro™. This is a maintenence release which fixed a couple of minor bugs in version 1.5.2: Upcoming tasks are shown as expected. The ‘inherit groups’ option now works properly whn using the parent task chooser. When a recurring task is activated, the e-mail properly includes the creator’s name. The…

  12. New FeedLounge Alpha Server

    We moved FeedLounge (the my.feedlounge.com part) to a separate server this evening. It’s now behaving like it’s supposed to again – nice and snappy. I got through ~400 items pretty darn quick. Removing that load from this server should mean better response time from this site and the King Design sites (including free trials of…

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  13. Tasks Pro™ 1.5.2 and Tasks 2.5.2 Released

    I’ve released new versions of Tasks Pro™ and Tasks. These are maintenence releases and recommended upgrades for all customers. Changes in both Tasks Pro™ and Tasks: The “delete task and attach sub-tasks to the parent task” option did not work properly. Changes in Tasks Pro™: Recurring tasks no longer lose their groups. Fixed an undefined…

  14. Use Tasks Server Upgrade

    The Use Tasks server has been upgraded to a bigger and more powerful machine to accomodate the growing number of subscribers. There are still a couple of the lifetime accounts available from those that we offered to help fund the hardware upgrade. With the new hardware in place, we should be in good shape for…

  15. What a Week

    Man, what a week! It feels great to have finally gone public with FeedLounge. As the alpha launch drew near, I was spending more and more time on it and getting very excited about it – it was hard not to talk about it here. I’m very glad it’s out, and I’m glad other people…

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