RTM Notifier (Beta)

Ok, so whats rtm notifier do?

the notifications display

- due date
- the task title
- coloured borders to indicate priority

when you place your mouse over a notification you will see a container with

- the tasks due date in a text field, you can use this to set the tasks due date using rtm due strings like “in 1 hour”
- the tasks title, tags, url and priority
- 4 task icons which allow you to postpone the task for 15 mins, postpone the task for a day, complete and delete the task

It enables you to add tasks to remember the milk through rtm’s gmail gadget which is embedded in the app to make things easy

You can also add tasks using Launchy or any other app launcher by setting launchy so that it will index executables and then pointing it at the rtm notifiers executable (on windows this would be in the program files directory)

Then all you have to do is display launchy, type something like rtm so that it displays rtm notifiers executable file, press tab to pass command line arguments to it and type “add this is a task from launchy via rtm notifier” (without quotes) and press enter to send it off. This is still a very new feature so if you have any problems with it let me know.

Rtm Notifier allows you to select what tasks you are notified about by selecting lists (or by tagging a particular task), so during work you could set it so that you are only notified about tasks due on your work list and then change over to other lists when you finish work

You can customise how the notifications are displayed
- by default they will disappear after a few seconds
- notifications can be make “sticky” (to stay on screen until closed by you)

By default due tasks are only displayed once, if you have an important task (or list of tasks) you can set them to display every time the app checks for tasks (5 minutes) by adding an “rtmn-nag” tag to the task or selecting nagging in the lists section

For more details of what it does check out the faq page

This is still a beta product, so its not going to be perfect but hopefully you’ll find it useful.

The notifier can be downloaded from this page

Before I talk about the notifier I would like to start with a little shameless self promotion, I’m currently looking for work, so if you want to know a little more about me click here

Ok, the post can start for real now

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We’ll I’ve finally managed to get the next version of the notifier out of the door, its taken a while due work and family commitments but this upgrade is a lot more functional now, hopefully you’ll find it of use.

What does it do?

the notifications display

- due date
- the task title
- a link if the url field has been filled in
- coloured borders to indicate priority

It allows you to postpone for 15 mins, postpone for a day, complete or delete a task from a tasks notification

It enables you to add tasks to remember the milk through rtm’s gmail gadget which is embedded in the app to make things easy

It allows you to select what tasks you are notified about by selecting lists (or by tagging a particular task), so during work you could set it so that you are only notified about tasks due on your work list and then change over to other lists when you finish work

You can customise how the notifications are displayed
- by default they will disappear after a few seconds
- notifications can be make “sticky” (to stay on screen until closed by you)

By default due tasks are only displayed once, if you have an important task (or list of tasks) you can set them to display every time the app checks for tasks (5 minutes) by adding an “rtmn-nag” tag to the task or selecting nagging in the lists section

For more details of what it does check out the faq page

This is still a beta product, so its not going to be perfect but hopefully you’ll find it useful.

The notifier can be downloaded from this page

What is it?

RTM Notifier is a desktop program which sits in the background periodically checking your Remember the Milk tasks

What does it do?

- displays notifications periodically to inform you how many tasks are due

- allows you to configure how often you are notified

- allows you to turn off notifications for X minutes

- gives you quick access to all of RTM’s goodness without having to keep a browser window open all the time by right clicking on the apps systray icon

Thats it really, not earth shattering but I find it useful and hopefully you will too.

There’s lots more it I’d like to add but this started out just as a way to keep an eye on my tasks, so I thought I’d keep it basic and if people like it I’ll extend it later.

If your interested download it and see what you think

By the way, I dont have access to a mac so if anyone with a mac out there finds it doesnt work or is a bit quirky let me know in the comments

Update : 09 Oct

Thanks everyone for your feedback, its been really useful.

I’ve been very happy with the number of downloads so I will be putting as much time as I can spare into adding more functions to the app. First thing I’ll be looking at is a couple of minor issues which should be resolved in the next week or so.