georgehe01: A Simple Menubar Task List using Google Tasks

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A Simple Menubar Task List using Google Tasks

Simple task lists seems to be all the rage lately. I've seen quite a few of them hit the Mac App Store, such as Todolicious and Tictoc.

I've been using a freely available alternative -- Google Tasks. The only problem is that you can only access it through a browser. Luckily, there is a clever little app call Fluid that can make a webpage into an app. So with the help of Fluid, I have created a small menubar app that does essentially the same thing as the paid alternatives, albeit maybe not as pretty.

One of the big advantages of using Google Tasks is that it's always in sync. It's also possible to view on my iPhone by going to http://www.gmail.com/tasks. And it has the possibility to create several different task lists, which I find very useful. I usua ...