See what you’ve already done, set time more easily, and describe your tasks with style

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A big set of changes have just been pushed live onto Taskerrific! Let’s take a look.

The first change you’ll notice is the dashboard. Not content with just giving you a list of open tasks and projects, I’ve added two new dashboard pages, giving you tasks due in the next 24 hours, and tasks you’ve already completed. No more needle in a haystack searches for old tasks!

Continuing on with the dashboard, project dashboard pages now let you hide completed projects. By default, completed project tasks continue to be shown below your active ones, but one click of the “Show completed tasks” checkbox will make them vanish. I plan to spin out a remembered preference for this option, but for now, you’ll always get your completed project tasks.

Speaking of projects, you might notice that little cosmetic change where projects in the sidebar are now sorted alphabetically. That should make it easier for you to find the project you’re looking for, if you have several. As well, you can now add descriptions to your projects! While there’s nowhere to see them (outside the project edit dialog), when public project pages are ready, they’ll have a lot more use.

Another major change with this update is a new, working time picker. When you set (or change) the due date for a task now, a slider-based picker will appear, letting you choose the time the task is due without needing to type it in manually. Of course, you still can type it in if you’d like. To set the time, you’ll need to click the “Done” button on the time picker, as clicking outside makes the picker disappear without changing anything.

The final big change in this update is support for Markdown formatting for task descriptions, notes, and your profile. By using Markdown’s syntax, you can use links, images, and text formatting in Taskerrific!

I hope you find this update makes Taskerrific even more useful for you. As usual, if there’s any problems, let me know via UserVoice or Twitter.