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Please Backup your iGoogle ToDo gadget data

As I had mentioned in my previous blog post, I’m currently busy with my new venture (www.smazzle.com)  and hardly had  time to convert the iGoogle ToDo gadget  to a non-inline version.

Google sent me a mail indicating that they are going to stop supporting my iGoogle ToDo gadget within the next 2 months. You can still continue to use it until  Google eventually stops supporting it. You still may have 2 months left in the gadget.  But I strongly advice you to Print your tasks and move to any other version of iGoogle ToDo gadget or you can always checkout my alternative ToDo gadgets - Netvibes version or the Windows Vista version.

I will be working on a newer version of iGoogle ToDo gadget few months after the launch of our new venture.  Until then, please use alternative gadgets. Keep visiting my blog for any updates and thanks again for using my gadgets.



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To-do List with Google Maps - Recovering your lost data

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Few had informed me that To-Do List gadget all of a sudden stopped working. Google had stopped supporting inlining feature (which the gadget uses) but assured that the existing gadgets should not be affected.  Unfortunately, it has affected To-do List gadget for few users.   It is unfortunately beyond my control.

The good news is - ALL YOUR DATA IS SAFE within the gadget itself.   so DONOT PANIC.  and DONOT delete the gadget. If you delete it, then you will lose ALL your data.

I have outlined the steps on how to retrieve your data very easily and use other alternative gadgets I have developed.

  1. Assuming you had entered your todo  and it looked previously like below:
  2. With this issue, the gadget should look like below:
  3. Right click on this gadget and say “View Source”. It should open a notepad with a lot of contents.
  4. Search for “screeperzone” and around that text, you should see a lot of “%22″ wherein you will see your todo lists. Unfortunately it is a little messy to extract one by one.
  5.   I have other alternatives for the same todo list gadget - including for Vista and Netvibes.  Please visit this link for the alternatives.

 



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To-Do List with Google Maps - Version 2.0 with new advanced features

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To-Do List Version 2.0 is here. I was able to include most of your suggestions in this version..

The new features include:

  1. Due Dates: Now you will be able to set due dates for your tasks. Just click on edit and you will see an option to use Due date. Check the “Use due date” checkbox and set the appropriate due date. Click on “Save Due Date” and the due date should be saved for the task. The number of days due is displayed adjacent to each task as “2 d” or “365 d” which represents 2 days and 365 days respectively.
  2. Auto change Priority to “High” based on Due date: You have the option to let the gadget change the priority (to High) automatically based on due date. For instance - You could specify that the priority of a task becomes high when the task is due in certain number of days (1-5 days). To achieve this, just click on edit and check the “Use due date” checkbox, then set the appropriate due date and then select the number of days when the priority of the task should become high.
  3. Various Sorting Options: Now you have the option to Sort the tasks by priority or by due date. As the name indicates, “Sort by priority” sorts the tasks based on priority of the tasks. This comes in handy when combined with the auto-change priority option. “sort by due date” sorts the tasks based on due date.
  4. Various Printing Options: Now you have the option to Print the tasks based on due date. You have the option to print either All tasks or Tasks that were due yesterday, Today or Tomorrow.



Getting things done with online todo list with google maps. Search business along the route by specifying store name or business name and start destination address. Uses google maps to find the shortest, the cheapest and the best driving directions. Manage priority and due date with todo list. Use this todo list as vacation travel checklist, holiday travel checklist, shopping list, grocery list, as sticky notes, as printable list, as movie list, as online task manager and to jot down all tasks.

To-Do List with Google Maps - Windows Vista sidebar todo task management/Task checklist gadget

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You can download the gadget by clicking the Vista sidebar button below:

Add to Vista sidebar

Version 2.2.0 (Recommended Version)

Minimized version of todo vista gadget

(Minimized View)

Maximized version of todo vista sidebar

(Maximized View)

NOTE: If you are using old version (If you can’t find version number at the bottom of the gadget, then you are using OLD version), Please print all tasks at your convenience. PLEASE DO NOT edit settings before you print all your tasks.

The functionalities are similar to the iGoogle and NetVibes gadgets. You can read the functionalities here.

New features included as part of Version 2.2.0:

  1. Minimizing the gadget to fit Windows Vista sidebar: You can click “Minimize” link at the bottom to fit the gadget in to Vista sidebar. If you want to look at the more advanced version, click “Maximize”.
  2. More storage: The gadget now allows you to add as many tasks as possible without loosing data.

Bug fixes included as part of Version 2.2.0:

  1. Data gets lost after editing settings - This was because the maximum size of data that can be stored was 2Kb. So the gadget discarded all the data without warning when it hit the limit. This bug should be fixed now.

Some known quirks include:

  1. The gadget will seem to disappear sometimes when you click on “edit” or add too many tasks. Don’t Panic ..Just scroll through the vista sidebar tabs (On the top of the sidebar near the “+”, there should be “>” and “<”), and you should see the gadget in the next tab. The reason is that - Vista seems to push the gadget to the next tab when it doesn’t have enough space to display the entire gadget.

I am trying to improve this gadget whenever I get some free time.

Please leave your comments and suggestions. I really appreciate your feedback



Microsoft Windows Vista sidebar todo list gadget. Use it for vacation travel checklist, holiday travel checklist, shopping checklist, grocery checklist.

Sneak Peek on upcoming features for “To-Do List with Google Maps”

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Based on feedback, I’m making some enhancements to “To-Do List with Google maps”. The new version will be available tentatively on Saturday night (24th November 2007) around 10:00 PM (GMT -7).

Some of the features include:

  1. Due Dates
  2. Change Priority to High automatically based on due-date.
  3. Sort by due date
  4. Sort by priority
  5. New Print Options
  6. Etc..

The upgrade should be transparent to existing users. There is nothing special that you need to do. Please do take a print of all your tasks by Friday at the latest.. just to be on the safer side. Please don’t delete the gadget as that may delete all your tasks permanently.
I will provide more explanation in my next blog.


Getting things done with online todo list with google maps. Search business along the route by specifying store name or business name and start destination address. Uses google maps to find the shortest, the cheapest and the best driving directions. Manage priority and due date with todo list. Use this todo list as vacation travel checklist, holiday travel checklist, shopping list, grocery list, as sticky notes, as printable list, as movie list, as online task manager and to jot down all tasks.

Why do I inline Google gadgets ?


Some of the users had concerns about the warning that shows up when they try to add my Activity Tracker or To-do list gadget. So this blog is to explain why you should not be worried about adding my gadgets..

To-Do List Inline Module Warning

Inline gadgets allow users to save more than 2K of preferences. So gadgets like Activity tracker and To-do list that needs more storage space to save logs and tasks respectively can use this to their advantage. Also I found that if inline modules are placed in seperate igoogle tabs, gadget users can store more than 600 tasks in the to-do list gadget.. that’s pretty impressive.. huh

I just want to assure you again that my Gadgets DONOT modify your homepage nor hamper operations of any other module. The beauty of this gadget is that all your preferences and data is stored in the Google servers as Google preferences and none is stored on my server. So you can safely click “OK” to trust the module.

Leave comments if you still have any questions..


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To-Do List with Google Maps !!

UPDATE: ToDo List gadget is available for iGoogle, Netvibes and Windows Vista sidebar.

“To-Do List with Google Maps” is a gadget that can help you keep track of all your tasks and sub-tasks. Apart from offering the regular list of features like Tasks, Sub-tasks, Priority, Print, Sort, due-dates etc.. the coolest feature is probably the ability to assign businesses where you would like to complete your task.

The gadget goes one step further and provides you the closest business where you can complete your task along your travel route. It provides full integration with Google Maps. This is very useful especially when you have a shopping task with a list of items to purchase. For instance, if you have a Grocery Purchase task that you would like to complete either at WalMart or Costco. No Problemo !! .. Just specify your start location and end location. “To-Do List” will automatically calculate the closest Walmart or Costco along your route where you can complete your task.

(To add this gadget to your igoogle.com page, just click on “Add to Google” button below the image)

(To add this gadget to your Netvibes page, just click on “netvibes” button below the image)

(To learn more about the Vista version, read my blog here . To add it, you can just click the “vista sidebar” button below the image.)

To-Do List with Google Maps !!

Add to Google

Add to Netvibes

Add to Vista sidebar

It provides loads of cool features:

  1. Quick entry (Press Alt+Shift+A from anywhere in the browser. For Opera & Safari use Shift+Esc+A)
  2. There is no limit to the number of tasks you can add.
  3. Sub-tasks - Add any number of sub-tasks.
  4. Due Dates- Set due dates for your tasks.
  5. Priority - Set the priority for a task. Priority is useful especially while sorting.
  6. Sort - Sort the tasks based on Priority or due date.
  7. Auto change Priority to High based on due date.
  8. Delete - Quick delete of any task or sub-task.
  9. Edit - Assign business names or change the task description.
  10. Ability to keep the task list expanded always - the sub-tasks will be visible always.
  11. Print - Ability to print all your tasks or just print individual tasks. The printable view also has a checkbox that you can tick off as you complete the tasks. Multiple options provided for Printing - you can either print all tasks or only the tasks that were due yesterday, today or tomorrow.
  12. Ability to assign business names to tasks (like “Walmart” or “Costco”). BuzzMyWay (Business on my way) - The gadget will automatically find the closest businesses along the route to your final destination.

Continued in next page…



Getting things done with online todo list with google maps. Search business along the route by specifying store name or business name and start destination address. Uses google maps to find the shortest, the cheapest and the best driving directions. Manage priority and due date with todo list. Use this todo list as vacation travel checklist, holiday travel checklist, shopping list, grocery list, as sticky notes, as printable list, as movie list, as online task manager and to jot down all tasks.

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