Remember The Milk Releases Gmail To-Do List!
Despite feeling like my head is going to fall off because of the fact I’m working on Christmas Eve, I am nevertheless a well-organised annoyed person thanks to a spiffy Firefox extension released by Remember the Milk (hereafter referred to as RTM - because I am lazy).
I’m sure, if you’re reading a blog like this, that you know what RTM is (you internet-savvy daredevil that you are). But if you accidentally stumbled upon this blog, and are desperately looking for an exit, I’ll briefly explain that RTM is a web-based reminder / to-do service. I set up an account right at the beginning but I have never really used it because a) I tend to use a multitude of notebooks scattered around my desk to keep on top of tasks, and b) I need to have something staring me in the face all day long for me to actually use it.
So since I typically have Gmail open all day and I work in front of a computer, I’ve been really waiting for Google to introduce their own integrated to-do feature. I’ve been fairly mystified as to why Google has been dragging their feet bringing out a relatively simple feature like this. Surely a to-do list is a logical extension of an email service, a calendar, and an online office suite? Some were speculating that Google wasn’t doing it because they had probably decided just to go the easy (and usual) route and buy someone out. Maybe even RTM. Maybe RTM made this Gmail extension as if to say “want to buy us Google? Come and get us!”.
Anyway, whatever the reasons for RTM making this extension, it is still a really great extension and if you use both Gmail and Firefox then this is a “must-have” extension. I always avoid writing “must-have Firefox extensions” blog posts as the internet is full of these kinds of crappy posts but I have to make an exception in this case. Get this one.
One of the things I really like about the extension is that if you give a specific label to an email (such as “to-do” then the email is automatically added to your RTM to-do list. When you un-label the email, it disappears from your RTM list.
The actual list itself sits to the right of the screen. So your inbox gets pushed to the left a bit like three people squeezing into the back seat of a car (with the poor inbox being the crushed pig in the middle!) . If you then go to your Gmail settings, there is now a sub-tab where you can configure your RTM extension to get it the way you want it.
