This is useful when entering a task for "next Tuesday" and you can't remember the exact date. This way you could just screen through the dates to find the appropriate date.

Fabulous!
Keep an eye out for things that help/hinder this exact sentiment and make sure to let me know.
If we get it right the world domination can't be far behind. :-)

Also I am currently assuming that sort will be a rare thing to change - if my assumption proves wrong I may have to do something about it. Re sync being in the title bar - that's what google's web site actually does and I am again aping their interface (with addition of the small-print). I will introduce the "aggressive sync without error message" option and then the need to use sync for most users will hopefully go just away. And if most users wont have a need for it there wouldn't be a point to having it take space on the screen.

So what I will probably do is ship this version as is and see how people react. I will need to add some instrumentation to collect usage frequency and test my theories.

Maybe this would muddle the screen up with too much, but just a thought.

The "edit' feature you describe sounds like a nice eventual add-on. Your strategy of making the app look as much like Google Tasks as possible makes sense.

The upper-righ corner is reservred for the eventual "Edit" button that will trigger the mode where you can move task by dragging and also delete tasks as described above. Also notice that I am trying to make things look similar to how google's web site looks - this lessens the learning curve. I guess you will have to scroll, unless a bunch of other peole complain as well. :-)

My plan to simplify creating new tasks would lead to adding text right in place of "Add A New Task" text. So it will be one tap and zero screen redraws.

(1) less clicks required to enter tasks:

Before it was necessary to click on the writing area for the keyboard to pop up. Now I notice that it appears as soon as you enter the writing area. I really like this!

(2) sort by date

This allows the user to order tasks by the date they are due. A couple suggestions: a. I notice that when you navigate away from a list that is sorted by date and return to it, the list is still organized by date; however, the button at the bottom of the page does not specify this (it reads, "sort: none" even though it is sorted by date). Might it be possible for this button (or "slider switch"?) to still say "sort: date" even after leaving the list and returning to it? b. While I really like this sort functionality, it is still difficult to tell at a glance (since the dates are small and lighter in color) what tasks are on what dates. Would it be possible to have sub-headings for each date and have all tasks due on that date be listed under that heading? I'm thinking something similar to the screen you see in the "Byline" app when you sort articles by feed. This would make it easier to see at a glance one's tasks for the week (i.e. which days have a lot of tasks scheduled, which days are "lighter.")

(3) delete tasks

Great feature! One downside, however, as it is currently implemented is that the user must navigate to the individual task screens in order to delete a task, which could be time-consuming if the user was trying to delete multiple tasks. Would it be possible to allow the user to delete tasks by swiping them in list view and clicking "delete" similar to how the native Notes app works?

(4) landscape view

I don't remember this being in the original version of Geetasks. Looks great! One bug I noticed in portrait mode, however, is that if the user types in the "Notes" field and those notes extend beyond a half page, they are hidden behind the keyboard, rather than automatically scrolling. This doesn't happen in landscape mode.

(5) new icon

I really like it!

One last suggestion: Right now, to enter a task you have to scroll all the way to the top of a list. This could take awhile, especially if you are dealing with a long list with many tasks on it. It might be simpler to just put a "+" button docked on the top menu area next to the title of the list. That way even if a user is at the end of a long list, he/she doesn't have to scroll back to the top of the list to enter a task.

Will answer your suggestion tomorrow. Must… sleep… now…

1. New Icon

2. Lists now in alphabetical order like Google rather than just in order of download.

3. Less Clicks to add a new task, you don't need to click in the yellow editable window and the window is no longer yellow (My suggestion to make this even better: When you hit "new task" it should take you automatically into editable view, this would make it a 1 click to add a new task rather than 2)

4. "Delete" button added to tasks (Great feature)

Note that you must be officially registered for BETA participation - these builds will not work on any random iPhone/iTouch. You are officially registered if I asked you to email me your UDID and you did.

To install the beta build follow these steps:

• Download Memengo_AdHoc.mobileprovision
• Drag-and-drop it into iTunes
• Download and unzip GeeTasks.1.2.b1.zip. It'll produce a folder.
• Drag-n-drop that folder into iTunes (the GeeTasks app should now show up among other applications in iTunes).
• Sync iTunes to iPhone/iTouch.
  • Sometimes iTunes offers you "Apply" button instead of the usual "Sync" button. "Apply" is not good enough, make sure to hunt down and press "Sync" as well.
• That's it!

Three things are changed in this build compared to stock 1.1 that's in the app store. See if you can find them, and publish here whether you like them. I'm not just doing this for fun - if people cannot find the features I need to know so that I can redesign them.

Note that Google Apps (custom domains) is not yet supported. It's next on the list though - I promise! :-)