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Date: 05 Nov 2009 12:29
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Feature Request: manage multiple accounts

Benjamin Greenberg (guest) 05 Nov 2009 12:29

I really like Gee Apps. It seems to me the best of the iPhone apps for managing Google Tasks, especially if you want offline functionality.

I bought the pro version because I have a Google Apps account for work. But I also have a regular gmail account and tasks that I am organizing there, not related to my work. I would LOVE it if I could manage multiple gTasks accounts, both gApps and regular versions, through the pro version of your Gee Tasks app.

As workaround I actually also purchased the standard version in order to have a separate app for my regular google Tasks account. I could live with this (though I'd really prefer multiple accounts through one interface)—but the new version of iTunes is not letting me install the standard version of Gee Tasks in addition to the Pro version. I think this is a problem with iTunes, because there are other apps that the latest iTunes is not updating and throwing an error instead.

Thanks for developing this great iPhone app.

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Denis Altudov 05 Nov 2009 17:08

Hi Ben. Using both GeeTasks and GeeTasks Pro is what I intended for people who have two accounts - either business+personal, or personal+family (e.g. shared grocery list). However, I too recently found myself wishing to have both private and business accounts in one app. I've added this to my to-do list, but I'm not sure how many people want it so this will stay fairly low in priority now.

I'm surprised iTunes is throwing a fit over the second app, it seems that something is broken in the iTunes. Perhaps Apple Geniuses can fix it? Alternatively, you can try installing GeeTasks from the iPhone itself bypassing iTunes. As long as you have used the same iTunes account to make the purchase you will not be charged again for re-downloading the app you have already purchased.

Thanks for your contribution and the the kind words! I may not always do as requested, but I always appreciate the requests.

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Benjamin Greenberg (guest) 06 Nov 2009 14:03

Thanks for your reply. When I went to download the regular version over my iPhone, I found that iTunes had decided to cooperate on my last sync (though it still is not playing so nice with the updates for a dozen other apps). In any case I now have both versions running on my iPhone and am pleased to be able to manage the two Tasks accounts. I do hope you'll get to making the single interface management of multiple accounts available—but I will use your apps happily as they are (and as they develop).

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jason v (guest) 07 Nov 2009 00:10

personally, i have two google apps for domain accounts that i use all day long .. personal, and business. i'd be happy to be able to load both in a config screen and quickly switch between the two. that would seem like the quickest implementation method, as opposed to having to support multiple accounts natively in one interface.

please!
that would be great!

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Nick O (guest) 16 Nov 2009 17:40

I am still considering a purchase…but reading through this thread brings to light a fairly important topic. My wife and I both have ipod touchs (or would it be ipods touch :-/) and use them for our calendering, email, etc. I am frequently adding items to her calendar, and her to mine. This is integrated through the use of multiple google calendars. It would be nice to have the same functionality with a tasks app that would allow me to add something to her task list quickly, while still keeping my task list in the same location. If you look at the calendar integration with google calendar and multiple accounts, I think this could provide a good implementation. Something that would allow me to view either 1) a specific set of tasks or 2) all tasks with color coding and when I go to add a task, simply provide a field for designating which task list it should be added to.

The one thing that could hold something like this up seems to be googles back end implementation. With the calendaring, google allows me to share my calendar with my wife, and visa versa. I am new to google's tasks and do not know if they allow the sharing of task lists on their end.

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Denis Altudov 16 Nov 2009 19:12

Well, Google at present does not allow sharing tasks on their end. Looking into their protocol I can clearly see there are hooks for permission control, so I suspect they will get to it one day, but there is nothing right now.

However, I do understand why this is so compelling to you. I was thinking about some things I could do. One approach:

You open GeeTasks, tap on a task and select "send this to my wife"
An email is sent to her with a link
She taps on that link, and then GeeTasks is launched and the task is automatically added to her GeeTasks.
From her GeeTasks the task is automatically added to Google Tasks at next sync
After you sent the task to your wife, that task is marked as "due in two weeks" and moved down the list of tasks.

Will that work for you if I implemented it?

Another approach:

You create a special Gmail for you and your wife to use. Inside, you create three task lists - "his", "hers" and "ours".
Both iPhones sync to the same new Gmail account
Alas, you have to logout-login to use tasks on the desktop :-( This can be mitigated by using a different browser for it.

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Marc-Antoine Seyer (guest) 09 Dec 2009 16:38

Hi,

I would just like to support your first approach.
Sending people task by email could be of use in more than one situation.

However, it would be great ( fantastic ) if the email that was sent would not only work in GeeTasks.
There could be a second link in the same email to add a task in outlook or in the web interface of gmail.
Of course, even through it's a simple feature, it's maybe quite complicate to implement….But finding a way for people who do not have a iphone/ipod touch add a "shared task" would certainly add quite much value to this feature.

By the way, I have been reading a few trend of the forum and I just want to congratulate you on your good work.
I'm happy to pay for an application when the developer constantly tries to make it better.
keep up the good work!!!

" 1. You open GeeTasks, tap on a task and select "send this to my wife"
2. An email is sent to her with a link
3. She taps on that link, and then GeeTasks is launched and the task is automatically added to her GeeTasks.
4. From her GeeTasks the task is automatically added to Google Tasks at next sync
5. After you sent the task to your wife, that task is marked as "due in two weeks" and moved down the list of tasks.
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Denis Altudov 09 Dec 2009 22:09

Thanks for the kind words!

Obviously, the delegation email will contain both plain-text version of the task and the specially-encoded-for-geetasks version.

However, there is no way to create a link that adds tasks to Gmail - Google does not support this… uhm… not right now they don't…
Well, hold on there. Here's what I could do in the fullness of time - I could create a website which does allow creation of a task by simply clicking a special link, like this http://geetasks.com/add?Title=Please+buy+milk&due=12/20/2009. The first time you use it, you would have to tell Google to allow my website access your Gmail account, but after that it's just smooth sailing - and you don't have to purchase iPhone/iTouch. How's that to your taste?

I haven't looked much into Outlook, honestly. Don't know when I'll get to it.

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Marc-Antoine Seyer (guest) 09 Dec 2009 23:53

I like the website idea.

The fact that we don't have to install anything on the machine and only have to approve (your website) once would be great.

Thinking about outlook…
I did not tough about it earlier, but it may not be wort it if people have to install an app on their desktop to make this work ( probably the only way to make that work ).
There is also the fact that there is not only outlook out there ( there is alot of mail client who support some kind of task management )

……You know what, stay with the website idea.
That would be the best.

M-A

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