Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
Search
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Blogs Google Watch
    • Blogs
    • Google Watch
    • Search Engines

    Google Adds Task Manager to Gmail

    By
    Clint Boulton
    -
    December 9, 2008
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      One of the knocks on Google Apps has been an utter lack of a tool to let users manage tasks or projects. Scratch the former complaint from your list.

      Google’s Gmail team moved to plug this hole with a new task manager that lets users keep track of their agenda. Check out this task management list example here, then begin creating your own tasks by activating the feature in Gmail Labs.

      Go to Settings atop your in-box, click the Labs tab, and you’ll see the new feature option at the top. Select Enable and click Save Changes at the bottom. You should then see the Tasks link under the “Contacts” link on the left of your in-box.

      Click it, then click in an empty part of the list window that pops up on the right and start typing your task list in what is really the familiar Google Chat window. This means they’re visible while you’re scanning your in-box, reading mail or searching. You can also pop your list out into a new window.

      The list you create saves automatically, and you can hit Return to begin entering a new task. There are a number of editing options, including the ability to add, delete, indent, un-indent tasks, move tasks up or down, or switch between task lists.

      Here’s the best part: You can also convert e-mails into tasks. To do so, select one or more messages and go to “More Actions,” then “Add to Tasks.” It pops up in the task list. You can read it by selecting it and clicking the related e-mail link. Awesome! More modular e-mail. It’s like putting a digital sticky label on your to-do list.

      ReadWriteWeb’s Marshall Kirkpatrick does what the Gmail team failed to do: create a video demo of the task tool here.

      Very cool, though like TechCrunch’s Erik Schonfeld, I’m not much of a list guy. For work, I send a daily news budget to editors and that’s it. For play, I keep a mental list each day. I’ll have to play around with it some more to see if my opinion on to-do lists changes.

      Avatar
      Clint Boulton

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      eWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      Zeus Kerravala - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      Wayne Rash - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Information

      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×