Improvements for Google Tasks™
Highlighting tasks and labels, based on keywords and patterns
What is Improvements for Google Tasks™?
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Summary
Use text to highlight tasks as you type in Google Tasks™! Works with the Google Tasks version at https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig.
You can use the following patterns for highlighting:
• (x) — red highlight background and the (x) becomes an icon
• /!\ — yellow highlight background and the /!\ becomes an icon
• ★ — intense blue highlight background
• ☆ — light blue highlight background
• () — fades the whole task and () becomes an icon
Labels are (for now) just a special character followed by any words optionally separated by dashes. However, any patterns may be supported in the future, such as the comment highlight and number highlight below. You can use the following patterns for labels: • +alphanumdash — "+" followed by any words and dashes • #alphanumdash — "#" followed by any words and dashes • @alphanumdash — "@" followed by any words and dashes • {anychar} — any character sequence between "{" and "}" • {digits} — any number of digits between "{" and "}"
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Pros
- Adds color to tasks
- Allows to focus on tasks by highlighting
- Simple but useful
Cons
- Some features are not working or are difficult to use
- Specific issues with * key function
- Does not work with the google task canvas view
Most mentioned
- Helps highlight tasks
- Useful even with just basic features
- Ideally should be built in
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Safety
Risk impact
Improvements for Google Tasks™ is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Improvements for Google Tasks™ has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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