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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 4, 2010 at 06:20 AM
Anything syncing with Google Tasks should be able to do it. (As far as I am aware, Google Tasks does not have limitations in the hierarchy levels).
Unfortunately, Google has not yet provided an official API for Tasks; as a result, it is neither easy or safe to develop for it as a platform. Gtasks for Android is OK for the moment as is GogTasks for Outlook http://www.gogtasks.com/google-tasks-outlook-sync.php (though the hierarchy of levels does not show up in the Outlook UI).
As it says in the GogTasks website “The application relies on the Google Tasks Web Service which is not publically supported (nor documented). This makes the application vulnerable to any change Google might do to this service. Theoretically, the application may stop functioning at any time if Google decides to restrict or shut down this service.”
There is an overwhelming demand for a Google Tasks API http://code.google.com/a/google.com/p/apps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=985 and you can now vote for such a feature among others http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/help-us-improve-tasks.html
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 20, 2011 at 09:11 PM
For the record, I seem to have settled on GQueues http://www.gqueues.com/ as my task manager of choice, for the moment at least. It sits atop the Google Apps framework, is well supported and continuously developed. There are still some important components missing, such as offline access (expected in the not so distant future) but I found it more powerful than any of the other services I tried.
That said, I should note that the main reason to choose it over other tools, especially non-web-based ones, is the convenience in sharing task lists (Queues) with members of my team.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 20, 2011 at 09:43 PM
Alexander,
GQueues looks like an appealing application. Can it print reports? Thanks.
Steve
Posted by Ken
Jan 21, 2011 at 04:23 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>For the record, I seem to have settled on GQueues http://www.gqueues.com/ as my task
>manager of choice, for the moment at least. It sits atop the Google Apps framework, is
>well supported and continuously developed. There are still some important
>components missing, such as offline access (expected in the not so distant future)
>but I found it more powerful than any of the other services I tried.
>
>That said, I
>should note that the main reason to choose it over other tools, especially
>non-web-based ones, is the convenience in sharing task lists (Queues) with members
>of my team.
Thanks for the recommendation, Alexander. Does anybody have any more information as to how this “sits atop the Google Apps framework”?
—Ken
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 21, 2011 at 05:08 PM
GQueues can print task lists with various options, but including completed tasks is not (yet) one of them. Indeed there are still several important features missing.
Among other reasons I chose it: apparently unlimited levels of subtasks, assignable tasks and a kind of hoisting (“view item overview”) allowing one to focus on a single task and its subtasks. Unfortunately, this very useful mode is as yet read-only.
There is an active forum under Google Groups.