Abstract Spoon's Todolist?

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Posted by Ken
Jun 26, 2007 at 04:26 PM

Is anybody familiar with this program in any detail? I know it is more of a task manager than an outliner, but I have not heard much about the program. The author’s web site is currently displaying a Bandwidth Limit Exceeded message, but the program is also available at http://www.codeproject.com/tools/ToDoList2.asp . Any comments would be appreciated.

Posted by cpb
Jun 27, 2007 at 01:11 AM

Have used it on and off for a while.
Has basic text/rtf note-taking, but is primarily for listing,
which it does very well.
The application is very stable and portable.
Columns are not customizable (multiple-choice) and data is not editable
in-situ, meaning part of the ui is reserved for data-entry - still better than
floaters though.
Multi-user is via check-in/out which is annoying sometimes.
Cannot set font/colour for list items explicitly, must use category styling instead.
Lacks any form of calculated fields other than time-estimates (the deal-breaker for me).
Cannot display images in the list.
Has a file reference field with handy launch & browse buttons, but more
importantly the file browser opens at the location specified in the field!
This is *very* important for updating file references quickly, and is lacking
in so many other apps.
Can export reports in html format via xml templates (good luck customizing tho).

-cpb

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