{"id":11454,"date":"2008-12-09T11:13:36","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T08:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=11454"},"modified":"2008-12-09T11:13:36","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T08:13:36","slug":"gmail-gets-taskstodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/09\/gmail-gets-taskstodo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gmail gets Tasks\/TODO"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Many of us, Gmail users, have been waiting a really long time for this, but now the wait is over.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/gmailblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/new-in-labs-tasks.html\">Gmail blog announced task manager<\/a> \/ todo list in Gmail via Labs extension.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We put your tasks in the same kind of window as chats, so they&#8217;re visible while you&#8217;re scanning your inbox, reading mail, or searching (and in Settings, too!). Just pop your list out into a new window to use Tasks outside of Gmail.<\/p>\n<p>To enable Tasks, go to Settings, click the Labs tab (or just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/accounts\/ServiceLogin?service=mail&#038;passive=true&#038;rm=false&#038;continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3Dhtml%26zy%3Dl&#038;bsv=zpwhtygjntrz&#038;ss=1&#038;scc=1&#038;ltmpl=default&#038;ltmplcache=2\">click here<\/a> if you&#8217;re signed in). Select &#8220;Enable&#8221; next to &#8220;Tasks&#8221; and then click &#8220;Save Changes&#8221; at the bottom. Then, after Gmail refreshes, on the left under the &#8220;Contacts&#8221; link, you&#8217;ll see a &#8220;Tasks&#8221; link. Just click it to get started.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Excellent news for this morning.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Many of us, Gmail users, have been waiting a really long time for this, but now the wait is over.\u00a0 Gmail blog announced task manager \/ todo list in Gmail via Labs extension. We put your tasks in the same kind of window as chats, so they&#8217;re visible while you&#8217;re scanning your inbox, reading mail, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/09\/gmail-gets-taskstodo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gmail gets Tasks\/TODO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[1985,1079,1658,157,19,1172],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-11454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-google-gmail","tag-productivity","tag-tasks","tag-todo","tag-tools","tag-web-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11510,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/12\/a-better-world-with-multiple-inboxes-in-gmail\/","url_meta":{"origin":11454,"position":0},"title":"A better world with multiple inboxes in Gmail","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Google has recently added a super mega cool feature to Gmail - multiple inboxes.\u00a0 For me, it was an instant boost in productivity and huge improvement in the way I handle email. 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