Tasks Pro™ : Features : Crowd Favorite

New in Version 1.7

Tagging!

Use tags to create ad-hoc lists, add meta-data or customer codes to tasks or pull together lists of tasks from across task hierarchies.

Searching and browsing by tag

Tags are fully integrated into all aspects of Tasks Pro™, you can search or browse your tasks and notes by tags.

Faster page loads

Optimized JavaScript and CSS delivery result in faster page load performance.

Icon to indicate recurring tasks

Easily identify recurring tasks in your lists.

Font size preference (per user)

Each user can choose between “small fonts, more on the screen” or “big fonts, easy on the eyes”.

Features

Rich, powerful interface

Tasks Pro™ is built from the user’s perspective with a responsive and innovative user interface that makes it a real joy to use. This is software designed to stay out of your way and help you get things done.

Hierarchical organization of tasks

The heart of Tasks Pro™ is the hierarchical task structure. Tasks and notes are organized and categorized through these relationships. Put your high-level projects at the top and fill out the details as you go.

Recurring Tasks

Set up recurring tasks for those daily, weekly, monthly, annual, bi-annual, etc. tasks you need to take care of.

Task Templates

Have a repetative task? Create a template for it! The template can be an entire task hierarchy and you can even create templates from existing tasks.

Create tasks from e-mails

Tell Tasks Pro™ to check a mailbox and Tasks Pro™ will create tasks from any e-mails sent to that mailbox. You can even set the task owner, priority, date due, etc.

Complete managerial control

Tasks Pro™ lets you assign tasks to members of your groups, and can even
automatically send them e-mail to notify them of their new task. They can edit the task and update it’s progress, and you can monitor its status. Comment fields and notes can also be used for workers and supervisors to stay in touch with what’s happening.

Peer-to-peer collaboration

Team members communicate directly with each other. You can assign tasks to anyone in your group, making this a great way to manage the day to day details that are so crucial to a business’ success.

Powerful work group controls

Tasks Pro™ allows you to set up unlimited groups and freely assign users to them. Access to task information can also be limited across groups.

Users in the sales department, for example, can be kept away from information intended for the engineering team, but you can see and manage it all. Individual users can be assigned to multiple groups, and each user’s access level to the data (view, edit, create) can be individually customized.

Familiar browser based interface

If you can use a web browser, you can use Tasks Pro™. Many people even make it their home page so their to-do list is always in front of them.

Cross-platform collaboration

Users on different platforms can work together seamlessly. Even the server part of Tasks Pro™ works great on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

(Unofficial) Support for PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server

Tasks Pro™ 1.6 adds unofficial support for both the PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases.

Zero-install for your users

Your users need only a web browser to use Tasks Pro™; and they can access their tasks from any computer.

Centralized data

Your data is stored in a MySQL database on the server. You can easily back up the tasks for all of your users from one place.

File Attachments

Upload and attach files to tasks and notes. Tasks Pro™ works as a central storage spot for your files so you can access them from anywhere.

Set due dates and priorities

Besides the interactive tree view, Tasks Pro™ provides both a sortable view and a view that shows upcoming and overdue tasks for both you and your groups(s). Use the view that works best for you.

Manage your work & responsibilities

There’s no need for a separate to-do list manager for tasks only you need to know about. Just click the ‘Private’ check box for any task, and nobody else will ever see that you need to buy milk on the way home!

Intelligent e-mail notifications

When a task is assigned, an e-mail notification is sent to the new owner with both a link to the task and the details right in the email itself. When a task is updated by someone who isn’t the task’s owner (another group member with permission), the owner is notified that it has been modified.

If you assign a task to someone, you will receive an e-mail notification when it has been completed (unless you are the one who marks it complete).

Ad-hoc E-mail Notifications

Send an e-mail notification to anyone (or everyone) on your team when you create, complete or update a task. The details of the task will be sent via e-mail to the people you choose.

Daily e-mail reminders

Each user can receive a daily e-mail reminders of their overdue, upcoming and high-priority tasks.

Theme Support

Choose from the suppiled color themes or create your own with custom colors and your own logo.

iCalendar of your tasks

Subscribe to your iCalendar or the iCalendar for your group(s) to view your tasks right in your iCalendar compatible Calendar software.

RSS feeds of your tasks

Subscribe to the RSS feed for your tasks or your group(s)’s tasks and keep up with what your group members are working on.

iCalendars and RSS feeds for each task

View upcoming dates for a specfic project or use RSS to keep track the project’s progress.

Mobile/PDA interface for access on the go

Tasks Pro™ has a lightweight interface designed for your PDA or smart phone (requires an HTML capable browser). You’ll even be automatically redirected to the mobile interface when you log in from your mobile device.

Favorites

Mark a task as a Favorite to always have quick access to it from the Favorites list. It’s a great way to quickly get to a task that might otherwise be buried several levels deep in the hierarchy.

Remember Expanded Tasks

Now Tasks remembers exactly how you like your view set up and keeps it that way for you.

Use Notes to store relevant information

When you need to keep track of relevant information for a project but it isn’t really a task, use a note instead. You can convert a task to a note and back to a task, right on the fly.

Full localization support

Tasks Pro™ is fully localized. As they become available, new language packs will be available for download from the Support page.

Auto-check for updates

Tasks Pro™ now has an option to check for updated releases every 7 days. You can choose to have it check for full releases and for pre-release versions as well.

Auto-check for updated documentation

When you view the included documentation, each page will check to see if there is an updated version of the page available online; and will let you know if there is.

Upgrade from Tasks or Tasks Jr.

The Tasks Pro™ install script includes an option to upgrade your Tasks or Tasks Jr. data to Tasks Pro™.