Click to call
dara.pressley says:
Not that we have mobile RTM and the GREAT iphone RTM -- wouldn't it be nice to have a click to call field, just like the url field?
jrafofsky says:
Also discussed here: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/5097/
This is a no-brainer and I'm amazed that RTM hasn't made this possible. I have an iPhone. I have an RTM Pro account.
Some of my tasks, for business on the go, are to call people back. Shared lists let me and my office assistant log these calls. And yet, I can't simply tap a number to call someone back? In fact, since the iPhone doesn't have copy-paste (yet?) I can't even do that. No, I have to write down (or memorize?) the number, in order to call this person.
What is this, 1991? Why do I have an iPhone again?
In any case, I've dived into this and figured out a clunky workaround for now. This is the only way I could get it to work, and it relies on the kindness of a free, third party server.
I enter a task (in this case, a phone call I owe) into RTM, and then for the URL, I enter their phone number as:
http://xxxxxxxxxxx.tel.QLNK.net
(where xxxxxxxxxxx is their phone number)
Then, it is tappable. The number pops up and I confirm the call, automatically dialing from my iPhone.
What RTM needs is a better format detection metagtag, so phone numbers anywhere are tappable without this nonsense.
Along with, perhaps, a "phone number" field so we can expressly put this info there if we want.
Lastly, a "date/time created" for every task would be helpful. That way I know how old a call is.
Please, RTM, if you are reading this, make RTM work as a "to do list" for phone calls, and let phone numbers work (ie: be tappable on the iPhone, just as they are in the Mail app and mobile safari, on "regular" web pages)
Workaround inspired by this:
http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/iphone-113-webclip-hack---speed-dial-on-your-home-screen
This is a no-brainer and I'm amazed that RTM hasn't made this possible. I have an iPhone. I have an RTM Pro account.
Some of my tasks, for business on the go, are to call people back. Shared lists let me and my office assistant log these calls. And yet, I can't simply tap a number to call someone back? In fact, since the iPhone doesn't have copy-paste (yet?) I can't even do that. No, I have to write down (or memorize?) the number, in order to call this person.
What is this, 1991? Why do I have an iPhone again?
In any case, I've dived into this and figured out a clunky workaround for now. This is the only way I could get it to work, and it relies on the kindness of a free, third party server.
I enter a task (in this case, a phone call I owe) into RTM, and then for the URL, I enter their phone number as:
http://xxxxxxxxxxx.tel.QLNK.net
(where xxxxxxxxxxx is their phone number)
Then, it is tappable. The number pops up and I confirm the call, automatically dialing from my iPhone.
What RTM needs is a better format detection metagtag, so phone numbers anywhere are tappable without this nonsense.
Along with, perhaps, a "phone number" field so we can expressly put this info there if we want.
Lastly, a "date/time created" for every task would be helpful. That way I know how old a call is.
Please, RTM, if you are reading this, make RTM work as a "to do list" for phone calls, and let phone numbers work (ie: be tappable on the iPhone, just as they are in the Mail app and mobile safari, on "regular" web pages)
Workaround inspired by this:
http://cre.ations.net/blog/post/iphone-113-webclip-hack---speed-dial-on-your-home-screen