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Include due dates and other properties in one line with the task name

kevinv says:
Now that I Want Sandy is shutting down I'm moving over to Remember the Milk and I'm finding the structure of adding tasks via e-mail to be more cumbersome in RTM.

In IWS I could do, with no subject line:
remind tomorrow remember the milk

In RTM, I have to set the subject (or use the Task: entry) and then correctly format the due date:
Due: tom
Posted at 2:59am on November 26, 2008
Launched
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
Our new Smart Add feature is available by email; please see our blog post.
Posted 14 years ago
ranbarton Power Poster says:
Pardon what must seem repetitive, but when I see the same good ideas surfacing over and over, I am compelled to note the fact.

The idea of parsing the text in the data entry field, and in inbound emails, has been around since RTM was wet behind the ears, and I have watched the idea resurface over and over.

See below for prior threads along these same lines:

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/211/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/1633/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/1923/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2229/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2270/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2393/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2425/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2580/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/2650/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/3017/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3088/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3126/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/3414/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/gmail/4405/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/4565/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/4860/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/4878/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/4923/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/5057/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/5135/
https://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/6091/

Phew.
Posted 15 years ago
dougal.phillips says:
@ranbarton. Here here!

I used I want Sandy solely for reminders (while using RTM for tracking tasks) because the email parsing was so darn good and so darn easy. Now that Sandy is on her last legs, I'm also having to revisit RTM and, frankly, I ain't impressed.

Parsing works in the Gmail Firefox add-on, Dial2Do and in the 3rd party RTM Tool, so why not via email as well?
Posted 15 years ago
metalhero says:
YES! I was using RTM but moved to I want sandy for the ease of use via email.
Now that Sandy has figuratively died. I am back to RTM which I think is great btw. However IWS-like parsing would be a great boon and time saver.
Posted 15 years ago
(closed account) says:
Agreed. The parsing tool is very powerful, a lot of work must have gone into it! I wonder why it's not used with e-mails and in the webpage.
I mean... external tools have better interfaces to add tags than the main element? Why could this be? Could someone clarify?
Still, thanks a lot for this service!
Posted 15 years ago
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