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Hi Emily and co.,
I suggest you make the task name the subject of email reminders. I want to be able to see the reminder content ASAP.
At the moment, at first glance at my inbox and I see "Reminders for Wed, November 26 2008, 4:50pm" as the header of the task that I've just been notified of. At 4:50pm on 26 November 2008 when I hear my phone go beep and I check the email, this information is superfluous! I know the time, just tell me the task.
Put the time information in the actual email itself, *after* the task information. Remember, most important information first.
What I want is, phone goes beep, I check email, and first thing I see is "Pick up dry cleaning" or whatever in the subject line. This is how Google Calendar reminders work, how I Want Sandy used to work (R.I.P.) and how GoPingMe works.
Don't make open the email and scan through all the repetitive stuff ("This task is due now:" etc). Just remind me of the task. Make the email subject relevant.
Posted at 6:13am on November 26, 2008
says:I agree. I'm new here from the former iWantSandy and I like to see the subject containing the, well, subject of the reminder.
Posted at 4:27pm on November 26, 2008
Hi again,
Just re-read this post and have to apologise for being a total Nazi. "Do this, do that!" Dear me.
I was pretty peeved about iwantsandy shutting down suddenly and it looks like it came out in my prose. Hope it didn't rattle anyone too much.
Meekly yours,
Dougal
Posted at 12:34pm on November 27, 2008
Just want to add my vote for this.
Unfortunately, I see this is not a very popular post so there may not be enough demand to implement it.
I also get reminders from Backpack and the one thing I really like about them is that the task IS the subject of the reminder.
I hope someone picks this up.
Glenn
Posted at 1:10pm on February 27, 2009
Big, big +1
I know that the reminder emails sometimes contain multiple tasks, which poses a problem -- but I would prefer one email per task anyway -- that way I can delete the individual email when the individual task is complete. Some people may like the way it is, so it could be a user choice:
__ Combined reminders: 1 email reminder containing all tasks due that day
__ Individual reminders: 1 email reminder per task, with the task name in the subject
The task name should be first in the subject line, or nearly so -- for example:
RTM Reminder: Wash the car - Sat April 4 @ 10 am
Posted at 4:17pm on April 1, 2009
This would be especially awsome for mobile phones.. right now my phone pings me when reminder e-mails come in (IMAP). However, only the subject is shown and I need to download the body to see what the task is.
Reminders for multiple tasks could just say "RTM: Multiple tasks" or similar.
Thanks for the great product!
Posted at 5:40pm on April 9, 2009
Ditto:
[ ] 1 email per task
[ ] task name as subject
Posted at 4:36pm on June 3, 2009
says:This is my single BIGGEST complaint with RTM. Show me the task name in the subject of the email. Otherwise the email is just useless, and is driving to find another service. Please change this. If the excuse is "what about multiple tasks due at the same time" Send EACH task as email. As it is now, I have to set my tasks due 5 min apart from each other to get them in one email each.
Posted at 4:02pm on November 6, 2009
