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ranbarton

I have the toolbar, but I do not seem to be able to 'undock' it from the taskbar. Every time I drag it off of the taskbar, it vanishes. Is that a idiot user issue, or am I missing something obvious? Thanks.

Posted at 7:57pm on October 24, 2007

Which version of windows are you using? It drags off just fine in WinXP.

Also a note for my previous post: The windows toolbar seems to play nice with google desktop if you close out of google desktop completely first (as well as kill off all processes associated with it). Set the toolbar up how you want it then reopen google desktop.

Posted at 9:45pm on October 24, 2007

I'm running vista and when I try to include the url above in the folder field, it says it's not a valid folder name...

Posted at 2:34am on October 26, 2007

You could also use Prism(http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/10/prism/) to create a floating window with the widget

Posted at 8:57pm on October 28, 2007

ranbarton

Philone, it was google desktop that messed me up - one of the faceless background threads was still running.

b.engelenburg, I had set up the whole RTM site in Prism, but I didn't think to do it for just the widget - it works well, and I will give it a spin, thank you.

Posted at 7:25pm on October 30, 2007

jz3333

I LOVE THE IDEA! it works really well. I have it docked to the top of my window, set to appear whenever I mouse-over. Works well

Posted at 7:34pm on October 30, 2007

This works great in Firefox on Mac. Thanks for the great idea!

Posted at 7:55pm on December 5, 2007

I get the same error as iwallach in Vista. Bummer.

Posted at 4:24pm on December 9, 2007

prism doesn't allow you to go offline because it does not support Google Gears.

Posted at 4:51pm on December 12, 2007

ranbarton

My PC is too locked down by my IT goons, but you can get prism to do gears, it seems:
http://www.iosart.com/blog/2007/06/05/install-google-gears-in-a-xulrunner-app-in-3-quick-steps/

Posted at 8:29pm on December 20, 2007

I tried it in XP SP2 and I got 404 Not Found.

Posted at 2:32pm on January 4, 2008

johnwin

@brent.hopkins
404 for me also :^(

Posted at 11:20am on March 19, 2008

johnwin

Oooops! It's working now! Don't know why - try it again brent

Posted at 11:23am on March 19, 2008

yea, i got a 404 when there an extra space. I really like this idea. you seriously win an internet

Posted at 1:31am on March 20, 2008

THANKS. best tip!!!

Posted at 12:44pm on April 15, 2008

Is it working on Vista? I followed instructions from the first post and all I can see is an error message: The folder name is not valid.
"Is that a idiot user issue, or am I missing something obvious?" :)

Posted at 4:30pm on April 16, 2008

It works as magic on XP.

Cool tip.

Posted at 3:41pm on April 26, 2008

Very cool tip... works great for me. I've been looking for a way to do this.

thanks philone !!

Posted at 4:04pm on April 26, 2008

richlin71

This also works great using Fluid.app (for Mac) to create an SSB (site-specific browser) for the mini version of RTM.

http://fluidapp.com/

Posted at 3:20am on April 27, 2008

choffee

You may want to have a look at this site for adding gears support to prism.

http://www.luckydisasters.com/2007/10/29/webrunner-now-prism-whatever-heres-how-to-make-an-extension-compatible-with-at-least-one/

Posted at 11:49am on June 26, 2008

Hi I am new to remember the milk. I've been lookin to do this. Can somebody explain me where do I find the taskbar? Thanks

Posted at 5:16am on July 21, 2008

johnwin

@joanie.nieves - taskbar is the propoer name for the bar that (by default) runs along the bottom edge of the screen in windows - where all the apps have buttons for you to switch between them.

Posted at 8:45am on September 2, 2008

johnwin

One other conflict I found is with Outlook On the Desktop - a great free app that puts (as you might imagine) Outlook data on your desktop

http://www.outlookonthedesktop.com/

If you closedown OOTD first and then move your RTM toolbar it works. You can then restart OOTD and all is hunky dory :^)

Posted at 8:48am on September 2, 2008

That worked great until two days ago, using my workplace's old Internet Explorer 6. Now I get a really strange error:

Internet Explorer script error
Line: 10
Char: 314 /in case this helps someone to locate the error
Error: Permission denied
Code: 0
URL: http://www.google.com/ig/ifpc_relay

What does google ig have to do with this? I thought the page came direcly from RTM?

Any ideas on how to fix this? I've emtied the cache and deleted the cookies, but to no effect.

Posted at 11:21am on September 12, 2008

I have the same problem than nicoj and is very interested in any solution.
Thank you in advance

Posted at 3:06pm on September 13, 2008

Same problem here - could this be some request other than http? (I have a proxy which only allows http...)

Posted at 10:45am on September 16, 2008

Just change it to https it should then work

Posted at 11:57am on September 17, 2008

the cow logo goes on top of everything if i try to put it into a toolbar or make active desktop.

How do i make it so the cow logo doesnt cover things up!? so it doesnt go on top of other things !?

Posted at 11:06pm on October 13, 2008

This is great, but I would love to have two different lists on two different computers (work at work and home at home)... with this tool, the same list is displayed on either. Is it possible to change that?

Posted at 7:40am on February 16, 2009

sagarparikh

What widget are you using to make the floating window with prism?

Posted at 8:49pm on February 16, 2009

rij73

I have to thank the original tipster on the this thread. It gave me a great idea to make my own webpage to use as a sidebar. It's got RTM, Gmail, and Google Calendar all in their mobile versions in 3 frames. Very nifty!

Posted at 1:44pm on February 25, 2009

anyone figure out how to get this to display through the taskbar for vista??

Posted at 4:28am on February 27, 2009

dan.julian

What sidebar in XP? I don't have a sidebar, so I'm not sure how to drag this off of the taskbar...Any help is appreciated as this looks like an awesome idea.

Posted at 7:04am on February 27, 2009

rij73

dan.julian:

You just unlock the taskbar, and drag te toolbar you want to use as a sidebar to the side of your screen. It automatically docks there.

Posted at 2:38pm on March 1, 2009

For Vista & Windows 7 users it's a great gadget - "I Forgot The Milk". http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=55ccf415-af76-4a33-bad6-5bdaa370b214&bt=1&pl=1

Posted at 10:07pm on March 1, 2009

thanks this is great, I've been trying all sorts of desktop apps but who knew it was this easy.

The https:// suggestion fixes the issue with ie script issue thanks!

When I drag it off the unlocked taskbar it always disappears the first time I do, but the second time I do it for some reason it works! Worth persevering

Posted at 9:04am on March 31, 2009

chandra.gaajula

This is really cool. Thanks for the tip.

Posted at 10:33pm on April 4, 2009

chandra.gaajula

ERROR: There is one error when you attempt to update the task. The values for List resets to "Inbox" and Location to "none" by default. You will need to change these to their original values every time you update a task.

Posted at 10:47pm on April 4, 2009

I was unable to get this to work on PC running XP pro using the instructions of the original post. While I was able to create the new taskbar it showed a message that RTM page not found.

I have begun to play with this other tip which shows RTM in the side bar of Firefox http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/2951/
If someone is familiar with both of these approaches, could you explain clearly what the pros/cons of each might be? At least for me, when I am on the computer I am always connected to internet so unless there are real advantages to the taskbar approach, I probably will stick with the Firefox sidebar. Thanks for any thoughts/advice.

Posted at 3:46am on May 6, 2009