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task, date, tags, etc in 1 line - possible?

matthijsrouw says:
Hi all .. Is it possible to create a new task and add tags and date and stuff without having to use the 'date' and 'tags' fields? E.g.

"the milk has gone bad, buy new! #milk #Wednesday #groceries D:tomorrow"
Posted at 7:30am on April 9, 2009
emily (Remember The Milk) says:
Not in the web app currently, sorry (although other interfaces such as RTM for Twitter and RTM for Gmail do support this with due dates and tags).
Posted 14 years ago
raymond.bergmark Power Poster says:
But real soon in the web app ;-)
Posted 14 years ago
ranbarton Power Poster says:
@RTM Here I go again...

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. Heck, much of this can already be done with RTM using the Firefox extension in Gmail.

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/ideas/4893/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/4923/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/5057/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/5135/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/6091/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/6427/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/6456/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/help/6566/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/6613/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/6767/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/7125/

Phew. Maybe one day Bob will get around to this.
Posted 14 years ago
(closed account) says:
rajjan, is that a promise? do you know something? or just a wish?
Posted 14 years ago
raymond.bergmark Power Poster says:
Just a wish... (the smiley was meant to signify that).

However, I don't understand why this feature, already existing in the Gmail and Twitter interfaces, is so hard to implement in the web interface. But then, I'm not a web app developer...
Posted 14 years ago
nwedennisk says:
Regarding Emily's first response... So how do you specifiy tags and due dates via twitter? I see no reference to this anywhere on this site.
Posted 14 years ago
(closed account) says:
nwedennisk, it's in the "services" part. Enjoy!

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/twitter/
Posted 14 years ago
emily.wynne says:
I really like the iGoogle RTM gadget. It's so easy to add due date & tags to your task using that gadget!
Posted 14 years ago
cahorton says:
I'd like this feature, too. Having to go back after the fact an enter tags is so clunky.
Posted 14 years ago
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