Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Widget Watch
Widget Watch: Ta-da Lists widget
We TUAW bloggers certainly love Backpack, the super-simple online PIM from 37 Signals, and it's Dashboard widget is pretty slick too. Naturally, I was excited to see a Dashboard widget pop up in endo this morning for Ta-da List, 37 Signals' one-trick-pony todo list manager. The Ta-da Lists Widget allows you to create new todo lists lists and add items to those lists. It's a pretty straight forward widget for a very straight forward service.
One catch I ran into while setting the widget up, however, is the way the widget first logs into your account. I flipped the widget over, entered my name and password and then the widget asked me to log into Ta-da Lists first through my browser, specifying that I check the "remember me" box. I use Camino, and for some odd reason the widget couldn't catch that I logged into the service, so it wouldn't allow me to start using my lists. Only when I logged in through Safari did the widget kick into gear and download my information.
Aside from the registration hiccup, this widget is really handy. It's fast, slick, and in true 37 Signals form: simple and effective.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jason Lancaster said 11:27AM on 3-14-2006
I had the same problem with Camino. Thanks for posting that info, I was getting really frustrated.
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Aaron said 11:34AM on 3-14-2006
I wouldn't think that the deal with logging in using Camino would be unexpected. The Dashboard widgets use Webkit as their backend, so of course they jive with Safari and not Firefox or Camino. I assume that includes shared cookies.
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Matthew said 12:24PM on 3-14-2006
Chipt.com has had a Backpack Widget around for a few months, and it's actually smaller (and more feature rich) than the TaDa Widget. Might be worth a look.
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Daniel Murphy said 12:31PM on 3-14-2006
I learn so many cool tools from TUAW. First Quicksilver, now this! Thanks!
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David Chartier said 1:06PM on 3-14-2006
#2: Good call Aaron, I should've realized that. Since Camino is so OS X-like, I keep forgetting it's still a Mozilla browser.
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sam said 1:14PM on 3-14-2006
What I really could use is a BaseCamp Widget, now that would get me to use the dock
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