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Beta Beat: Dejumble, task management simplified
If you're sick of hearing about GTD, relax, this isn't about that. This is about a program that's just a to-do list; no contexts, no realms of responsibility, no next actions to speak of. It's called Dejumble and it sits nicely in your menubar and allows for fast creation of new tasks with tagging and basic categorization. Tasks can have due dates and notes as well, without all of the extra goodies that a lot of people just don't need.
I was, however, frustrated by the keyboard/mouse switching necessary to add new tasks. I'd love for a hotkey to open the window, and to be able to just tab through the input. But it's still in beta (public), and development is under way. Integration with system apps like iCal and Mail is apparently on the way.
If you're sick of bloated task managers, this may be a good fit. Fair warning, though: every time you run it, it will add itself to your startup items without asking. And there's no easy way that I could find to quit beyond killall Dejumble. There, you've been warned.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
FoundInTheFlood said 10:19AM on 4-02-2008
besides all those problems, very nice design ! Apps like Taskpaper do they job but are so ugly i could use textedit (well isnt taskpaper textedit ;P)
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Ruud Welten said 10:24AM on 4-02-2008
I may have wanted to try this app but the auto-add-to-start-up-items feature would really bug me. So I'll maybe try it when they remove that one.
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kakapo said 11:05AM on 4-02-2008
If I have to go to terminal to control simple action of an applications - I am not even close to interested. Not because I have "terminal" issues but because I prefer having my Mac act like a Mac not a pseudo-M$ box... I would rather write stuff down on scrap paper... At least I know then that when I dump it - it is dumped.
Thanks for the heads up, Brett. This is actually what I like to see in software reviews. Not just glorified commercials.
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Jesse Grosjean said 11:25AM on 4-02-2008
TaskPaper is going to beauty school for version 2.0... in reconstructive surgery for the moment so don't look now, but by the 2.0 release you'll have many more options for prettifying things.
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David said 12:04PM on 4-02-2008
Is this 10.5 only? I finally got it to download but it won't open...
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Todd Sieling said 12:51PM on 4-02-2008
> Fair warning, though: every time you run it, it will add itself to your startup items without asking.
Reason enough to not even check it out, for my download dollar. Thanks for the review.
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ThinkingCode said 2:47PM on 4-02-2008
Hi all, I have updated Dejumble to version 0.9.2 The new version fixes the problems Brett pointed out.
Whats new in 0.9.2
- Asks the user on first run if he/she would like dejumble to startup at login.
- Quit option
Click on the "dejumble" button on the bottom of the window then click on "Quit Dejumble".
We look forward to more of your suggestions and feedback.
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dagaz said 4:26PM on 4-02-2008
Where can we download the new version from? When I try to download I still get 0.9.1.
dagaz said 4:28PM on 4-02-2008
Never mind. The download has the new features you mention, but still shows version 0.9.1 in the Finder. Looks nice so far, but won't be a regular part of my workflow until it gets iCal integration.
DanGTD said 3:01PM on 4-18-2008
Hello,
For implementing GTD you might try out my application for time management and productivity,
http://www.gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
Hope you like it.
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Shmaff said 3:51AM on 5-29-2008
You've got lots of features which is awesome but I only need it for Tasks. It's too cluttered for what I want to do and I'd prefer it to be locally stored (i.e. no web interface). Good job anyways and good luck!
Dejumble said 6:51PM on 4-23-2008
We have just officially released Dejumble 1.0.2. It features a lots of fixes, iCal synchronization, tear-off view and more.
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