Archive for the 'feature' tag
October 30th, 2009 / 3 Comments
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on some new features that are in the pipeline. These features should be released in the upcoming weeks.
Estimated Time. Estimated time to complete an action is a feature we have gone back and forth on for some time with Vitalist. We now feel like we have found the best implementation for this feature, without adding any complexity to the user interface. The real benefit of this feature will be the additional sorting and searching capabilities, which will allow you to prioritize what to do based on time effort.
Advanced sorting. Currently the sorting of actions allows you to drag and drop your actions in any order you desire. If you want to sort by date or priority, those actions are available to re-sort your list. Let’s call this “Custom”. But I know sometimes you may always want your data sorted by Date or Priority, automatically. So now you will be able to choose from the following three options, Date, Priority, and Custom (current method of sorting). You will be able to quickly and easily toggle back and forth, giving you complete control of your data output.
Posted by Matt in feature, preview
Every once in a while I am going to be posting about some various features of Vitalist, most notably features that you may not be fully aware of. I am starting it off with one I personally use quite a bit.
I am a big fan of working with contexts and I like to take advantage of using multiple contexts per action. Though to make this really useful, you need to be able to filter on multiple contexts to truly narrow your focus on what you are doing. This can be accomplished by using the ‘ctrl’ key when selecting your filter. I will show you with an example:
I am at work and need to make a couple of phone calls. I can easily see what I need to do with multiple context filters. First I select ‘@work’ from the context filter list. Then I hold the ‘ctrl’ key and select the ‘@phone’ context. And voila, all the calls I need to make at work.
Posted by Matt in feature
Twitter is a pretty cool short message communications service that has become very popular lately. It works really well across instant messaging services and mobile SMS gateways. We would like to announce that we have just finished an interface that allows you to send actions directly to your Vitalist inbox through Twitter.
To get set up:
Sign-up at vitalist-tools/twitter. - You can now access the Twitter->Vitalist setup page directly from your Vitalist Settings/Services. Click ‘API on’ then Save. You should then see an ‘Add Twitter->Vitalist’ link.
- Enter you Twitter user name and Vitalist API key (found in Settings->Services) to link the accounts.
- Log into Twitter to search for the user: vitalist. Once you have found it, set your account to “follow” vitalist.
At this point, you should be ready to start sending tweets as actions to your Vitalist inbox. Send them as direct messages in the form:
‘d vitalist action’ (Example: d vitalist Pick up dry cleaning)
Your action should then appear in your Vitalist inbox in the next few minutes. If you run into any problems, please let us know at support@vitalist.com.
Posted by Robert in feature
We here at Vitalist hope everyone had a happy holiday season and would like to wish everyone a prosperous and productive new year. We thought that as everyone starts to settle down now after holidays and breaks, it would be a great time to announce our newest update to Vitalist.
For the past couple of months we have been working on a new version of Vitalist that represents a major overhaul in both the front-end UI and back-end code. Since our last major release, many features have been added or changed that have made the interface and interaction with Vitalist more complex than we would like. So with this release we are concentrating on simplifying and streamlining the Vitalist user-interface.
Here are some of the improvements that will be included with the update:
- Improved UI
- Speed Enhancements
- Easier Batch Editing of Actions
- Edit screens will be consolidated into one (fully functional quick-edit)
- Improved Sharing – There will no longer be a ‘My Shares’ section, all shared items will be available from the main lists
- Saved Searches – The ability to create a specific search/view and save it for quick and easy access later
- SSL ability on iPhone version
We will be beta testing this update as we finish it’s development. If you would like to help us test the new version before we release it, please send us an email at beta@vitalist.com with the email you use for your Vitalist account. We are planning on starting the beta test on Monday of next week, and we will notify the testers when it is available.
Thanks and Have a Happy New Year!
Posted by Robert in feature
A few months ago, we wrote on this blog about how to set up a Jott.com account to send messages to your Vitalist inbox. It worked great but was a bit confusing to set up and get working right. Jott has since released a public API and we saw an opportunity to make the whole process easier.
You can now simply add Vitalist as a Jott Link to your Jott account. No more messing with creating a Vitalist contact and email address. Here is how to get started:
1. Login to your Jott account and click the Jott Links tab. (if you do not have an account, you can sign up free here)
2. Click Add next to the Vitalist logo in the Jott Links list.
3. Click Save or change the name of the link. (the default is Vitalist, if you already have another contact for Vitalist, you will need to change or delete it)
4. Enter your Vitalist login information and click Activate. (this is only required once)
Now you are ready to Jott to Vitalist.
When asked “Who do you want to Jott?” say “Vitalist”, speak your message, and it will be sent to your inbox!
Posted by Robert in feature