Putting your to do list in the Dashboard.Back in August, I wrote a blog post titled “Ten Dashboard Widgets I Can’t Live Without.” In it, I included DoBeDo, a widget that displays the items in your iCal Do To list in the Dashboard. The trouble with DoBeDo, as I soon found out, is that it was not compatible with Mac OS X Leopard. So when I upgraded, I was without a to do list in my Dashboard. This seriously impacted my productivity, since I was in the habit of consulting the To Do list periodically throughout the day.
Time passed. Today, I decided to find a To Do list solution for Dashboard. And I found two: DoBeDo 4 and To Do Widget.
DoBeDo 4.0
Blue Henley, makers of DoBeDo, have upgraded their software. DoBeDo 4 is Leopard-compatible and offers the same collection of features found in the Tiger-compatible version (which is still available for those of you who haven’t upgraded yet).
I like DoBeDo because of its extremely flexible display options, which you can access on the back of the widget. You can set sort options, how long completed items are displayed, how far in the future items should be displayed. You can also choose from among 4 predefined styles and how much detail should appear in the dialog you use to add a new item.You can also print a to do list — which is something I can’t seem to do from within iCal itself. That alone makes it a good tool for managing things to do. I’m very glad to have it back.
To Do Widget
To Do Widget, by Philipe Fatio, offers to do list functionality in the Dashboard using a yellow notepad interface that nicely matches the interface in Mail.
To Do’s customization features are a bit limited when compared with DoBeDo’s. You can set sorting options, but you can only select whether completed items show or don’t show –rather than allow them to be displayed for a limited number of days. One nice feature is the ability to set the font and font size, although the options are limited. I absolutely hate Apple’s choice of Marker Felt font,which is the default for To Do, so it was nice to be able to change it to one I prefer.
What They Both Do
Both widgets are fully integrated into iCal and Mail. In fact, it was kind of neat to see one widget immediately change when I made a change to the other. Both widgets enable you to mark an item as completed, edit an item, add an item, or remove an item. So you can manage your entire To Do list through either widget.
Both are good options for anyone who needs a To Do list in their Mac OS X Dashboard. Try them and pick the one you like best. Both are free, although I assume that the developers wouldn’t turn down a donation to thank them for their efforts.
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