Doris Blog

DorisDesktop 1.10 – Lion Fixes

Demian Turner — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:23:01 +0000

Doris Desktop 1.10 is now ready to download. There were a number of things that changes in Lion broke, in particular old data was being cached, all fixed in this latest version.

DorisDesktop 1.9 – Lion Compatible

Demian Turner — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:53:03 +0000

Doris Desktop 1.9 is now ready to download. A small fix was required to make it Lion compatible.

DorisDesktop 1.8 – iCal integration

Demian Turner — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:35:27 +0000

Doris Desktop 1.8 is now ready to download from the new, dedicated website.

New in this release:

Link detection added in task description, as well as spell checker and auto-correction
Data detectors enabled, effectively this means we have iCal integration!
Added links in Help section for online help and feature requests sites
Restricted to Snow Leopard and added warning for other users
some minor UI tweaks, like now you can use the Return key to submit new tasks

DorisDesktop 1.7 – multiviews with graphs

Demian Turner — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:05:40 +0000

Download DorisDesktop 1.7 here

DorisDesktop is still in beta but will be released in the Mac AppStore in July. The new release, which is currently for Snow Leopard users only, has the following features:

multiviews: view your current tasks, task history and graphs
2 report graphs: productivity by task and tasks completed by date
UI improvements and better indication of loading data
improved installer as you can see from the pic
feedback button: please use it to let me know what you think of the app so far, and which features/improvements you’d like to see
remember to make sure you have 1 group called Inbox and another called Today, you’ll get custom icons

My apologies to Leopard users, there is currently a glitch which will cause the app to crash for you, ~~I’m on the case and it should be fixed shortly~~ I’m afraid the app will be Snow Leopard only from now on, OS X 10.6 and above are required.

DorisDesktop 1.6

Demian Turner — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:16:12 +0000

Dear Mac users, please upgrade to the latest version of DorisDesktop:

Download the latest version of DorisDesktop

This latest version fixes a lot of usability bugs and is recommended for all users. This will be the last update before I introduce the new multiple view layout that will make a History view possible and some other nice surprises.

Here’s what’s updated:

Fixed ability to tab through fields when adding new task
Disabled multiple selection of tasks
Added command r to refresh tasks and sync
Badge added to icon in doc for current number of open tasks in Today
Fixed wrong task and group selection bugs
Total task count added to window title
Group folder icon based on type: group, today or inbox

For this last item, if you have a folder called Today (it’s not mandatory) you’ll get a nice checkmark icon for it. And if you name one of your groups Inbox you’ll get the appropriate icon.

DorisDesktop 1.5 – Drag and Drop

Demian Turner — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:01:43 +0000

Mac users please upgrade to the latest version of DorisDesktop

Download the latest version of DorisDesktop

This release includes many improvements and bugfixes.

Improvements:

You can now reassign tasks to new groups with drag and drop
Groups can be reordered with drag and drop

Bugfixes:

Fixed bug where currently selected task could scroll out of view
Fixed group deletion
Fixed wrong task and group selection after actions
Fixed drag and drop for reordering tasks

See the CHANGELOG for the list of changes.

DorisDesktop 1.4 – Leopard compatible

Demian Turner — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:36:33 +0000

Thanks to a patch issued earlier today by @Perspx whose library I use to get the nice group counts, DorisDesktop is now working fine for Snow Leopard and Leopard!

Download the latest version of DorisDesktop

Also fixed a bug where the wrong group would be selected after you added/deleted tasks.

DorisDesktop 1.3 – Complete UI Overhaul

Demian Turner — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:01:20 +0000

Check out the latest version of DorisDesktop – I’ve done a complete UI overhaul and it’s much more pleasant to use. UI improvements include:

Apple Mail like interface with task counts per group
date creation and update times in collapsible panel
better keyboard controls:
- use N for new Task
- use G for new Group
- to toggle completed Task (Full Keyboard Access must be enabled in system prefs)
- key to delete any selected Group or Task
- to dismiss any panel
much better speed/performance than all other versions
see the CHANGELOG for the list of changes

The last vital features that’s missing is the ability to drag tasks between groups, this will be implemented in the next release.

~~NB: There is a problem with one of the new components so this release only works on Snow Leopard, this should be fixed by next release.~~

Give this early beta a try while it’s still free and please send any comments, all feedback appreciated!

Minor Glitch Fixed

Demian Turner — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:12:56 +0000

As a result of the last web update a week or so ago, new users who signed up were not getting the Today group with some sample items in it.

This is now fixed. If you registered recently and have this problem, simply:

create a group called Today manually
get in touch and I will make the required update to your account

Thanks for the feedback on Uservoice and sorry for the inconvenience!

DorisDesktop 1.2 Released

Demian Turner — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:41:17 +0000

This is a minor update to the app, however all users are recommended to upgrade.

Download the latest version here.

This update includes

the ability to mark tasks as completed (hit the refresh button to clear)
some updates to keyboard controls:
- use to create a new task
- use to toggle its completed state (Full Keyboard Access must be enabled in system prefs)
minor UI tweaks
see the CHANGELOG for the list of changes