Things Mac Updates & Release Notes

September 14, 2009

• General Preferences. The hotkeys for the Quick Entry dialog can now be enabled or disabled independently.
• General Preferences. Added an option to disable Spotlight indexing of Things items.
• Quick Entry Autofill now works in Microsoft Word 2008 and Mailplane.
• Links to Address Book entries can now be created by dragging and dropping Address Book cards into the notes of a to-do.
• Dragging and dropping multiple emails into the notes of a to-do now correctly creates links to all messages.
• The Help menu now contains a link to the keyboard shortcuts page.
• Bug fix. On Snow Leopard, the blue selection indicator is now removed after dragging an item on a project in the sidebar.
• Bug fix. When invoking the Quick Entry dialog with the autofill shortcut, the System alert volume would sometimes be set to zero. This is fixed.
• Bug fix: A due date is no longer added to a to-do if only (Shift-,) is pressed, as opposed to (Control-Shift-,).
• Bug fix. The Quick Entry dialog would not appear when invoking the hotkeys while the Things preferences window was open. This is fixed.
• Bug fix. Having Firefox installed inside a Parallels Windows virtual machine no longer interferes with the Quick Entry autofill feature.
• Bug fix. When using the Japanese Hiragana input method, the text entered in a title no longer disappears when reaching the end of the line. …

September 1st, 2009

• Quick Entry: Added autofill support for Firefox 3.x.
• Fixed French and Russian localization glitches.
• Updated Helpbook to reflect new keyboard shortcuts.
• Quick Entry: Autofill no longer crashes Things on Japanese systems with Romaji/Hiragana/Katakana input methods.
• Quick Entry: Autofill no longer creates links when viewing Top Sites or the Bookmarks page in Safari.
• Bug fix: Due dates are now correctly recognized when specifying them via LaunchBar on 10.5.
• Bug fix: Links to files would get duplicated if the file name contained both Hiragana and Latin characters. This is fixed.
• Bug fix: The due date is no longer decreased by 7 days if only (Shift-,) is pressed, as opposed to (Control-Shift-,)

August 27, 2009

• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility.
• Quick Entry dialog autofill. Quick Entry can now automatically grab and populate content from apps like Safari, Mail, and the Finder.
• Added many Keyboard Shortcuts. Navigate Things entirely with your keyboard.
• Spotlight integration. Search for your tasks using Mac OS X Spotlight.
• Added localizations for French, Spanish, and Russian.
• Performance. Reduced the amount of time it takes to process recurring tasks during daily maintenance.
• Quick Look integration. Quickly view the content of your tasks right from Spotlight search results in the Finder.
• Tags. Tag shortcuts are no longer automatically created when creating a new tag.
• Help Book. Updated the indices for the Things Help book in all localizations.
• Bug fix. The due date no longer gets set when tabbing through the due date field.
• Quick Entry: Fixed issues where the Quick Entry dialog could become unresponsive when trying to save a to-do and subsequently dismissing the Quick Entry dialog.
• Quick Entry: Fixed a bug where pressing Return in the tags and notes field was saving the to-do instead of creating a new line.
• Fixed a bug in the Quick Entry dialog that prevented Return/Enter keys from working correctly when the keyboard focus was outside the to-do.
• Bug fix: Drag and dropping text into the title field now removes the default text "New To Do". …

July 1st, 2009

• Added Japanese localization.
• Fixed an issue with repeating to-dos where repeating dates were calculated incorrectly when specifying, "Repeat yearly every 2nd Sunday in May", etc.
• Fixed problem that in some rare situations could result in repeating task templates to lose their repeating status and show a due date of 4000 or 4001.
• Email links in project notes are now saved.
• Fixed an issue where dragging a to-do from the Next list was not possible when view was filtered by due date.
• Due items now remain in the Today list if you detach their project from an area.
• Fixed an issue in the Quick Entry dialog where values entered in "Show in Today" were not saved.
• Regression in Quick Entry dialog. Added button (again) to select tags from drop-down list.
• Project notes are now included in the print view.
• Fixed an issue where the menu item "Move to Next" was not disabled for repeating to-dos.
• AppleScript. Fixed a bug where Things crashes when in edit mode while launching an AppleScript.
• Fixed an issue where area and project headers would show up multiple times in the Next list.
• Preferences. The hotkey option for the Quick Entry dialog is now disabled when unchecked.
• Fixed crash when syncing after deleting the library on the Mac (only when tags in areas were present on the iPhone).
• Help Book. Updated index and keyboard shortcuts. …

May 4, 2009

• Added AppleScript support.
• People. New model for working with delegated to-dos. Delegated to-dos retain their focus and are visible both under the teammate as well as in the focus they have been moved into.
• People. When updating from Things 1.0.4, delegated items will appear in the Next or Projects list.
• Added support for Area sync for Things for iPhone.
• When an overdue to-dos is set to Not Today, it will stay in the Next list until the next day. Previously overdue to-dos were moved back to Today upon restarting Things or syncing.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for the "Move to Someday" menu command from Cmd-S to Cmd-Y.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for the "File..." menu command from Cmd-Right Arrow to Shift-Cmd-F.
• Updated the software auto-update mechanism (we are now using Sparkle 1.5b6).
• New support URLs instead of the previous built-in window.
• Preferences. Updated and re-worked the UI of the iPhone Preferences pane.
• Changed computation of badge count in sidebar and dock icon for better compatibility with Things touch.
• Significantly improved the reliability of Wifi sync.
• Added warning message when delegating a to-do from a project that has already been delegated.
• Bug fix. Global search now finds to-dos from inactive projects.
• Bug fix. The "Show in Project" command now also works when the Active Projects group is collapsed in the sidebar. …

February 16, 2009

• iPhone sync. Improved reliability of iPhone sync for canceled projects.
• iPhone sync. Improved reliability of iPhone sync in situations where tasks in a completed project have been unchecked.
• iPhone sync. Fixed various situations that led to empty todos in the iPhone's Inbox.
• Adding a new task to a completed project uncompletes the project.
• Adding a new task to a logged project sets the new task to logged.
• Marking a task in a completed project as uncompleted also marks the project uncompleted.
• Uncompleted projects can no longer be dragged to the Logbook.
• Repeating tasks can no longer be moved into projects using the File dialog.
• When dragging items from the Trash to an area, they no longer stay in the Trash, but are made active instead.

February 5, 2009

• The order of projects and areas in the Next list is now consistent with the ordering in the sidebar.
• Drag and drop of projects and areas in the sidebar is now immediately reflected throughout the entire UI.
• Changes made to tags and changes made in the Tags HUD are now immediately reflected throughout the entire UI.
• Fine tuned the Inbox and Area icons.
• Added a link to the Things FAQ under the Help menu.
• Setting multiple projects to inactive at once is now also possible when both active and inactive projects are selected.
• License dialog. Name is no longer pre-populated from the Address Book since this caused confusion.
• Preferences. Pressing the escape key in the iCal preference pane no longer dismisses changes without a warning.
• Fixed a bug where the date chooser would not disappear after editing the due date of a project.
• Bug fix. When the Things window is minimized, clicking on the Dock icon now maximizes the window.
• Bug fix. Deleting items via Edit > Delete is now possible.
• Bug fix. Moving items to other sources does no longer cause some of the remaining items to become selected.
• Bug fix. The "Show in" toolbar button in the Logbook is now working for items that belong to a project.
• Bug fix. After creating a new area, pressing the space bar to create new todos is now possible.
• Bug fix. When clicking on an area header in Next, the corresponding area is now selected in the sidebar. …

January 17, 2009

• Added setting to switch between the grouped and new style Today list.
• Bug fix. Reordering items in the Today list (new style) no longer changes the order in projects.
• Bug fix. Moving multiple items to the Today or other lists no longer reverses their order.
• Wording in Projects list is now "xx more inactive or scheduled".
• Fixed a rare bug that resulted in displaying a "Failed to save. Unknown store type, format, or version." error message.
• German localization. Translated labels and menu commands that were overlooked in v1.0.
• German localization. Keyboard shortcut for Tags window is working again.
• German localization. Keyboard shortcut for Find is now also working in German localization.

January 6, 2009

• Added an Apple Help Book.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for opening the Tags window to Cmd-Shift-T.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for the Toggle Today menu command to Cmd-T. The title of the menu item now reads "Today" or "Not Today" as appropriate.
• Combined menu commands for moving items to the Someday and Next list into a single toggle command with keyboard shortcut Cmd-S. The title of the menu item adapts to the current selection and also reflects the difference between single to-do items and projects.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for scheduling items to Cmd-R. The menu item's title now reflects whether an item is rescheduled or scheduled for the first time.
• Added menu commands for filing items and marking items complete.
• Added keyboard shortcuts for logging completed items (Cmd-L), making items repeating (Cmd-Alt-R), and marking items (un)completed (Cmd-.).
• Changed keyboard shortcuts for the Go To commands to Cmd-0, Cmd-1, etc. (note the missing shift key modifier).
• Removed expiration date.
• Added a trial period reminder to the main window's title bar.
• Bug fix. The search field now scrolls when entering more text than it can hold.
• Refinement. When resizing the main window, the Logbook and Trash items in the sidebar now move immediately instead of jumping after resizing is complete.
• German localization. Translated two previously neglected dialogs.

December 29, 2008

• New icons!
• Added a (beautiful!) way to add and view license codes.
• To-dos in the Today list can now be reordered across project and area boundaries. Consequently, the project and area headings are gone.
• In flat lists like Today or when filtering by due date or searching, the project's title and due date are displayed in the to-do item itself.
• In flat lists, tags inherited from a project or area are displayed in gray within the to-do item itself.
• The "Show in List" toolbar button is now displayed in all flat lists (not only while searching).
• Sidebar. Moved the Projects list to the Focus group. Previously, users new to Things often overlooked the Projects overview.
• Sidebar. Removed an unnecessary level of indentation by grouping projects and areas under collapsable headings.
• Sidebar. Titles of projects and areas can now be edited directly in the sidebar.
• Sidebar. It is now possible to reorder projects and areas in the sidebar.
• Sidebar. Projects can now be organized directly by dragging them in the sidebar to, e.g., a Focus list or an Area.
• Sidebar. Added contextual (right-click) menus. …

December 5, 2008

• When the contents of an Area of Responsibility is displayed in the main view, the "New Project" menu command now inserts the new project into the this Area instead of the general projects list.
• You can now use Command-F to move keyboard focus to the search field. The only exception is when editing the note section of a to-do. In that case the standard find panel is shown.
• Improved reliability of "https" URL detection.
• The "Item>Move To" menu command didn't reflect the new ordering in the sidebar. This is fixed now.
• Schedule Dialog, regression. When re-scheduling a to-do it was no longer possible to move the date to the past. This is fixed.
• Schedule Dialog. The title of the action popup button now also updates when clicking into the date picker.
• The state of toolbar buttons now update correctly when the selection changes due to applying an operation that removes an item from the current list.
• iCal Sync. Syncing priorities now also works with the German localization.
• Minor improvements to the German localization.
• iPhone sync. Increased robustness and reliability of device discovery under unusual network conditions.
• iPhone sync. Added "Sync now" menu command and button (Preferences).
• iPhone sync. Added facility to debug sync/network problems. Clicking on the "Sync Now" button in Preferences while holding down the option/alt key copies a sync report to the clipboard. …