Things 1.0 Release Candidate

Release Notes

• 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.
• Areas. In the main pane of the Things window, areas no longer appear as objects in their own right. Specifically, the Areas list is gone, and areas can now be managed using a dedicated "Manage Areas" dialog. Since projects and single to-dos still appear as objects, there is now a clear distinction between areas as containers and to-dos/projects as the contained items.
• Areas. Areas no longer display a header. This leaves more space to the contained items and further helps to distinguish areas from projects.
• Project header. Tags now get their own line to prevents multiple tags from being clipped.
• Project header. Added a notes field, so it is no longer necessary to go to the Projects list to review a project's notes.
• Project header. New design to make the new extended header to appear lighter.
• Project header. Changed wording from "Reminder" to "Show in Today" to more clearly communicate what the function does.
• Starting to edit a project item now always switches to the project view.
• Adapted the appearance of items in editing mode to the new style used in project headers.
• Added a "Make Repeating..." menu command to the Item menu.
• iPhone sync. The ordering of the Today list now syncs correctly with Things on the iPhone. (This requires Things for the iPhone version 1.3 for best results. With version 1.2, you should not reorder Today items on both devices simultaneously.)
• iPhone sync. Added support for syncing tags with Things for iPhone version 1.3. Version 1.3 has already been submitted and will be available on the App Store after the usual review process by Apple (which could take a week or perhaps longer).
• Removed "Show due items in Today list" option in Preferences.
• Compatibility. Due dates and activation dates (Scheduled list) are now evaluated at midnight instead of 4:00am. This improves compatibility with the iPhone version. In a later release we will add a preference to set a custom time of the day (or rather night :)).
• Performance. Improved performance when resizing the main window.
• Crash. Removed a bug that sometimes cause Things on the iPhone or iPod touch to crash during sync.
• Bug fix. The due date filter button now displays correctly on Tiger.
• Bug fix. Fixed a bug that prevented due dates from being saved in repeating to-do templates when starting the edit session by using the action gear in some situations.
• Bug fix. Fixed a bug that resulted in the contents of the sidebar to be shifted and partially clipped.
• Bug fix. Fixed a bug that resulted in previously completed/logged items to be moved to the Today list after iPhone sync (this fix specifically pertains to items with a due date).
• Bug fix. Fixed a bug that prevented Reminders (now renamed to "Show in Today") to be synced to the iPhone.
• Bug fix. Fixed a bug that resulted in the wrong to-do being marked as completed when clicking on a checkbox while another to-do was in editing mode.
• Bug fix. The filter bar no longer appears for lists that contain a single item with multiple tags.
• Bug fix. The due date filter button no longer appears for lists that contain a single item with a due date.
• Bug fix. Changes made in project headers no longer get lost when clicking the New To Do button.
• Bug fix. The "Empty Trash" toolbar button is now disabled when Trash is already empty.