630 10 Must Have Tools for Remember The Milk on the Desktop [WebApp]

Recent release of the native RememberTheMilk [RTM] app for the iPhone has set new heights for GTD apps on mobile platforms. The app (iTunes Link) is fast, clever, intuitive and extremely well designed (review on TUAW). Here we bring you 10 must have tools for your RTM on the desktop, for Windows and Mac users.

1. Fluid [Mac]
Fluid is an application that allows you to create your own .app (application in your applications folder) from any website. We wrote about it few weeks ago and you can read the whole review here.
What is great, is that Fluid is perfect for apps like RTM.  This is because RTM offers a number of webapp interfaces that can work in different configurations with Fluid. First of all is the main webapp which works great with fluid. You can grab a special icon here and you are ready to go, launch and use RTM like you would any other app. Secondly, there is also a mobile webapp that works great with Fluid’s menu item functionality. If you are looking for an icon for your menu, we made one you can download here. Lastly, iPhone webapp version of RTM is another option for your new RTM desktop app. Here are some images of how you may use Fluid with RTM.

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2. Prism [Windows]
Similar to Fluid for Mac, Prism is an application for Windows and Linux that lets you create apps from any website and run them directly on their desktop. Whether this be the main RTM webapp, mobile or iPhone web app, you can run all of these as you would native applications for your PC. Here are some images of how this may work.

3. Twitter Integration [Mac, Windows]
You can interact with Remember The Milk via direct messages on Twitter. To add a task to your account, just send your rtm friend a direct message with the name of the task. Here is a list of full commands to Twitter. Another great intergation is that you can recieve morning task lists from RTM via twitter. This is additional to email notification but very useful addition to reminders about the things you need to do that day.

4. Remember The Milk for Gmail  [Mac, Windows]
Remember The Milk for Gmail is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage your tasks in Gmail (complete, postpone, and edit tasks), add new tasks (and connect them with your emails, contacts, and Google Calendarevents), automatically add tasks for starred messages or specific labels, and much more! Get it Here.

5. Work offline with Google Gears [Mac, Windows]
You can now use Remember The Milk offline. This is made possible thanks to Google Gears, a browser plugin that enables offline web applications. Works on Fluid, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. You can read more about it here.

6. Remember The Milk for Quicksilver [Mac]
Brian Moore created a handy Quicksilver plug-in that allows you to quickly add tasks to Remember The Milk. Quicksilver is a unified, extensible Mac OSX app launcher for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data. Read more about the plugin here.

7. Greasemonkey extension for Firefox [Mac, Windows]
Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows you to customize the way webpages look and function. Hundreds of scripts are already available for free. And if you’re the tinkerer sort, you can also write your own.. Among many cool scripts, two stand out for RTM. This script allows you to add a Remember The Milk task in Google Reader and this script that allows you to load new sidebar with RTM webpp, listing all your folders.

8. How to use Projects and Contexts in RTM
User jeffrey.smith in the RTM forums has a great tip on how to create projects and contexts feature in RTM. Here is a little extract:
For each project, I then create a tag with the @ prefix (to denote project). For example, for my €œRevise @Budget project , I have a tag called @revisebudget.
I have a set of tags for each context I use in GTD. For instance, I have @home for things I do at home, @mac for things I need to do on my Mac at home, @errands for things I need to do while I am out, etc.
Read more.

9. Keyboard Shortcuts [Mac, Windows]
Don’t forget to get used to keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts save you time by letting you explore Remember The Milk quickly. Get them all here.

10. Pro Account [Mac, Windows]
For some basic functionally of RTM may be sufficient but you can only make real use of the above tools if you have a pro account. RTM is only $25/year and you get the iPhone app for free. This is pretty affordable if you compare it to OmniFocus Desktop $79.95 + iPhone App $19.99 (Total $99.94)  or Things Desktop $49.00 + iPhone App $9.99 (Total $58.99). So wait no more and get yourself a pro account.

We hope this gives you a good overall picture of capabilities of Remember The Milk on the Desktop. If you have any addition tips, please let us know by posting a comment.

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  1. matthew.e
    Nov 20, 2008
    Reply

    I am very interested in how you got the side panel overview of your Today and Tomorrow Tasks in your Fluid SSB screenshot!

    Do Tell! :)


  2. Filip
    Nov 21, 2008
    Reply

    Hi Matthew,

    You can use the “BrowsaBrowsa Plugin” available in the plugins menu, then just use load the link http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/googleig/ in the sidebar. I couldn’t figure out how to get it to load that link every time so instead i use “closing the last browser window” enabled (preferences) so it remembers the setup.

    Hope this helps.


  3. matthew.e
    Nov 21, 2008
    Reply

    Thanks you rock!


  4. doppelplusgut
    Nov 25, 2008
    Reply

    Wow, great idea to put the igoogle gadget into the sidebar in fluid…


  5. TechBender
    Nov 30, 2008
    Reply

    I find the simplest solution (on Windows XP machines at least) is to embed the RTM webpage straight into your desktop using Active Desktop.

    I do it at work with lot of success.


  6. Mark McKay
    Jan 7, 2009
    Reply

    I tried to use the mobile site using Fluid, but it won’t let me log into my account. Every time I hit enter the page pops up in my browser. Can anyone help?


  7. Filip
    Jan 7, 2009
    Reply

    Go to Fluid preferences, advanced and tick “enable browsing to any URL”. This will load any url in that window including the one you want. If you want to be more specific you can add the actual URL/subdomain where the actual RTM mobile app is located. This is so any other URL clicked from your tasks actually loads in your default browser and the one you don’t want to doesn’t.


  8. Mark McKay
    Jan 7, 2009
    Reply

    Awesome! Thank you. Not sure that i like using the iPhone app for RTM, think I will stick with the main site. Fluid rocks! Thanks for this great post.


  9. Al
    Mar 9, 2009
    Reply

    Hi,

    Thanks so much for the great info! Is there any way to get a RTM menu-bar item/icon for the Fluid-SSB app and no dock icon? For certain apps I prefer having no dock icon and only a menu item.

    Thanks very much!
    Al


  10. Filip
    Mar 10, 2009
    Reply

    Al, I believe the is no icon in dock when you turn it into a SSB app.


  11. Al
    Mar 10, 2009
    Reply

    Hi Filip,

    I looked at all options:
    – when creating the SSB
    – at the SSB app itself
    but no where could I find an option to disable/turn off the Dock icon.

    Am I missing something?

    Thanks,
    Al


  12. Filip
    Mar 10, 2009
    Reply

    Al,
    So when you “convert” to SSB app, the icon remains in the dock? Mine goes away.
    I looked at the prefs but can’t find any settings either.
    My Fluid Version 0.9.6 (0.9.6)


  13. Al
    Mar 11, 2009
    Reply

    Filip,

    I am using the same version 0.9.6. I create the SSB application, name it RTM and then start it; the RTM app’s dock icon appears in the dock and stays there until I quit the app. Is that the appropriate procedure?

    Thanks!

    Alok


  14. Filip
    Mar 11, 2009
    Reply

    Ok. This is how I do it:
    I create a normal application first and then “Convert to MenuExtra SSB…” (app menu).
    I am not sure how you create a SSB app from scratch…if that’s what you are doing.


  15. Al
    Mar 11, 2009
    Reply

    Filip,

    Perfect! I did exactly that and it worked.

    Thanks v much!

    Al


  16. Zack Bronte
    Apr 7, 2009
    Reply

    11th – http://mastershortcuts.com/remember-the-milk
    Great, if you want to learn the shortcuts by heart, which I’m always aiming at when using an app as often as RTM.


  17. FortyTwo Horizons
    Aug 7, 2009
    Reply

    Hi

    I've created a rtm desktop app that

    - has a notification for each due task

    - enables you to postpone for 15 mins, postpone for 1 day, complete or delete a task from the tasks notification

    - enables you to decide which due tasks you are notified about by switching on / off lists or by tagging a task

    - enables you to add tasks

    It does have a few more functions but I wont go into every feature here, for more details see http://rtm-notifier.com


  18. rikcardo
    Aug 30, 2009
    Reply

    To work with various collaborators in the network RTM is a fantastic tool. Is there any application to use the desktop in a network with several stations and the end of the work will feed the local server oo RTM online with all the changes of the seasons?


  19. rikcardo
    Aug 30, 2009
    Reply

    To work with various collaborators in the network RTM is a fantastic tool. Is there any application to use the desktop in a network with several stations and the end of the work will feed the local server oo RTM online with all the changes of the seasons?


  20. Mac_BetH
    Jan 15, 2010
    Reply

    Thank you very much for this great app! I will use it for much more then only RTM! But that was the reason I searched!

    best regards
    Matthias


  21. David Podhola
    Aug 14, 2010
    Reply

    I think Remember The Milk is still the best to do application. If you are an Outlook user, you may also check SprinxCRM UniversalSync to synchronize those two.


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