[ge-talk] today screen

[Ari Haviv]

Tasks would also mean things you set your computer to do. For example,
you may have a script that is scheduled to go off at a certain time.
Maybe you figured out how to get the pc to water your plants or record
a show with your tv tuner? That task should also be on the list.


On 1/24/07, Ari Haviv <arielbhaviv at gmail.com> wrote:
> Today I read http://dot.kde.org/1169588301/
> on how KDE plans to combine all the computer tasks and put them in one interface
> This is a good idea for tracking those long operations.
>
> Apple's plans for Leopard includes a To-do server so that you can make
> a 'to-do' from any app
>
> But what I really like is the Today screen in a pocket pc. So the idea
> would be that on one glance on your desktop, you'd know that today is
> Mike's birthday, you have to finish the report by 5 and it's now 4:30,
> you have 5 new emails and 4 new rss headlines and perhaps what the
> weather is like right now or how your entire portfolio is doing. Or
> perhaps if that ebay site you're interested in has changed
>