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Upon request from Scott Karstetter of Smart ToDo List, I was given an opportunity to review his flagship application, Smart Todo List.

Aesthetically pleasing, the user interface is easy to navigate. Your projects are listed in the left hand pane, above that is the entry field for your to do’s (and commands – we’ll get into that later), and a drop down to the right of that for filtering via tags. If you tagged something with @phone call, you could sort with that tag and see all the phone calls you need to make…..pretty nifty!

To do’s are added in the to-do/command box. Double clicking on an item in your to do list will bring up another screen, where you can add your tags to your to do items. Each item can be categorized either by clicking on the small square to the left of the item, or right clicking and choosing the priority: High, Medium or Low.

Features that differentiate Smart To-Do List from other to-do list applications are the availability of keyword based commands. Filters, priorities, projects, and all other mouse options can be performed from the To-Do / Command input box. In order to use these commands simply type the keyword into the “To-Do / Command” input box and hit Enter!

In this users opinions, there are some things that could use tweaking in this application. Personally, I am not a keyboard shortcut user, but am wicked fast with the right click menu. I’d like to see the option to have more commands available via right click. Also, this application is not completely portable. Yes, you can install it to your flash drive and it will run from there on that PC. But if you try to run this on another PC, it will balk. It relies on one file and if that file is not installed on the PC that you are trying to use it, it will not run. It also leaves a couple registry entries as well: not good for those of us with overly paranoid IT departments at our places of employment. Lastly, just as the user interface goes, I’d like to see the tags list vertically under the items rather than horizontally. It just makes more sense to me, but again, that is my opinion.

I had many opportunities to speak with the creator, Scott Karstetter, and find him to be very pleasant and most accommodating. I believe that he will do what it takes to please the users of this application, and will take all feedback received to heart. All in all, it’s a good application with a great deal of promise!

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