Some releases go unplanned, and it’s good because we show we’re all agile and embracing change and opportunity, aren’t we?
So we were coding slowly towards the new mobile app, when a long-time customer, Alex Kapranoff published http://mail2cv.com, an email-to-checkvist service. The first version was quite limited, but after a couple of Skype calls and mid-night coding sessions together, we can roll out a feature you’ve been voting for… for a long time. Now you can use it right in Checkvist. It works quite simply:
Trun your emails into tasks
First of all, we need an ‘inbox’ list, where we’ll send emails to. Click the little chevron icon near the list name and open the 'Add tasks via email’ dialog window.
Then copy list’s email address to your contacts. Every time you send an email to that address, the email will turn into a list item:
- Subject line becomes the task’s text.
- Email body becomes a note.
- Email attachments are attached to the task (PRO users).
- You can use #tags, ^due dates or @assignees in the subject line
If you need several 'inbox’ lists, create several email contacts with different lists addresses.
You can email tasks to Checkvist from any mailing software. But if you use browser-based mailing program, like Gmail or Outlook Web, you can also use Web Clipper for Chrome and Firefox.
HTTPS for all & everything
Starting from today, you don’t have to pay for a PRO account to get all you data covered by SSL. It’s now included into all plans, free or paid.
Copy list with all list settings
Copying whole lists is a powerful feature: you can create a new list from an old one, or make a new node in another list, or you can just append a list to another list.
Among various options, there’s one to copy users and permissions to the new list. This would save you time and produce the exact copy of a list.
(Tiny) steps towards offline work
Now Checkvist can survive temporary Internet outage. Say, if you’re on a non-stable network and have already typed in some list items, Checkvist will try to re-send the data when you go back online. Unfortunately, this can’t be a replacement for true offline work, but it’s a step towards the goal.
Other improvements
- Allow HTML tables in list items.
- Markdown numbered list fix: now we use Roman numbers when you select the 'Show numbered list" option under 'View’, and Arabic numbers, if you don’t.
- Fixed a bug with importing list items on a wrong level.
- Correctly handle “Back” button when loading lists — immediately update the cache.
- Increased list page performance.
- Open API enhancements: Checkvist now accepts call for setting repeating task; also added parameters to import.json for uploading files (both work for PRO accounts only).
- Technical: Rails updated to version 3.2.14
Once again, let me say this. We might be small, but we have a great community. It’s a pleasure to work for you :)