This is going to be a hit (list)!

As a GTD advocate I already tested Things vs. Todo and also compared it to Remember The Milk. Now a new (star?) application is under development by the PotionFactory – named “The Hit List“.

What makes the new application (which is in beta mode right now) a real hit is its focus on the keyboard – adding tasks, moving them around, starting timers, editing, tagging, all can be done with a few simple keystrokes. Simple – just f, x, space, enter. No Cmd+Command+Shift+# kind of “short”cuts. This makes handling tasks the GTD way a lot faster than using the mouse to manage hundreds of tasks in various projects.
Also the developer really listens to the Google Group to get early feedback of the users – a really agile way of developing such an application!

What would be reasons for me to switch over from Todo/Toodledo? Well, while Toodledo is a Web application and therefore platform independent it is not as efficient to use as the optimized THL application (I’m Mac only now, so who cares about other platforms?). On the other side I fear that THL only does Wireless syncing and cannot sync via a server (MobileMe?) which would be a show stopper – I want to sync any time, independend of the network and not be restricted by a running computer or network issues*. Also the iPhone part of THL was not released yet, it has to be at least as efficient and fast as Todo (which does a pretty good job on the iPhone!).

But hey, The Hit List is in beta mode right now and PotionFactory is working hard on finishing the implementation, lets see how the final product looks like…. if syncing works, the iPhone app is useable and the whole package is not too pricy I’ll consider switching over…

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*) I wonder why various apps (1Password, Things, …) do not just sync their data on any https protected WebDAV location, like the iDisk or others. This would work between any PC, Mac and iPhone, not require any additional server component, be secure and free the user from having a desktop application running on the same network. Firewalls would not be a problem as well…