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Pro Tester ProgramHelp us test the shiny new Remember The Milk.

Welcome

A quick word

This is a top-secret testing program. Please treat anything that you see here as confidential --

no blogging or posting on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+! Bob thanks you. :)

When Bob told us we'd be building a new Remember The Milk from the ground up, he said we

needed to go big. Ridiculously big. Bob thought we should listen closely to all the feedback and

suggestions we'd received from you guys, our awesome users, and create the bestest tasks app the

world has ever seen. And who are we to argue with a stuffed monkey?

So we coded, and coded... and coded some more. Crazy amounts of caffeine (and in Bob's case,

bananas) were consumed. Finally, finally, we were done, and we're now super excited to ask for

your help in testing our brand new web app. And yes, we'll also be testing brand new mobile apps in

a little bit, too (but hey, one thing at a time!).

What's New?

What isn't new?! Here's what to look for when you're testing the new web app!

Beautiful new interface

The new Remember The Milk comes with a shiny new interface. We've packed in a ton of features

(including a whole bunch of new features you requested!), while making the app even easier and

more friendly to use.



Introducing subtasks

It's been one of the most requested features ever since we launched Remember The Milk, so we're

very excited to finally bring you subtasks! You can now create any number of subtasks for a task,

and those subtasks can have their own subtasks, too. Whew!

The special thing about subtasks in Remember The Milk is that just about everything a task can do,

so can a subtask. Subtasks can have their own priorities, due dates, repeating, tags, etc. There's

also two new advanced search operators to go with this feature, isSubtask and hasSubtasks, which

are super handy for creating Smart Lists with subtasks.



New ways to organize

Drag and drop reordering

Reordering your tasks is now as easy as clicking and dragging (and, er, dropping). Want to rearrange

your tasks into the order you plan to do them? No problem! Just hover over any task and you'll see

the drag icon. You can also select a bunch of tasks and drag them all at once.

Drag and drop to change properties



Drag and drop isn't just for reordering tasks! You can also drag tasks onto the blue sidebar on the left

to change their list, tag, location, due date, and give them to others.

For some extra magic, tasks that you drag onto a Smart List will have that Smart List's criteria

applied to them. So, if you drag a task onto your Smart List for tasks due today that are high priority,

that task will instantly become due today and high priority, too.



Custom sorting and grouping

Have you always wished you could see your tasks sorted by date added, then priority, then task

name, and grouped by list name? Now you can! We had tons of requests for different sorting and

grouping options, so the new custom sorting and grouping feature does it all.

Just click on the cog icon in any list, and you can choose to sort by multiple criteria (ascending or

descending) as well as optionally choose to group the tasks into different sections (e.g., by list name,

tags, due date, etc).

Organize the sidebar navigation

Feeling constrained by alphabetical order? You can now order your lists, Smart Lists, contacts, tags,

and locations with drag and drop. Put your most important lists at the top, or only show those with

incomplete tasks.

Color your tags

Plain blue tags are so yesterday. You can now choose from 24 different colors to make your tags

stand out.

Just click the arrow next to the tag in the blue sidebar, and choose a color!



Adding with Smart Add

Now even easier to use

Smart Add in the old web app was great... if you knew all the keyboard shortcuts. You can now

include task properties (like due date, etc) when adding tasks simply by clicking the icons under the

Smart Add bar.

There's also a handy quick picker and auto-complete feature that makes adding properties even

faster. And of course, if you're a keyboard ninja, you'll find that the trusty keyboard shortcuts for

Smart Add are still here.



Share lists and give tasks

Include a note with Smart Add

No need to wait until you've added the task! You can now include a note by typing "//" at the end of

Smart Add, then entering whatever you'd like your note to say.

New features join Smart Add

Now that you can (spoiler alert!) add start dates and give tasks to others, these features are part of

Smart Add, too.

Just click the Smart Add icons, or use the shortcuts "~" to include a start date and "+" to give the

task to someone else.



All new sharing

Sharing is waaaaay improved in the new Remember The Milk! Just click the "Share" button on any

list, and add people to share with by name or email address. (If they're not already using Remember

The Milk, we'll invite them to join.)

You can choose whether you'd like someone to be able to edit the tasks in the list, or just view them

(very handy if you want someone to be able to see what you're working on, but not mess with your

tasks!).

Want someone else to be in charge of the list? Just change the owner. Need to stop sharing the list?

No problem, you can remove contacts from the share at any time.

Give tasks to others

Need Bob to pick up the milk on his way home? Just give him a task!



You can give a task when adding with Smart Add (just click the icon or use the "+" shortcut), or you

can give an existing task by editing the 'Give to' field. Want to give multiple tasks at once? No

problem! Just select them all, then hit the 'Give to' button above the task list.

Want to check on the tasks you've given to people? Just click 'Given to others' in the blue sidebar on

the left. You can change tasks after you've given them, so feel free to add notes, or perhaps move

up the due date on that important task. ;)

See tasks given to your contacts

The new 'Contacts' section in the blue sidebar on the left shows, yes, your contacts! Click any

contact to see the tasks you've given them, and add new tasks for them.



Invite others

Tasks are more fun with friends! To invite others to join you, just click the arrow to the right of

'Contacts' in the blue sidebar on the left, then choose 'Add/invite contacts'.

Avatars

See at a glance who you're sharing a list with, or who's been given a task. As awesome as the

default avatar is, you might want to update yours by clicking the cog in the top right, then choosing

'Account settings'.



Contact cards

You can hover over any avatar to see more details about that contact, including a quick link to see

the tasks you've given them.



Get reminded

Get notified

The new Remember The Milk has handy built-in notifications. The bell in the top right will show when

someone shares a list with you, gives you a task, adds you as contact, or joins Remember The Milk

after you invite them. You can take actions, like accepting shared lists or given tasks, right from the

notification.

To make sure you're always up-to-date, you can also get notified by email or desktop notification.

You can change your preferences by clicking the cog in the top right, choosing 'Account settings',

then heading to the 'Notifications' section.

Individual task reminders

Have a super important task that you want to be reminded about by Skype 5 minutes before it's due,

by email 1 hour before, by desktop notification the day before, and by carrier pigeon 2 weeks before?

With the possible exception of that last option, you can now set individual reminders for each of your

tasks. Get reminded by email, IM, SMS, Twitter, push, or desktop notification (or all of the above!) any

time before or when your task is due (or starts, more on that below).



New and improved reminder emails

Our friendly new email format make it easy to see what's due and when. Need to complete,

postpone, or update a task? Just click on the link, and you'll be taken to the task in the app. Oh, and

did we mention the new email subjects? The task name is now included in the subject, so you

immediately know what the reminder's about.



Working with dates and times

Introducing the Daily Digest

This handy new email helps keep you on top of your day. It's completely customizable, so you can

choose whether to just include tasks due (or starting) today, or those coming up tomorrow or in the

next 7 days, too. Don't want to forget anything? Include your overdue tasks, too!

You can change your preferences by clicking the cog in the top right, choosing 'Account settings',

then heading to the 'Daily Digest' section.

Start dates

Due dates are great for knowing when tasks are, well, due. But what if you need to know when it's

time to start working on a task? You need start dates, and now you have them! Plus, with the new

start search operators, you can even create Smart Lists that hide tasks you can't start yet.



Postpone more than a day

Sometimes postponing by one day just isn't enough. You can now postpone by 2 days, 3 weeks, 4

months... procrastinate to your heart's content! If keyboard shortcuts are your thing, use p to

postpone more than a day, and shift + p for regular one day postpone.

Calendar picker

This one's from the we-can't-believe-we-didn't-do-this-earlier files. Yes, you can still enter due dates

in English (or whichever language you prefer), but you can now pick your dates too. July 5, 2014?

Just click it!



Quick date picker

Because less typing = more free time! When entering due and start dates in words (e.g., "2 weeks"),

you can use the quick date picker to auto-complete your choice or select from frequently used due

and start dates.



Improved support for changing time zones

If you travel regularly, you'll appreciate this one! We now detect when you're in a

different time zone than usual, and prompt you to switch time zones (shifting all your

due dates). You can also change manually by clicking the cog in the top right, then

choosing 'Account settings'.

Default due date

This feature is borrowed straight from our mobile apps. You can now choose whether tasks that you

add without specifying a due date have a default due date of today or never.

Repeat picker

Our repeat options range from the simple "every day" to the crazy "every 2 months on the 3rd

Saturday for 6 times". Now, even the crazy repeats are easy to set up with the handy advanced

repeat picker.



New repeating options

You can never have too many repeating options! These are the new ones:

Format Example

every month on the [nth/last] day "every month on the last day"

every month on the [nth/last] weekday "every month on the first weekday"

every month on the [nth/last] weekend day "every month on the second weekend day"

every year on the [nth/last] day of [month] "every year on the last day of january"

Weekday and weekend repeats

We now understand the terms "weekday" and "weekend day", e.g., "every

weekday". No more typing "Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and

Friday" (unless, you know, you really want to).



every year on the [nth/last] weekday of [month] "every year on the first weekday of january"

every year on the [nth/last] weekend day of [month] "every year on the second weekend day of january"

Searching

Magical search wizard

The search feature in Remember The Milk has always been crazy powerful, but has required the not-

so-friendly advanced search operators (/help/?ctx=basics.search.advanced). Until now!

We're excited to introduce the search wizard, which makes it super easy to perform advanced

searches. Want to find the tasks you've given to Bob T. Monkey that are due this week, priority 1,

and tagged with bananas? No problem! Just click the arrow in the search box at the top to get

started.

Once you've come up with a search that you like, you can click the 'Save as Smart List' button to

easily add a Smart List (/help/?ctx=basics.smartlists.whatare).

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/?ctx=basics.search.advanced

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/?ctx=basics.smartlists.whatare



New search operators

We couldn't bring you new features without new search operators to go with them!

Easy-to-tweak Smart Lists

Changing your Smart List's criteria just got way easier, too. You can use the wizard when editing

Smart Lists, or switch to the query editor for even more power.

Bookmarkable searches

You could create a Smart List (/help/?ctx=basics.smartlists.whatare) to save your

search, but what if all you want is a quick way to access a search from your browser?

Bookmark it, and problem solved!

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/help/?ctx=basics.smartlists.whatare



Operator Example Meaning

listContains: listContains:Project Tasks in lists that have "Project" in their name, i.e., finds "Project A" and "Project B".

locationContains: locationContains:Office Tasks in lists that have "Office" in their name, i.e., finds "San Francisco Office" and "New York Office".

hasTimeEstimate: hasTimeEstimate:true Tasks that have time estimates.

hasURL: hasURL:true Tasks that have URLs set.

hasSubtasks: hasSubtasks: true Tasks that have subtasks.

isSubtask: isSubtask:true Tasks that are subtasks.

start: start:today

start:yesterday

start:never

Tasks that start today.

Tasks that start yesterday.

Tasks without start dates.

startBefore: startBefore:today

startBefore:now

Tasks that start before today.

Tasks that start before the current time.

startAfter: startAfter:sunday Tasks that start after Sunday.

startWithin: startWithin:"1 week of today" Tasks that start within one week of today.

givenTo: givenTo:me

givenTo:[email protected]

Tasks that have been given to me.

Tasks that have been given to [email protected].

givenBy: givenBy:me

givenBy:[email protected]

Tasks that were given by me.

Tasks that were given by [email protected].

isGiven: isGiven:true Tasks that have been given to someone.

updated: updated:today

updated:yesterday

Tasks that were last updated today.

Tasks that were last updated yesterday.

updatedBefore: updatedBefore:1/1/2014 Tasks that were last updated before 1/1/2014.

updatedAfter: updatedAfter:31/12/2014 Tasks that were last updated after 31/12/2014.

updatedWithin: updatedWithin:"1 week of today" Tasks that were last updated in the past week.

source: source:web Tasks that were added via the web app. (You can also search for android, api, email, evernote, gmail, ipad, iphone, milksync-outlook, siri, and twitter.)

Going offline



Built for the latest browsers

But wait, there's more!

Just about everything that's possible online with Remember The Milk now works offline too -- so you

can keep working with your tasks no matter where you are. For a seamless experience, the app

automagically detects when you're not connected to the Internet and switches to offline mode.

The new Remember The Milk has been built to take advantage of the latest browser technology:

we're supporting the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, as well as IE 10 and IE 11. Going

forward, the most recent stable version of each browser will be the one we "officially" support (with

the exception of IE, where we'll also support the previous major release).

New keyboard shortcuts

A whole new interface means, you guessed it... new keyboard shortcuts! Just press ? to see a handy

guide to all the shortcuts.

Note: Some of the existing shortcuts were tweaked to make room for all the new ones, so check the

guide if things don't work quite as expected!



Bulk update

Need to update the due date, time estimate, and add some tags for a whole bunch of tasks at once?

You can update these properties (and many more!) with bulk update.

Just select the tasks the tasks you'd like to change, click the 'More' button at the top of the list, then

choose 'Bulk Update'.



Trash

Accidentally deleted a task? No problem! Your deleted tasks are now stored in a

special 'Trash' list, which you'll see on the left in the app. Tasks are held for 30 days in

this list, before being automatically deleted from your account (there's a handy 'Delete

Forever' button available if you'd like to clean out the trash sooner).

Printing goodness

Not only do we have a fancy new print format (with black and white or color

options!), but you can now print individual tasks, too. You can choose whether to

include the task's details, subtasks, and notes when you print.

Improved notes

Notes are now easily accessible just under the task details. You'll see who added or edited a note,

and when, which is particularly handy when working with others on tasks. And because notes don't

like to go unsaved, they'll now prompt you to save before leaving them.



See more task info

These extra details can be useful! Just click the little "i" icon on any task to see when it was added

and last updated. You'll also see the number of times it's been postponed, and where it was added

from (e.g., web app, iPhone app, etc).



Link tasks to Gmail

If you're using our Gmail add-on (/services/gmail/addon/), you'll be familiar with creating tasks from

emails. A Gmail icon will now appear on any tasks created from emails, so you can quickly open the

related email.

Default fields

Tags, locations, start dates... we have them all, and more! You can choose which task fields are

shown by default, and hide the ones you don't use often. Just click on the cog in the top right,

choose 'Account settings', then head to the 'General' section.

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/gmail/addon/



Archived lists

Finished working on a project? Archive it! You'll now find your archived lists all in one place. Just

click the arrow to the right of 'Lists' in the blue sidebar on the left, then choose 'Archived lists'.

Today, Tomorrow, & This Week



It's easy to see what's coming up with these new and improved views of your tasks, which you'll find

in the blue sidebar on the left.

Location improvements

Locations are now included for tasks in shared lists, and when tasks are given to others. So, when

you ask Bob T. Monkey to pick up the milk, he'll know where to go.

Locations can be "moved" too, e.g., when moving to a new house or office.



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Bookmarkable URLs

Each task now has a bookmarkable URL, so you can link directly to the task. Views

(lists, Smart Lists, contacts, tags, locations, etc) are bookmarkable, too. Bonus: The

number of incomplete tasks is now included in the page title.

Retina ready

Got a computer with a Retina display? Bob's extremely jealous, but he's also made

sure that the new Remember The Milk displays nicely with high resolution images.

And more...

There's a ridiculous number of bug fixes and small tweaks that

didn't make this page. Mostly because we forgot to write them

down, but trust us, they're in there!



Ready to experience the new Remember The Milk? Just click the button below to go to the Magical

Switcher, where you can switch from the old web app to the shiny new one and begin your testing.

I want to test it! (/services/tester/new/switch/)

Release Notes

v12 -- July 11, 2014

Fixed: Typing non-ASCII characters with ALT modifiers into the Smart Add field and the tags

field now works properly.

Fixed: Task list items had a strange hover style when the browser was zoomed in.

Fixed: '...' (More) toolbar button disappeared when the browser was zoomed out.

Fixed: i keyboard shortcut didn't work after deleting subtasks.

Fixed: hasSubtasks search operator returned incorrect results for tasks in the Trash.

Fixed: 'Edit Smart List' dialog resized itself incorrectly.

Fixed: 'Move task' tooltip remained on screen in some cases.

Fixed: Tags drop-down incorrectly highlighted the first item on Firefox.

v11 -- July 8, 2014

Fixed: Unexpected tags were applied to tasks when performing some tagging operations.

Fixed: Some lists were not included in the 'Move to' drop-down list.

Fixed: Smart List query editor was removing brackets incorrectly in some cases.

Fixed: Special characters in list names caused an issue when editing Smart Lists in some

cases.

v10 -- July 7, 2014

Fixed: Moving a task into a subtask would not update the view correctly in some cases.

Fixed: Unexpected selection while scrolling an autocompletion drop-down.

Fixed: Right-clicking the "Add Subtask" field would deselect the field.

Fixed: Changing the case of a list name would show an error about the list already existing.

Fixed: Tasks created in the Gmail add-on sidebar incorrectly linked to Gmail.

Fixed: Smart List criteria containing NOT was not editable in some cases.

Fixed: Today/Tomorrow lists were not correctly saving drag and drop changes.

v9 -- July 2, 2014

Fixed: There were various issues with drag and drop and expanding/collapsing sections of the

blue sidebar on the left.

Fixed: Changing time zone would get stuck on the "wait" screen in some cases.

Fixed: Updating reminder and Daily Digest settings would get stuck on the "wait" screen in

some cases.

Fixed: Archived lists would show an incorrect count in some cases.

v8 -- July 1, 2014

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/tester/new/switch/



Fixed: The keyboard shortcuts * then v and * then t work again.

Fixed: The keyboard shortcuts ctrl + enter and ⌘ + enter now save a note.

Fixed: The view switched to "Completed" even if there were incomplete tasks in Smart Lists

containing completed criteria.

Fixed: Username changes now work properly if the new username is entered with uppercase

letters.

Fixed: If the browser time zone did not match the account time zone, due dates shown in the

task list were incorrect.

v7 -- June 27, 2014

Fixed: Some keyboard shortcuts were broken on non-US English keyboards.

Fixed: An error occurred if a subtask of a subtask was added in some cases.

v6 -- June 26, 2014

You can now customize your Start View! Click the cog in the top right, choose 'Account

settings', and go to 'General'.

Fixed: Don't change the view if a task is no longer shown in the current view (e.g., Smart List)

after updating the task.

Fixed: Settings didn't load correctly when the browser was zoomed.

Fixed: Emptying the trash caused a blank list to be displayed.

v5 -- June 19, 2014

Improved: Initial load time for large accounts has been improved.

Fixed: It wasn't possible to add a location by address in some cases.

Fixed: Invalid Smart Lists would break the app. This now behaves like the old Remember The

Milk.

Fixed: The count of completed tasks wasn't always consistent in some cases.

Fixed: Drag and drop of a subtask of a subtask wasn't always working.

v4 -- June 16, 2014

Fixed: We broke the search feature when we fixed the bugs in the last release (doh!).

v3 -- June 16, 2014

Mobile carriers in Japan that require username for text reminders (email-to-SMS) are now

supported.

Fixed: Verification messages were not being sent to mobile numbers.

Fixed: Mobile numbers could not be added to Contact Preferences if they had punctuation or

spaces.

Fixed: "Go to" keyboard shortcuts were not always scrolling to the selected item in the blue

sidebar.

Fixed: Error when dragging a subtask into another subtask (to make a sub-subtask :).

Fixed: Safari had random scrolling issues, depending on its mood.

Fixed: "Start date cannot be later than the due date." error displayed incorrectly when adding

tasks.

Fixed: Some error messages still had "Lorem Ipsum" placeholder text (whoops!).

Fixed: Escaping of HTML in notes was broken.

v2 -- June 12, 2014

The keyboard shortcut x is now supported for selection (in addition to i).



Fixed: The keyboard shortcut shift + u opened a broken URL when the task had no URL set.

Fixed: Contact methods could not be deleted in Settings/Contact Preferences.

Fixed: All known loading issues (let us know if you still have one!).

v1 -- June 11, 2014

Initial test release.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which browsers are supported?

How will I know when a new version is available to test?

How come offline access isn't available for testing yet?

Will there be a new iOS app?

Will there be a new Android app?

Why is the app only available in English?

Can I help with translation to make the app available in other languages?

How can I switch back to the old app?

When will you be launching this?

Troubleshooting

My language setting is being ignored, and the app shows in English only.

Help

Coming soon... just as soon as Bob finishes writing it. :)



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Feedback & Bug Reports

We want to hear from you! You can contact us in the new app by clicking on the 'Settings' icon in the

top right, then selecting 'Contact us'. Alternatively, if you have problems loading the new app, you

can use this form (/services/tester/new/contact/) to contact us. Thank you! :)

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