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Alex King doesn't own the software... he organized the bounty to encourage someone else to undertake it.

It was a pretty small bounty -- $675 -- and I think he lays out his reasoning quite cogently in this blog post.

Not trying to be an ass, but I peeked at your blog at noticed you were using the Kubrick theme. Personally, with so many SPAM blogs out there, I have begun to automatically associate that theme with junk (not fair I know, but it's the truth.)

Just an FYI: http://www.alexking.org/software/wordpress/theme_b rowser.php. You raise excellent points in your blog, I would hate for other people to miss them for asthetic reasons.

I know of Photo Organizer and Photos (original name huh?), check them out.

Alex King posted a Google Directions bookmarket as a stop-gap until they support saving locations.

Alex King posted a Google Directions bookmarket as a stop-gap until they support saving locations.

We use TasksPro to manage our to-do and tasks. There are different versions depending on what you need including a free [beer] version and an inexpensive version for single users. The "full" version is multi-user capable and allows you to assign items to people and groups or keep them private.

you should give Tasks a shot it really is a well done PHP/MySQL hierarchical list manager.

I use the following task list manager... it is web based and very well designed, in my opinion:

tasks

there are a few different versions... the free one works great... the multi-user one costs money, and there is one in between.

it also has good OSX integration.

I use the Tasks Basic Personal edition (i.e. free version). I can access it from anywhere via HTTP and it's got nested tasks, which I find important.

The only problem I've been having is that if you have a *lot* of tasks in one group with a lot of notes, it can take four or five seconds to open the group - I presume it's just making a ton of giant database queries, but it's irritating.

I am a big fan of Tasks, it is a great PHP/MySQL based hierarchical todo list organizer, there is a free version and a multi-user pro version. It has really worked well for me and my clients. you can have rss feeds of various tasks as well as integration with iCal or php iCalendar. It really bears checking out.

I suppose if you really wanted to use software I would recommend:

Tasks by Alex King.

But I actually prefer a stack of index cards. I work at too many locations and at too many different kinds of computers and my home is too rural for me to count on Internet access too much.

I also don't limit my "todo" tasks to technical stuff -- I have plenty of other projects to keep track of.

Keep a stack of index cards. Write a title/category across the top. Keep a day card. At the end of the day, what you didn't get done off the day card gets written somewhere else (this is a little Franklin-Planner-esque).

It's my favorite method. Index cards + binder clip.

I found this program a while back and it is very cool.
http://www.alexking.org/index.php?content=software /tasks/content.php

I don't know why you single out Safari as being RAM-based, as though that were some revolutionary new idea in browsers. Safari does cache to disk and other browsers use RAM based caching too. Older versions of Netscape Navigator let you separately tune the memory and disk cache sizes. If you wanted a memory-only caching scheme you could just set the disk cache size to zero. You can probably do the same thing in other browsers too, if you think that forcing a network hit instead of a disk hit is somehow going to be faster.

Safari "wastes" (as you call it) plenty of time caching stuff to disk; look in your ~/Library/Caches/Safari folder (try "du -sk ~/Library/Caches/Safari" to see how much stuff is in there, in kilobytes).

For the curious, check out this guy's benchmarks: Mac Browser JavaScript Performance
Also, on Apple's main Safari page they list benchmark results in a graph, and at the bottom in small print they refer to ZD's iBench, which might be something you could use if you really wanted to verify this yourself.

Maybe you are just searching incorrectly. If you search for pictures of cats, you'll get lots of pointless blog posts. But what do you expect? Put in a good search query, and the blog content will enhance the results, or provide substantive results where otherwise there would have been none.

• A Save this Page feature in Blazer (the web browser) will save a copy of a web page on the Treo. This is something Im really thrilled about; it means that if you have a page of bookmarks or the like, you dont have to request that page and wait for it to load before selecting the link. Also, Ill be using this for fast access to the New Task screen in tasks (using the mobile version of course).

The correct link should point to Alex King's Tasks application page at his site, not Slashdot: tasks.

Here's the new URL: http://www.alexking.org/index.php?content=technolo gy/treo_600.php

My Treo 600 showed up today. Yummy!

Ive been really looking forward to this phone. I placed my order the moment I heard they were available and now received it less than a week later. The discount for existing Treo users is a really nice touch. The Treo 300 was the best PDA Ive used and a decent phone, but the Treo 600 is improved in every regard I can think of.

Ok, on to the first look . Changes from the Treo 300:

• SMALLER!
• No flip cover. This is a huge win in my opinion. The screen isnt protected as well, but the keyboard and screen are accessible and most of the time they need to be. With the flip open, the Treo 300 is a real beast.
• Everything is more responsive. The new OS and faster processor result in a big performance boost.
• Much brighter screen, I havent tried it out in direct sunlight yet but it is a huge improvement over the Treo 300.
• The 5-way navigation pad is really fantastic. One handed operation works exceptionally well.
• It has a little camera. Id much prefer to have built-in Bluetooth than a .3 megapixel camera. I guess Ill probably use it occasionally but if Id had the option to get one without this, Id have done so.
• The network connectivity is much faster. SnapperMail absolutely screams. Id read that the Palm OS 5 internet libraries were much faster and they are.
• A Save this Page feature in Blazer (the web browser) will save a copy of a web page on the Treo. This is something Im really thrilled about; it means that if you have a page of bookmarks or the like, you dont have to request that page and wait for it to load before selecting the link. Also, Ill be using this for fast access to the New Task screen in tasks (using the mobile version of course).
• Outgoing SMS messaging - I still cant believe that wasnt in the Treo 300.
• SDIO slot allows you to add memory or a bluetooth card (when they are available).
• The numeric keypad is moved from the right half of the keyboard to the left - this makes sense for right handed users since the device is narrower. The distance from the right edge of the device is actually similar to the Treo 300.
• The Alarms and Ringers sounds are much nicer, but the Delete button shouldnt be in the same spot on the screen as the Edit button in the list. I deleted one of the ringtones by mistake by double tapping.
• The UI widgets and overall interface feels much more polished.
• When it is charging or when youre talking on it, the Treo 600 stays much cooler than the Treo 300 did. The Treo 300 would get pretty hot.

Here are a couple of things upgrading users should be aware of:

• The cables that came with the Treo 300 are compatible with the Treo 600, the cradle for the Treo 300 is not.
• The Treo 600 headset jack is different than the Treo 300 headset jack, your Treo 300 headset will not work with the 600.
• The Keyguard function seems to break if you are in an application that does not support the 5-way nagigation button. I just ran into a nasty problem where an Alarm popped up over an application that doesnt support the 5-way nav and I was stuck there. I couldnt unlock the keyguard and I couldnt dismiss the alarm to let it change applications. Had to do a reset - bummer.
• The keyboard is smaller and it a little tougher to use. Im getting used to it but right now I make more typos than I did with the Treo 300.

So my overall first impressions are extremely positive. The size is good, it is much faster and the software ha