News & Releases

Firetask Release 3.0July 16, 2010

Firetask 3.0 features a major redesign of our task list user interface: we dropped the combined priority/status indicators to the right for a separate 3-step status control to the left (actionable, in-progress, completed - compatible to the upcoming desktop version). This should provide you with more space for your tasks and a clearer overall user experience. Unlike the "old" priority/status indicator, the new status control is also active for special task lists such as, e.g., the In-Tray.

We also added full support for iOS4 including fast app switching and a complete set of double-resolution images for the iPhone 4 retina display. Regarding new features, Firetask now provides the ability to flag tasks which allows you to show additional, selected tasks on the Today screen.

Firetask Release 2.1March 23, 2010

Firetask 2.1 builds on the improvements introduced in version 2.0:

  • Redesigned priority icons with improved visibility
  • Changed order of next tasks in "Today" to defined order of projects

Firetask Release 2.0March 12, 2010

Firetask 2.0 is our first major update and features a number of practical improvements:

  • Simplified view for adding in-basket items
  • Much faster editing of tasks (no more separate "Edit" mode)
  • Even more clear "Projects" and "Categories" views
  • Deferred fading out of completed tasks when inline-completing one or more tasks
  • Redesigned, more beautiful priority icons
  • URL-scheme for adding new tasks
  • Integration with Notebooks (add new tasks directly from Notebooks)

Firetask Release 1.8October 29, 2009

Firetask 1.8 provides three brand-new features:

  • The Today tab badge now shows the number of due and overdue tasks
  • The In-Basket tab badge shows the number of items currently in the in-basket
  • The new "Convert" button that is shown when a task is edited allows to convert a task to a project

Firetask Release 1.7August 20, 2009

Firetask 1.7 features a brand new "All" button in the Today view allowing you to view all open tasks in a single place (due and next). In addition, we have fixed some small user interface inconsistencies which should improve your overall user experience.

Firetask Release 1.6June 27, 2009

Firetask 1.6 fixes an unfortunate iPhone OS 3.0 compatibility issue related to creating new tasks, projects and categories. We are sorry for any inconveniences this may have caused.

Firetask Release 1.5April 7, 2009

Firetask 1.5 is our most important update this far, because it includes three major improvements that were the three most requested features by our users:

  • Repeating tasks
  • Improved visualization of the number of due and next tasks for "Categories"
  • Swipe-delete for tasks in all task lists

Beside that we further improved the user interface of Firetask by showing today's date for the "Due Today" section and by making the "Due 5 Days" section configurable (from "Due Tomorrow" to "Due 7 Days"). In addition, we renamed the "Inbox" to "In-Basket" in order to comply more to common GTD® naming.

Firetask Release 1.3Feb 27, 2009

Firetask 1.3 provides the following new features and improvements:

  • Project categories are visualized using different project category icons
  • Tasks of not started, cancelled and completed projects do no longer appear on the "Today" view
  • Task and project names are now shown using multiple lines if necessary in the task and project detail views

We also fixed a minor rendering problem that appeared on some devices in the "Add Project" and "Add Task" views. Thanks to everyone who reported this problem!

Firetask Release 1.2Feb 19, 2009

The new release provides a number of small, but very practical improvements including:

  • The projects view shows different priority/status icons for not started and active projects
  • The notes fields for task and project details can now view multi-line text

All improvements we implemented are based on the great feedback we got from our users.

Firetask Release 1.1Feb 4, 2009

Firetask 1.1 features the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Allows for fast switching between statuses "Actionable", "In Progress" and "Completed" by tapping the accessory view in the "Today" screen as well as category and project task lists
  • Shows the weekday beside the project name for tasks due between tomorrow and the next 5 days
  • Fixes an important category delete problem which could lead to inconsistencies in certain cases

We recommend this update to all users of Firetask as it improves both the stability and the usability of the tool.