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A couple of things I would like: - Mark todos as recurring - Reminders/Alarms - I would prefer if we could add more to todo. Add todo, give it a title, then fill in the body. - A "Done" button rather than a checkbox - Give todo items a due date in addition to today tomorrow someday.

You say this is a minimalist app, but these are essential for me.

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Recurring & scheduled to-dos - although it was tempting, I decided to leave it out. First because it's against good productivity principles (the less you commit to specific dates, the better), second because calendar software works good enough for that.

About multiple fields per to-do - that's actually against one of the key principles - keep it simple, be minimalist. It keeps your to-do list focused, not overloaded with too much noise and secondary information.

Done button - you can use "Space" shortcut key for that.

"the less you commit to specific dates, the better" I didnt know this, I will have to read more about it. Thanks!

check out this post from Marc Andreessen http://pmarca-archive.posterous.com/the-pmarca-guide-to-pers...

I wouldn't add any of those things... everyone has different 'essential' features.

Sorry if it came out wrong, that's why I said essential "for me".

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