Hello Anna, I am using a program called CarbonFin Outliner on my iPhone for my shopping lists. Outliner allows you to create hieararchical lists, and you have the choice of turning checkboxes on or off for any particular item at any level. I have a running shopping list in Outliner with 2 sections: the items I need to buy now, which have checkboxes, and "Reference" items without checkboxes, so that I can remember what brands I buy in various categories.
It is interesting how many different kinds of iPhone applications are aimed at different aspects of the same needs. I have been on a long odyssey to replace Palm Treo tasks and memos with something that syncs to the desktop and stores locally on the iPhone. For those two simple things, I've had to look at a bunch of task applications like Todo and Things, note-keeping applications like Notebook, Note/Info Organizers like Evernote, list-making applications, outlining applications, and file storage applications. Thank God Appigo has come along with a solution, which Apple really should have provided. (The market for task and note applications is now so robust that I doubt Apple will ever complete the links from the iPhone to tasks and notes on the Mac desktop.) I have settled on the solution of Appigo Todo and Notebook + Toodledo, but in looking at the other kinds of programs out there, I've discovered that an outlining program in addition is great for shopping lists, structured note-taking and other kinds of notes and lists that may or may not need completion checkboxes and hierarchy. Outliner also backs up to the developer's "cloud," and you can export/import an outline from there in the .opml format for use with a desktop organizing program like Bonzai for Windows or OmniOutliner for the Mac. It's not full sync, but it does allow you to move outlines between desk and phone. The Two Appigos + Outliner seem to be the way to go for me. Hope this helps! On Sep 23, 10:34 am, Anna MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is outside Todo's normal focus, but please bear with me. Along with all > my tasks, etc., I use Todo for my grocery lists. I've tried several shopping > list apps -- I even paid for one app, which I don't do lightly -- and > they've all been more trouble than they're worth. It takes too long to enter > each item, whereas Todo's Quick-Add feature makes it so easy. It's also so > nice to be able to enter items via Toodledo, so if I see a recipe online, > say, I can just enter all the ingredients in Toodledo, in my Shopping > folder. > > Even over the few weeks I've been doing this, I have entered and checked off > quite a selection of items. It occurs to me that it would be very helpful to > be able to store these items for reuse so I don't have to re-enter them next > time I need them. What if there was a way to have a "storage" folder > associated with a certain folder? Say I could specify (by folder or by item) > where an item goes after it's checked off -- to Completed Items or to > Storage. All my shopping items would go to Shopping Storage after being > checked off, then next time I'm heading out I could just go to Shopping > Storage and uncheck the things I need that trip, thus sending them back to > the shopping list. Over time I'd build up a pretty complete list of things I > shop for, and there's all that typing saved, plus an easy way to check for > things I might need to buy. (I suppose the checking/unchecking would act as > a sort of toggle, sending the item to one list or the other.) > > As I said, I realize this isn't the main purpose of Todo... but if it turned > out to be not-too-huge a programming task, there'd be this whole other > avenue of listmaking goodness! > > Thanks for listening, > Anna --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Learn more about Todo, Notebook (notes available everywhere), and AccuFuel (fuel efficiency tracker) on Appigo's website: http://www.appigo.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Appigo Todo" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/appigo-todo?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
