This is the portable version of Task Coach - an app designed to help you keep track of your schedule by providing you with a user-friendly environment.
Since installation is not necessary, you can store Portable Task Coach on an external device (like a USB flash drive), save it to any computer and directly run its executable file.
More importantly, there are no changes made to the Windows registry and no leftover files can be found after program removal.
The interface of the tool is plain and easy to work with; you can start a new task by writing a subject and description.
But you can also set a priority level, specify dates (e.g. planned start date, reminder, recurrence) and the budget (e.g. hourly fee, revenue), as well as create categories and effort tasks.
Furthermore, you can add notes and attachments, use a search function, customize the appearance (e.g. foreground color, icon), merge Task Coach files, as well as import and edit templates.
From the 'Preferences' area you can make the app automatically create a backup copy before overwriting project files, change the interface language and default task dates, as well as specify task reminders and appearance colors, among others.
The program requires a moderate amount of CPU and system memory, has a good response time and includes a help file. We have not come across any problems during our tests; Portable Task Coach did not freeze, crash or pop up error dialogs. Inexperienced users may take some time to get acquainted with the features provided by the tool.
What's New in This Release:
Bugs fixed:
· Some navigation shortcuts in the date/time picker would not work on Windows or Linux.
· Typing would not do anything on Windows in the date/time picker if the calendar is shown.
· The calendar popup from the date/time picker would not show all days.
· Task Coach would fail to start when the user had selected an empty bitmap for one of the task statuses.
· Start/end of day choice in preferences now follow the user's format preferences.
· Resizing the toolbar would truncate it.
· Try to fetch Mail.app message subject.
· Don't let the user pick columns that cannot be exported
· When cancelling application shutdown, the window would close nonetheless.
· The calendar popup in the date picker would not use the first week day setting.
· Disable hide all filters when in tree mode and the only filter is "hide composite tasks".
· The task editor would not open on Windows if the user's short date format used abbreviated or full month name.
· Increase timer value for the date picker.
· Backspace/delete remove...