Since the launch of FruitfulTime TaskManager we’ve been working to improve the current features and add new useful ones. Below is a list of the improvements made in TaskManager 2.

• An always visible search as you type box allows you to easily search through your tasks, subtasks, or notes.
• Filtering has been extended to include new task details such as priority, status, and progress, and also subtask details.
• Organizing tasks through tags is now very easy to do. Multiple ways to tag tasks have been included, such as right-click context menus and shortcuts to simplify and fit the way you work.
• Progress on tasks and subtasks is now more granular, in increments of 10% instead of 25%.
• Due Date and Start Date can include both a date and time.
• As before, multiple reminders can be specified, but now reminders on the same day are supported, such as 12 hours before, 1 hour before, 30 minutes before and so on.
• A popup dialog is displayed to remind you of upcoming tasks and subtasks. You can snooze or dismiss reminders.
• You can optionally choose to chime a sound when reminders are displayed to draw your attention.
• Contact details are now stored and managed in one place so you do not need to retype data when adding the same contact to different tasks.
• Tasks and subtasks can be assigned to a person from your contacts list. You can then filter your task list to view the tasks assigned to John, for example.
• Password protection is now optional. At any time though you can specify a password to encrypt and protect your task list.
• Menu items, shortcuts, toolbar icons, and context menus have been introduced to allow you to work the way you are most comfortable with.
• The main area where the tasks and subtasks are viewed has been redesigned to make it cleaner and more functional.
• Columns in the task and subtask lists can be hidden if you do not use them, to create more space and reduce clutter.
• The tasks and subtasks can be viewed in list mode as is right now, or else in group mode. For example, in group mode tasks could be grouped on the due date under headings like today, tomorrow, this week and so on.
• In list mode, tasks and subtasks can be ordered manually by dragging and dropping tasks and subtasks in the list.
• Tasks can be archived to clean up your active task list.
• Accidentally deleting tasks into oblivion is a thing of the past thanks to an integrated deleted tasks list. When tasks are deleted from the active task list or the archived task list they are moved to the deleted tasks list. From there you can permanently delete a task or else restore it.
• As mentioned above, three views are now available: Active Tasks List, Archived Tasks List, and Deleted Tasks List.
• Tasks can be duplicated, making it easy to enter repetitive tasks.
• Hotkeys are provided to quickly and easily minimize TaskManager to the system tray to carry on with your work, to add a new task, and to view your task list.
• From the installation you can choose to add a shortcut on the desktop and to load TaskManager each time Microsoft Windows starts.
• When you close TaskManager, the current display status and settings are saved so that the next time you load TaskManager it will look exactly the same as you left it.
• Various tweaks to improve stability and efficiency.

FruitfulTime TaskManager 2 will be released on the 1 July 2008.

Users who upgrade from TaskManager 1 to version 2 will receive a 50% discount. If you buy TaskManager 1 during the month of June you will get version 2 for free.The following is a preview screenshot of FruitfulTime TaskManager 2.