• When syncing, change the title of the Sync menu item to "Syncing..."
• Show critical warning icon when turning off iCal sync because iCal tasks can be deleted (by design).
• Fixed display problem that can happen when scrolling in Mac OS X 10.7, "Lion"
• Fixed Quick Entry window not showing up on top of fullscreen apps on Lion
• Fixed toolbar button drawing incorrectly in Lion
• Fixed a crash that can happen in the inspector view under Lion
• Fixed tooltip for list name in smart folders not displaying correctly
• Fixed a crash that can happen when the Quick Entry window is open when starting a full sync
• Fixed a crash that can happen before doing a full sync
• Fixed a rare crash that could happen when completing a task that's being timed
• Fixed DiskWarrior warning about an invalid property list file
• Fixed multiple tasks not being droppable on a tag if one of them already has the tag
• Fixed list name being all lowercase when creating a list and moving the task at the same time in the "File To" pop-up
• Fixed crash that happens when undoing after creating a list
• Fixed background tabs not getting closed when undoing after creating a list
• Fixed a rare crash that could happen in the inspector view
• Fixed a crash that could happen when syncing an invalid note object from the sync server
• Pressing return in the "Email Support" window now moves the keyboard focus to the next field instead of sending the email right away
• Other minor improvements to email support request system
• Fixed full sync failing on Mac OS X 10.5 sometimes when a library fails to copy due to a bug in Mac OS X 10.5
• Fixed a crash that can happen on Mac OS X 10.5 when a task note is too large to sync
• Fixed full sync failing on Mac OS X 10.5 if the Trash folder is not writable to the user
• Fixed a crash that could happen on Mac OS X 10.5 after performing a full sync
• Fixed a crash that could happen when fonts are added or removed to the system in Mac OS X 10.5

New Features

• Sync over the air with other copies of The Hit List running on Macs and iOS devices
• You can now archive lists instead of tasks. Tasks in archived lists are not included in smart folders.
• Today list's icon now shows today's date
• Spotlight search support on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and higher
• Added a preference to control when tasks get automatically hidden
• Detect addresses and phone numbers when editing task notes
• Control-tab and control-shift-tab now changes the current tab
• New keyboard shortcuts for selecting the next and previous items in the source list: ⌥⌘[ and ⌥⌘]
• When multiple tasks are selected in tasks view, indent and de-indent tasks by pressing tab and shift-tab
• Task's actual time can be edited in the inspector view
• You can now click on the example in the repeating task pop up editor to get more examples
• AppleScript support for timing tasks
• When turning on iCal sync, you can now back up your iCal library at the push of a button
• Keep backups of the most recent 5 saves and one for each of the last 7 days inside The Hit List library bundle
• A copy of the upgraded library is now placed in "~/Library/Application Support/The Hit List/Previous Libraries"
• New Safari extension that allows adding tasks from Safari. Text selection in Safari goes into the notes of the new task. Get it from here
• Create tasks using URLs with 'thehitlist' scheme. See the README inside the Safari extension to see how this works

Changes

• Existing library is moved to the Trash after restoring from backup instead of being deleted
• When sorting by list in a section, show the Inbox at the top of the section
• Improved the way some keyboard shortcuts are shown in the main menu
• Improved launch time drastically if there are lots of notes in the library
• Show quick entry window when invoking "New Task From Selection" service menu item
• Tag bundles with an empty name now get "Tags" as the default name
• The Upcoming group gets its own color now as in the iPhone version
• Quick Entry window no longer opens slowly when shift key is held down
• When editing notes, start with the cursor at the end of the note to make editing easier
• Added a 15-day trial and removed beta expiration check

Fixes

• Fixed smart folder rule that references a tag not getting deleted when the tag is deleted
• Fixed a copy/pasted task losing recurrence
• Fixed date parsing sometimes being incorrect when the month name is used
• Fixed a crash that can happen when completing a recurring task with sub-tasks in the Upcoming group
• Fixed bug where it didn't update the dock badge count at midnight sometimes
• Fixed a crash that could happen when quitting while the iCal sync preference is open
• Fixed empty folder showing "0 of" in the status bar
• Fixed the "Due in the next 3 days" section in Today group sorting incorrectly sometimes
• Fixed the task grouping row being clickable in the priority column
• Fixed timer's LCD background drawing glitch
• Fixed many other bugs, plugged memory leaks, and improved performance

• Fixed multiple copies of recurring tasks being created sometimes
• Fixed a crash that can happen when a smart folder rule has the empty string for a "contains" rule
• Fixed not being able to create a smart folder rule that can match a question mark character
• Move existing library to the Trash after upgrading it. Just in case things go wrong.

• Fixed a crash that can happen randomly
• Fixed a crash that can happen after editing a smart folder rule

• Fixed tags with suffix "2" not getting recognized as tags
• Fixed the task's checkbox not showing overdue and timing statuses
• Fixed the Quick Entry window not showing up in some Spaces
• Fixed some drawing problems

• Linkify URLs with non-standard schemes such as 'journler://' when pasting into notes
• Made AppleScript definition file compatible with sdp tool for Objective-C scripting bridge
• Added item and color classes to the standard suite of the AppleScript dictionary
• Fixed not saving view options when there are no library data changes

• Make priority drop down open below the mouse cursor to make choosing higher priorities easier
• When creating a smart folder, don't show the "tag is" and "tag is not" conditions if there are no tags to choose
• Fixed calendar preference checkbox not being clickable when certain mouse software are running
• Fixed crash that can happen when quitting

• Fixed the dock badge reverting its count while saving

• When specifying "the last n days" or the "next n days" in a smart folder rule, include today
• Reverse the order of the priority numbers in the column pop up button and the smart folder editor sheet
• Made wording for priority conditions in smart folder editor a little clearer
• Improved parsing of partial weekday names when setting start and due dates
• Parse "11 april" correctly when parsing dates
• When not all subtasks have time estimates, show a "+" sign next to the task's estimated time to indicate that the amount is the minimum amount of time required
• Restoring from backup now takes about half the time
• Better handling of linked files that are no longer there
• Fixed dock badge count being incorrect sometimes
• Fixed smart folder source list count being incorrect sometimes
• Fixed license information and library location getting wiped when resetting preferences
• Fixed Asian language characters being typed in twice in card view's task title field
• Fixed a crash that happened when typing in "@" followed by a Korean character in Go To
• Fixed a crash that happened sometimes when removing start or due date from a task in a smart folder
• Fixed a crash that can happen when changing a task's tag while viewing that tag
• Fixed multi-line text paste from Pages not creating multiple tasks
• Fixed tasks being sorted incorrectly in the Upcoming list within a section
• Fixed Core Data validation error that happens when dragging a new empty task
• Fixed modification date of everything getting set to today when restoring from backup
• Fixed the main window not coming to the front sometimes after closing the Quick Entry window
• Fixed the Quick Entry window flickering when opening sometimes
• Fixed the estimated time pop up window opening even when the value is not editable
• Fixed being able to set the estimated time of parent tasks
• Fixed some minor issues that occur when resetting preferences

• Smart folder condition for "tag is not set"
• Offer to upgrade the app when encountering a library created with a future version
• Command-shift-left and right arrow keys now change the current tab in card view
• Indent a task when the tab is pressed when the text cursor is at the beginning of the line, not just when the task is empty
• Apply the same tag and title filter when printing
• Made "Expand All" work again
• Fixed a hang that could happen when deleting a list that contains a repeating task
• Fixed a crash that can happen when adding a new task after undoing

• Fixed a crash that can happen when there are more than 2 levels of nested tasks

• Added next and last 90 day sections when sorting by a date attribute
• Remember the expanded state of tasks better
• Fixed Quick Entry shortcut button not appearing in preferences for some users
• Fixed sub-tasks not showing up sometimes in the completed section of the Today list
• Fixed tasks getting counted twice sometimes in the Today list and smart folders
• Fixed a hang that could happen when undoing a list creation
• Fixed the checkbox not being clickable when certain mouse software are running
• Fixed the sorting order in the Upcoming list being reversed
• Fixed a hang that happens when canceling the last task in card view
• Using latest Sparkle from the development tree
• Other bug fixes

• Fixed the Upcoming list not showing anything when it's sorted by Upcoming
• Don't ask to move the app if it's already in ~/Applications
• Don't allow timing from the Quick Entry window
• Changed keyboard shortcut for Show/Hide Number of Actions to ⌘⇧U
• Improved registration preferences to be more error tolerant

• Extended the beta expiration to 7/1/2009
• Offer to move the app to the Applications folder on launch
• New option to send the library when sending a support request
• Fixed a problem where some users could not upgrade their library
• Fixed crash that can happen when dragging in email
• Fixed the information view toggle button not working
• Fix the sort order getting changed when switching tabs
• Fixed tasks disappearing when switching tabs sometimes

• Made smart folders load faster
• Added sections for the last and next 14 days when sorting by date
• Don't let the timer window move above the system menu bar
• Don't bring other windows to the foreground when clicking on the timer
• Added smart folder rule condition for matching tasks with set estimated time or actual time
• Correctly parse email subjects that contain non-ascii characters
• Added keyboard shortcut for opening and hiding the Info view (⇧⌘I)
• Changed keyboard shortcut for Show Number of Actions to (⌘⇧⌥I)
• Remember the continuous spelling check and grammar check settings
• Fixed single key shortcuts not working for some international keyboards
• Fixed repeating tasks that repeat after completion creating unnecessary copies
• Fixed filtering in the Today list being incorrect sometimes
• Fixed the smart folder rule "no estimated time" not matching any tasks
• Fixed the source list mode not changing sometimes when switching tabs
• Fixed drag and drop inserting into the wrong position when sorting by list
• Fixed a drawing artifact caused by the "greater than or equal to" rule condition not fitting in the pop-up button
• Fixed a crash that happened when right clicking on a tag auto-completion
• Fixed an iCal sync bug that happened when a list has a ":" in its name
• Fixed the card view's checkbox not getting updated when the task is completed through the timer
• Fixed the incorrect description of recurrence rule: "13rd of the month"
• Other bug fixes

• Inherits context of parent task when creating new tasks. To disable this you can use defaults write com.potionfactory.TheHitList inheritParentTags -int 0. To inherit all tags, use 2, and to inherit just context tags again, use 1.
• You can now drag and drop tags into tasks in outline view and card view
• Allow modification of notes through AppleScript
• When attaching files to a task's notes through AppleScript, create link to file
• Linkify URLs after setting notes through AppleScript
• Better parsing of estimated time. It now understands "10min" and "2hr"
• Better parsing of dates. It now understands "dec25" and "December 25th"
• Don't reverse order of subtasks when dragging them to another task

• License keys are validated now. The beta is still free.
• Whenever possible, use the task's start date as the next start date when making a task repeating
• Added repeating attribute to tasks in AppleScript
• Correctly parse estimated time when the locale uses a comma as the decimal separator
• Fixed recurrence pop up window not closing sometimes
• Fixed some issues with the Go To view
• Fixed Sort by Reversing in Edit menu crashing
• Fixed not being able to set notes in AppleScript
• Fixed a bug where the date pop up could switch the main window to a different Space

• Fixed due date not getting set on repeating tasks
• Repeat correctly when recurrence rule specifies last weekday of the month
• Correctly parse recurrence rule "on the last day of the month"
• Fixed the Today and Upcoming group not getting the correct title when restoring from backup
• Upgrade the library from version 0.9.1 properly

New Features and Changes

• Repeating tasks
• AppleScript support
• Smart folder criteria for repeating tasks
• Preference to disable auto-completion of parent task when all sub-tasks are completed
• Reset preferences button in General Preferences
• If a task that's due in 3 days or less has a start date later than today, don't show it in the Today group
• Don't show warning icon for tasks that are due today
• "Show archived" checkbox is back
• You can now add smart folder rules that match tags and tag bundles
• Duplicate any list, folder, or smart folder by right clicking in the source list
• When emails are drag and dropped, it now gets the sender's name and email address in addition to the subject
• Don't allow multiple selection in source list
• When filing to a list, if no matching list is found, create it first then file
• Checkbox to not print lines in Print panel
• Turn URLs into links after pasting into notes
• New "Paste and Match Style" menu item
• Command-W closes the window by default now. To have it close the tab like it did before, paste "defaults write com.potionfactory. TheHitList commandWClosesTab -bool YES" into Terminal.app
• Command-click in source list to open the list in a new tab
• Command-shift-left and right arrow keys switches tabs, in addition to command-shift [ and ]
• In Today list, select the next task when completing or canceling a task
• You can now double-click a tag bundle to rename it

Bug Fixes

• The "is not" condition for Folders in smart folder rules work now
• Fixed the smart folder None condition not working
• Fixed some printing issues
• Correct parsing of dates under different locales, such as, Australian and German
• Priority is at most x rule no longer matches tasks with no priorities
• Don't add empty tasks from the Quick Entry window
• Fixed the start date getting set to today whenever completing a task
• Fixed dock badge showing the wrong count if the same task shows up in inbox and today group
• Fixed the Information panel not working after closing and reopening the main window
• Fixed an issue where the main window was not reopening sometimes when the app is configured to be in all Spaces
• Fixed the source list background color being wrong after reopening main window
• Disable "File To" feature in Quick Entry window
• Disable OK button in smart folder rule editor sheet if there are no rules
• Fixed a bug that occurred when a background tab to the left of the selected tab is closed
• Fixed a crash that happened when the tag filter is applied while editing a task
• Fixed a bug that happened when choosing the "View > Go To > Today" menu item twice in a row
• Fixed the date pop-up showing the wrong months sometimes
• Fixed tasks getting priority 10 when moving them up when they have priority 9 while sorting by priority
• Other bug fixes

• Don't unhide the application when opening the Quick Entry window
• Decreased the height of rows by 2 pixels in the source list. Let's see if this works better.
• Fixed some crashing bugs

• Purchasing enabled. You can pre-order to get a substantial discount
• Beta expiration extended to May 1, 2009
  *Dock badge
• Updated application icon
  *Okay, I give in. 1 is the highest priority now. You can go back to the old sorting order by holding down the option key when choosing the sort order though.
• Made bottom bars open and close faster
• Duplicate Smart Folder menu item
• Remove tags that are already in the task from completion
• Changed shortcut key for Hints to 'e' from '?'
• Fixed iCal sync preference being disabled no matter what
• Fixed the Go To, Hints, and Filter buttons getting their icons turned on at the wrong times
• Fixed an issue with the Hints bar not opening sometimes
• Fixed not re-opening the last used library
• Fixed a bug where double clicking a tag completion caused an exception