Faqs

Table of Contents Why did you bother writing this? Is it safe to use this for work? If I've been saving my tasks locally, can I move them to Dropbox? If I've been saving my tasks locally, can I move them to another browser?

Why did you bother writing this?

Because it was there. The original iKog-js was written as a Python challenge to create a self-modifying task list programme. Although it was hacked together (check the source if you don't believe me) it did actually work. Having tried lots of other todo list applications, I kept coming back to my original hack; despite the lack of gloss and sex appeal, it just seemed to work better; to my perverse way of working anyway. Trouble is I do a lot of my work in a browser so the obvious change was to put it up as a web app -- and iKog-js was born.

Is it safe to use this for work?

If you use Dropbox to store your tasks, then it's as secure as Dropbox. iKog-js runs entirely client-side, so the only time your data leaves your PC is when you decide to save it to Dropbox. If you still don't want your data out in the wild, just use local storage. With local storage, your tasks never leave your PC. How safe they are all depends on how safe you keep your PC. Personally this is how I use it: my work PC is set up to use local storage and my home PC uses Dropbox.

Don't forget that you also have the encryption option; see Encrypting your data. That uses AES256, but of course if someone gets hold of your data it is vulnerable to a brute force attack. I'm no cryptography expert though so take anything I say with a pinch of salt. Make your passphrase nice and complicated if you want it really tight.

If I've been saving my tasks locally, can I move them to Dropbox?

Sure. Check out the Export command in the Extras section.

If I've been saving my tasks locally, can I move them to another browser?

Yes - unless you've been using IE :(

Simply export the tasks from one browser and then import them into the other browser; see Export and import