Knotes Turns Your New Tab Into a Beautiful to-Do List
Chrome: Sometimes the best to-do app is what you have, and if you’re using Chrome as your primary browser, Knotes puts your to-do and notes on a nicely designed new tab page. It also makes adding new ones with one click and then saves it all to Dropbox or Gmail.
We’ve already talked about the best ways to reload your Chrome new tab page , but Knotable’s Knotes (which has a number of other Chrome extensions worth checking out too) converts your new tab page into a beautiful photo background with a place to take notes. and shift the to-do list to the right. Depending on the size of the Chrome window, you’ll also see a clock on the left, so each new tab also shows the time of day.
You will need to register an account to use the add-on, but you can register via email and your account is only used to sync your notes and tasks with Knotable on the web, so you can access them on mobile devices or from other browsers where you don’t have Knotes installed. Once you are logged in (Fair warning: this seems like a stumbling block to some people – they can register but cannot log in through the extension, or their accounts never get activated. It took me a while too, but restarting Chrome, let me finally log in.) you’re done. From there, it’s simple: just start adding notes or tasks. You can turn one of the note-taking spots into a to-do list for the day, or use them all for the individual tasks you want to complete, it’s up to you.
There are other features, such as emailing notes via Gmail and backing up notes to Dropbox, but most of this is done through the Knotes web app rather than directly through the new tab page. Overall, this is a nice to-do list that stays with you on every new browser tab. It’s easy to use and comes bundled with a fairly robust back-end that you can use on other devices, or just open in a separate tab for use with calendar appointments, deadlines, and more. You can see this – and its companion web app – in action in the video above, as well as download Knotes from the link below.
Update : Developer Knotes just informed us that the extension is also available for Firefox! You can download it here .