What is Improvements for Google Tasks™?

Improvements for Google Tasks™ is a Chrome extension developed by Mihai Alexandru Bîrsan, and its main feature is "Highlighting tasks and labels, based on keywords and patterns".

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Extension Usage Instructions

Use text to highlight tasks as you type in Google Tasks™! Works with the Google Tasks version at https://mail.google.com/tasks/ig.

You can use the following patterns for highlighting:
• (x) — red highlight background and the (x) becomes an icon
• /!\ — yellow highlight background and the /!\ becomes an icon
• ★ — intense blue highlight background
• ☆ — light blue highlight background
• (~) — fades the whole task and (~) becomes an icon

Labels are (for now) just a special character followed by any words optionally separated by dashes. However, any patterns may be supported in the future, such as the comment highlight and number highlight below. You can use the following patterns for labels:
• +alphanumdash — "+" followed by any words and dashes
• #alphanumdash — "#" followed by any words and dashes
• @alphanumdash — "@" followed by any words and dashes
• {*anychar*} — any character sequence between "{*" and "*}"
• {digits} — any number of digits between "{" and "}"

Support for customizing patterns and colors is planned for a future version.

Extension Basic Information

Name	Improvements for Google Tasks™
ID	mhikceoaalnjmimabofghliacpmljocb
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/improvements-for-google-t/mhikceoaalnjmimabofghliacpmljocb
Description	Highlighting tasks and labels, based on keywords and patterns
File Size	54.59 KB
Installation Count	2,020
Current Version	1.2
Last Updated	2013-09-25
Publish Date	2013-09-24
Rating	3.41/5 Total 17 Ratings
Developer	Mihai Alexandru Bîrsan
Payment Type	free
Supported Languages	en-US
manifest.json
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