I'm building a browser extension that puts your three lanes on the new-tab page. Open a tab, see today's list. No URL typing, no re-finding the bookmark. The web app stays available for everyone — the extension just removes one friction step for people who live in the browser.
The single biggest gap in the current Today's Tasks experience is that you have to remember to come back. The web app has no notification, no email, no reminder — by design, since those are the things that turn a calm tool into a noisy one. But that means every visit requires you to actively decide to open the URL, find the bookmark, or search "todays tasks" in your address bar.
A new-tab extension solves this without adding noise. Every time you'd open a new tab anyway — at the start of the day, between meetings, after closing a Slack thread — you'd see today's list. Nothing intrusive, nothing pinging you. Just your three lanes, where you'd naturally look anyway.
If you mostly work inside a browser (and most knowledge work today does), this is probably the version of Today's Tasks you actually want.
Same model as the web app — three priority lanes, one input, automatic midnight reset, local-only data. The extension is a thin shell over the existing app, not a separate product with separate sync logic.
Open a new tab and immediately see High Priority, Due Today, and General. No URL typing, no bookmark hunting, no app-switching.
Identical structure to the web app, including the midnight reset that clears stale items. Nothing new to learn.
Tasks live in browser storage. No sync to my servers, no account, no telemetry on your task content. Same privacy stance as the web app.
To keep expectations realistic, here's what the extension is not:
One email when the Chrome and Firefox extensions are available — that's it. You'll go on a separate list from the weekly newsletter, so subscribing here doesn't sign you up for anything else.
One email. Unsubscribe with one click. No other use of your address.
The web app already works well as a daily list — most of what the extension adds is removing one click from the workflow.