This gadget is a shining example of iGoogle at its best, a highly functional, quick-loading mini-app with an strong standalone site backing it up.  It’s got several features that appeal to organizational freaks like myself, who enjoy making lists just to cross things off.

The app is project-based, so you mgith start by creating a list for “Blog Updates,” and then creating some tasks and subtasks that fall under that project like “Review Todoist.”  Once you have your projects and tasks set up you can order them, prioritize them and search across them using a special query language.  For example, you might ask to see all tasks with a deadline this week, or all tasks that are currently priority 1.  You can also set up the default view to display just one project or all your projects when you open up iGoogle.  Another nice feature is that the gadget retains your history so you can go back and look at old tasks.

On the whole the UI on the gadget is fairly strong and very reminisent of Google itself, allthough I think the number of clicks required for some tasks (such as switching between products) could probably be reduced with some better top-level navigation.  Bottom line, great todo list with a lightweight UI by a developer who obviously reads comments and listens to his user base.  Potential improvements include using something like Federated Login to streamline the initial login and adding a canvas mode.  Interesting then that the last gadget (Amazing Places), which was weak on functionality but good for eyecandy has almost 200 times as many users!  I wonder what that says about the way people are using iGoogle?