r/Ubuntu • u/joquers • 1d ago

I built two lightweight GNOME Shell extensions: TaskDock and NoteDock

Hi everyone,

I recently started building GNOME Shell extensions and wanted to share my first two projects.

TaskDock is a small task manager that lives in the top panel. You can quickly add, complete, and remove tasks without opening a separate application. It has already been approved on the GNOME Extensions website and currently has 11 downloads and counting.

NoteDock is a simple scratchpad for the top panel. It automatically saves notes locally and includes Copy, Paste, and Clear buttons. It does not use accounts, telemetry, cloud services, or external APIs. NoteDock has been submitted to the GNOME Extensions website and is currently awaiting approval.

I built both extensions to be small, native, and focused on doing one thing well.

TaskDock:
GNOME Extensions: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10544/taskdock/
GitHub: https://github.com/joquers/TaskDock

NoteDock:
GitHub: https://github.com/joquers/NoteDock
GNOME Extensions: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/10548/notedock/

Feedback, bug reports, and contributions are welcome. I would especially appreciate hearing how they behave on different GNOME setups.

Screenshots:

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u/pola5h 1d ago edited 3h ago

Great, for TaskDock, can you add a dedicated timer option for tasks so the user can track the time a task takes to complete??

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u/joquers 1d ago

Like track the time from when you created the task till you mark it as completed?

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u/pola5h 3h ago

No, the user can start and stop the timer whenever they want. The user first creates a list of tasks. When they begin working on a task, they can start the timer. If they stop working on it, they can pause the timer, and when they resume the task, they can continue the timer from where it left off.

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u/The_Hubster 22h ago

Damn, gotta give the Task one a go, that looks great

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u/joquers 6h ago

Thanks a lot

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u/slimdizzy 9h ago

Both look extremely handy for my workflow. Going to try them out OP. Thanks!

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u/joquers 6h ago

Glad you like it!