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Online list services can be found by the gallon. There are only a few though which stand out from the crowd, and for me, one of those is Gubb. Don’t expect a Remember the Milk like complexity, it’s just a simple jot-down-your-thoughts application, with a few very helpful tools.

Upon registration, the friendly interface gives you the option to choose from some pre-fabricated lists which will immediately be shown on the main page for you. Apart from these, creating new lists is very easy, just choose new list from the top menu, name it, describe it, choose a color, and start adding items.

You can add a description to all list items, give them a due date and rate them according to their priority and so on. You can also move them between lists, so integrating lists will be a cinch. I find that the rearrange feature of Gubb is one of the best. It’s simple drag and drop, but works effortlessly and gives you the freedom you need to put items anywhere.

Once you’ve created your list, you can click on the top-right menu and choose from a multitude of options. You can print, share, email, text message the list, add items by email, copy the list, get a feed for the list and so on. These are some very useful options, especially sharing and emailing, you can use them to create tasks lists or a shopping itinerary for yourself.

Another great feature is the way the main page itself can be manipulated. You can drag and drop whole lists like you did with items, you can even take lists off the main page (they will still be available). You can easily change the text size of the lists, and the best part, you can change the layout of the main page to make it 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns. This is useful if you have a lot of lists, you may want to see them side by side.

Overall Gubb is a powerful application if you have basic list needs only. I don’t really see any shortcomings, since I think it’s meant to be a simple for creating lists without hassle. If you need powerful task management go to Remember the Milk or Todoist, otherwise Gubb is a favorite of mine, which I still use quite a lot.

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