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Missing features in Reminders web interface

Before starting I want to make it clear that I am referring to the web interface for the reminders app, when accessing https://www.icloud.com/reminders/ through a browser.


Here is a list of missing features


1 - Copy paste list items from a text document

On IOS, I am able to copy a list of items from, let's say the notes app, and paste into the reminders app. All the items are pasted as separate items that be can individually checked. This is not possible to achieve using the web interface of reminders.


Why is this a problem?

Let's say I have the following scenario: I just finished using my meal prep app, which unfortunately doesn't have integration with apple reminders, on my PC. I now have a big list of items as a text document and I want to copy paste it into my reminders app. For that open the web interface for the reminders app, and attempt to copy paste the items from the text document into the reminders app.

Yeah... that is not really what I expected


Additional note: You might argue that this 3rd party meal prep app should be responsible for adding integration with the apple reminders app. That is not true, I am using this app in particular but other people might be using other meal prep apps (might not even be meal prep apps at all). It is simply not expectable that every single app adds integration with the apple reminders app. We should be flexible and allow that a simple action such as copy pasting a list from a text document is always an available alternative.


Expected behaviour

Using my PC, when I copy a list from a text document (for example Microsoft Word, or Windows Notepad), and I paste into the web interface for the reminders app on icloud.com, a new item should be added for each item that was copied from the text list.


2 - Move around and group lists

There’s no option to move or group lists within the web interface. Given that there is already some drag and drop functionality working on https://www.icloud.com/photos/ and https://www.icloud.com/calendar/, I find it surprising that it is not available here


Expected behaviour

I want to be able to drag and drop lists to organize them as I wish, and group them when I drag them on top of one another. Basically how it is working for IOS already.


3 - Edit item details

There is very limited personalization that can be done in the details of a task

I can already start with 'Priority', which for some reason is readonly, and 'List' which may I say is pretty redundant given the list name is already pretty big and visible in 2 other places, but mainly when comparing with the IOS interface, there is so much missing such as the possibility to add a url, location, tags, image, etc


Expected behaviour

All options available in IOS should be available in the web interface.


4 - Create subtasks

Pretty self explanatory, there is no option to create subtasks. Maybe I can drag and drop items on top of another to achieve the same but wait.. there is no possibility to drag and drop items as well.


Expected behaviour

I should be able to add subtasks for a task, either through the task details, or by drag and dropping tasks on top of one another



As a rather new reminders user, these are the main missing features that I have been able to find so far, I can't even imagine what more advanced users are missing.

Windows, Windows 11 (22621)

Posted on Aug 4, 2024 5:24 AM

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Missing features in Reminders web interface

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