Cool user experience

I use remember the milk for managing my day to day tasks, it’s a great service and I’ve gone through just about every to-do list app on the web.

One of the really cool things about the service is that you can sign up to test features before they are released to the entire user base.  Right now I’m testing the new smart add feature, it’s awesome and i just noticed a really cool touch that I thought deserved sharing.

See the small window with the ? in the top left, it lists the shortcuts that you can use in the smart add box.  Seems pretty simple right?  The little window actually stays open after you click the question mark until you explicitly close it using the x.  Why do I think this is interesting?  Because it allows me to see those shortcuts as I’m using the tool, it doesn’t force me to go to another window or stop and hover over a link to get the info, it makes learning the app a lot easier, it removes the friction between becoming and advanced user.