Installation & System Requirements:

Requirements:
Mac OS 10.5  Leopard

Quick Start:
   1. Open Dashboard
   2. Enter a relative time in the future and an optional description for the reminder.
   3. Set the timer, by hitting Enter (or click the button).

By hitting Return a new event is added to iCal to a calendar called Reminder. 

Advanced features:
-  You may enter an explicit time point in the format "hh:mm". 
-  When entering a relative time you may press "m", "h", "d", "w" or "M" to change the time unit to "minutes", "hours", "days" , "weeks" or "months" respectively.
-  If you press and hold the Control key while pressing the Enter key will open the event in iCal for further editing.

download version 1.0 for tiger

Version History:

Version 2.0 (March 15 2008)
-  brand new UI design
-  access to multiple different calendars

Version 1.2 (June 06, 2006)
- renamed the widget to Reminder. A new calendar called Reminder will be created. You also can rename the old one called "Reminder" in iCal.

Version 1.1 (April 23, 2006)
- preference to set alarm sound
- open event in iCal after adding by pressing CTRL-Enter
- iCal does no longer get started when the Dashboard is activated
- iCal will be closed after a reminder has been added (when iCal was closed before)

Testimonials:

"Just the most useful widget so far for me!" Review on dashboardwidgets.com  

"This is just what I've been looking for, since it shouldn't take 4-5 steps to make a simple reminder in iCal." Review on versiontracker.com  

"What I really like about this widget is that it's very polished and comes across as a "Why didn't I think of that?!" design." Review on macupdate.com