Currently, tasks are listed by the clock applet. While I appreciate the simplicity of this applet, I would love a fast and simple way to add tasks, and I think this applet is a very good place to put such functionality.

A way that would take up more space than is already being used would be to have a simple button, perhaps just with an icon, placed to the right of the "Tasks" headline.

If this request is not accepted, could you perhaps add another way to create tasks, or perhaps split the task manager out of the suite? I find myself using Tomboy for things I'd really like to use a real task manager for (although integrating the two would be cool... well, another bug for that.)