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#10 one-tap project timer
i'd love to see a "project stopwatch" functionality
imitating the way this is handled in Titrax.
in detail:
[] a tap on a project database's name in the overview
list (maybe on the left asterisk) adds a new record to
the database and sets the start time to "now".
[] a tap on any other database's name adds "now" as end
time to the currently active project and starts the
timer on the new project.
[] a tap on the same ("active") database adds "now" as
end time.
servus,
robert
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hi rob,
already have read the manual? ;)
this seems to be not a bad idea. however
i is kind of tricky and i think this could
be confusing.
what about creating a database reading for
example "running tasks" where you define
some categories like "project a", "project b",
and so on. there you would create the time entries,
and at the evening you could use the move functionality
to shift the items into their final database.
what do you think about this?
pete.
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hi!
[] substitute "tricky" with "challening". that's what makes
programming a better waste of time than watching tv ;-)
[] confusing: "hours" might give lots of visual clues: add a
clock icon to very right of the database list entry which
holds the "active" timer; highlight the active entry line;
display the cumulated time values right to all databases; ...
[] use an intermediate database and shift the records by the
end of day: i don't want to sound rude, but that is not the
kind of task i'd love to do at the start of a hard day's
night. after all, i bought my palm to be off-loaded from
non-creative administrative work.
some users would also complain about the 15 categories
limit, i suppose.
currently, i use titrax for recording my hours. i like it's
no-fuss user interface. i'd prefer "hours" over titrax
because of it's greater level of detail and it's
computational strengths. but if had to chooose between
simplicity and completeness, i'd stay with simplicity.
"simply palm", you remember? ;-)
just my 2 cent, other users may have other preferences.
"hours" is excellent work, anyway.
-- robert, who will read the manual this week (maybe).
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hi rob,
well, i see don't come around implementing the "project
stapwatch". ok, i'll work on the concept and will see what
i can do. however at school i got very busy so it may take
some time to the next official release.
pete.
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Right now it is 2 clicks to start: Click on New, then click on
Done. This creates a new record with the starting time set
to "now".
And 3 clicks to end: Click on the record (we need to flag
which is the "current" record). Click on the clock icon next to
the end time. Click on Done.
I'll see if I can simplify this.
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Right now it is 2 clicks to start: Click on New, then click on
Done. This creates a new record with the starting time set
to "now".
And 3 clicks to end: Click on the record (we need to flag
which is the "current" record). Click on the clock icon next to
the end time. Click on Done.
I'll see if I can simplify this.
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Right now it is 2 clicks to start: Click on New, then click on
Done. This creates a new record with the starting time set
to "now".
And 3 clicks to end: Click on the record (we need to flag
which is the "current" record). Click on the clock icon next to
the end time. Click on Done.
I'll see if I can simplify this.
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Here's my latest proposal.
I'd like to add an option under preferences to leave the end
time empty when creating a record. In the database form
(record list) a timer icon would be displayed for these
records. You could call these the "active" records.
Another option would restrict you to a single active record at
a time (this I think would be the default since it is the least
confusing way to work).
I would like to replace the "New" button with "Start". This
would create a new record with the current time as the start
time. The new record would become active.
If the single active record option is selected, the "Start"
button would change to "Stop" and pressing this button
would stop the one and only active task.
Otherwise you could edit the record or click on the timer icon
to stop an active task.
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Here's my latest proposal.
I'd like to add an option under preferences to leave the end
time empty when creating a record. In the database form
(record list) a timer icon would be displayed for these
records. You could call these the "active" records.
Another option would restrict you to a single active record at
a time (this I think would be the default since it is the least
confusing way to work).
I would like to replace the "New" button with "Start". This
would create a new record with the current time as the start
time. The new record would become active.
If the single active record option is selected, the "Start"
button would change to "Stop" and pressing this button
would stop the one and only active task.
Otherwise you could edit the record or click on the timer icon
to stop an active task.