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I've been tracking my own time for the last ~month using progressive versions of my own in-development app that has a similar reporting style but is meant to innovate on the data entry, making it much more flexible and convenient (for people who happen to think like me and want the kind of tracking I want, anyway!)
Hopefully I'll be "show hn"-ing it soon.
Tangent: I also want a coach & nudge app. I have chemobrain (and other stuff, TMI). So my mind wanders. I need nudges to get back on track. Like a reverse pomodomo. I used to have a remarkable internal clock (always know time of day, track elapsed time, without looking at watch). Well, no more. Example 1: An inactivity timer. Like the builtin reminder to standup and stretch. Once or twice a day, I just have to sit do…
Though a bit narrow, I have found desktop (menubar) timers with ticking in the background to help a lot. As a matter of fact, I see mine counting down from the 5 min I allocated to check out YC and I can hear the ticking. What has surprised me most is that I haven't yet developed the ability to tune it out - so I always hear it. It also acts like a metronome and I believe it makes me work a bit faster.
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Hi, I'm the author of TimeTagger. Thanks for your feedback. Right now you can click the record button and since a description is optional, click start right away. Could you please elaborate how you would want this to be faster? A one click option, or perhaps a keyboard shortcut to start a timer? I'm eager to learn about potential workflows to make the experience more smooth :)
> Could you please elaborate how you would want this to be faster? A one click option, or perhaps a keyboard shortcut to start a timer? I'm eager to learn about potential workflows to make the experience more smooth :) Something like ActivityWatch (open-source, non-functioning) or Timing (proprietary, functioning, for Mac): Keeps track of your app usage by app and app title and directory, automatically suggests tasks…
Curious what you mean by 'non-functioning' here :)
Now that you're all here, I'm playing with the idea to create a CLI tool so that you can start and stop records from the command line. Would this be interesting to you or would it only be a gimmick?
What I really care about is the time it takes to input tasks. The demo app link has a record button with a difficult to use form. Is there a faster way to start/stop the timer?
Hi, I'm the author of TimeTagger. Thanks for your feedback. Right now you can click the record button and since a description is optional, click start right away. Could you please elaborate how you would want this to be faster? A one click option, or perhaps a keyboard shortcut to start a timer? I'm eager to learn about potential workflows to make the experience more smooth :)
Why not immediately? Because I'm a happy user of ActivityWatch -- a fantastic similar tool, which, quoting the authors is " The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused."
I encourage you to check it out, if you haven't already. The pluggable and diverse watchers that AW uses are the true source of its power. It's under active development (donno why another comment claimed otherwise) and I've been using it on everything for 2 years now.
I can't wait to do a head between the two, and a writeup. I'm sure there are features that will "cross potentate" between the two projects
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I recently created a site to collect all the web services that are backed by an open source repository [1]. I'm happy to add timetagger to the collection:) Hope there will be many more applications like this in the future. You can share your ideas in https://wintermute.app/ideas . Imho many services are missing, like a privacy first social network. [1] https://wintermute.app/repositories
How do I submit a repository?
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I recently created a site to collect all the web services that are backed by an open source repository [1]. I'm happy to add timetagger to the collection:) Hope there will be many more applications like this in the future. You can share your ideas in https://wintermute.app/ideas . Imho many services are missing, like a privacy first social network. [1] https://wintermute.app/repositories
This is an impressive list. Adding tags, categories would help in browsing ideas and repo faster.
Apart from that, some other things I stumbled over: - The icon is hard to see on my background, because it contains (too thin) black lines and transparent pixels. Give me some contrast!
- The "House" for "Snap to now" feels unintuitive, but that is subjective. How about a text label, so you don't need an icon?
- That "Calendar" icon for "Select Timerange" as well.
- "Step forward" is one day forward. How about naming it.. more like what it is. A step is a generic thing that might be differently perceived, a day isn't (so much).
- "Start Record" and "New Record" are pretty similar features. I do understand the difference, but I would enjoy more, if those two were simplified into just one in an intelligent way.
- That burger menu is, pardon me, somewhat of a problem. There is so much information. I can see "Install App" in the installed App. "Export" happens there but also on the main screen. Which features belong where? Im missing a hierarchy here.
- Your hint text in the "Manage tags" dialog is too long. Please build it in a way, where I do have to read less words. More like 5 or so (currently there are around 50).
- Is that a refresh button next to the burger menu (left side)? I can click an empty button. Wait, what?
- I really do like that infinite scroll and stuff. Looks cool. On the other hand it is quite easy to get lost. Maybe some snapping on day-level (rather than hour-level) might help.
- Please don't require headings over button groups at all (and then even mix that with my initials!)