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TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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I would expect Safari to work, could you tell me what version of Safari that is?

It’s iOS 14.3

That's quite recent. I guess the app is broken for (Mobile) Safari then. Sorry about that. I will make an issue.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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I didn't read all comments, just searched for "delete" and "remove" without success. My question is, if I can delete a record. I find that quite important, since I just created one called "bla" with nonsense, and then internally panicked slightly. If I try it tomorrow, I will just recycle my record for something useful, so a workaround exists. But I still think, deletion is somewhat crucial. Apart from that, some oth…

Thanks for the great feedback, very valuable indeed! At the moment, deleting a record is not implemented yet, but it's somewhere near the top of the todo list :)

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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The API is not public yet. I plan to though. Out of interest, what are you building? Perhaps we should keep in touch :)

Not OP, but I also have a project that would slot in nicely. I run a service that tracks work/sleep/exercise/meditation (along with a couple other data points that don't fit the duration model) via an SMS interface. I text it when I start/stop these activities and then it sends me reminders based on when I normally do those things during the day if I haven't already. It would be great to be able to push the data I co…

That sounds cool!

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Nice work! I have no idea if this could fit into your roadmap (and this is probably the kind of feature request you should absolutely say no to) but my partner and I made a thing called TagTime that does time-tracking via random sampling (pinging you at random times) and I'm offering the domain tagtime.com to whoever subsumes the janky Perl-scripts-plus-Vim version we use and makes a proper TagTime-in-the-cloud. Ther…

Sounds like a cool project, but I think I'll focus on my Python scrips for now :)

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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I like a good time tracker app. I appreciate this is open source too! Some feedback... After playing with the demo, there is one thing that really jumps out to me I don't quite understand. It's looks like time get grouped into these little 'blocks' on the bar on the left. It's not immediately clear what forms a block though. Also, I don't quite understand the use case for being able to drag the blocks around? If you…

Thanks for the feedback! The blocks on the left (in the timeline) represent the individual time records. These are indeed "glued together" when a new record starts right after another stops. You can only drag a record in the timeline when it's first selected, so it should be impossible to affect multiple at once. You can also move and zoom the timeline though, perhaps this is what was happening?

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Going off on a tangent, I want to thank you for this:

> Notice how there's no cookie banner on this site? This site does not track you. Nor does it make use of 3d party services that do.

It's a small thing, but shows you care about your users more than you care about peeking into every little vanity metric for growth hacking. Kudos.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Going off on a tangent, I want to thank you for this: > Notice how there's no cookie banner on this site? This site does not track you. Nor does it make use of 3d party services that do. It's a small thing, but shows you care about your users more than you care about peeking into every little vanity metric for growth hacking. Kudos.

Thanks, I'm glad someone actually takes notice. I really care about this, and would love more people to do too :)

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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Not sure who in your target audience can pay $2 but not $5/month but why not add a premium plan with as extra the priority support?

I figured I'd want to make it cheaper than Toggl et al., because people might feel they'd get less features. Plus there is no free plan, so the paid plans don't have to pay for the free users ;) - Anyway, I'm kinda done with multiple tiers, and like the idea of one simple price.

Re: TimeTagger: Open-Source Time Tracker

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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 :)

This is a very interesting project and I'm looking forward to diving in over the coming weeks. 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 u…

I'm the maintainer of ActivityWatch, and comments like this make me very happy!
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