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Re: Ding.io

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Post by dannib »

It looks nice. I'm a user of freckle for some time so I recognize quite a lot of the UI and features. Even if I don't use all features of freckle, some are quite useful. As an example in freckle I use tags and the API to automatically export all entries every month/week updates the client through email reports or google sheet updates. It doesn't look like that would be possible with ding.io yet (exkluding the manual csv download)? Also the dashboard display priority seems a little off.

Money earned gets most space however is never the truth because of taxes, expenses etc. I rather use my accounting software for seeing my actual earnings.

Time logged is OK however Active projects for me isn't really necessary information.

The activity stream and log time form should be of highest priority. Put the activity stream in focus with better one-click-filtering on clients/project/tags(?) would be great to quickly answer the clients questions on what I did. :-)

In summary I think the design is great and looking at features I think when comparing with freckle, which is relevant in my case, I feel like half the price equals half the functions. Nothing wrong with that and your product will of course mature with time. I'll keep an eye on it.

Great job!

Re: Ding.io

#42

Post by welder »

wavesounds wrote: post #34
GjermundG wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Totally agree. We're working on a new promo page at the moment, and it'll show off the actual product (w/screenshots) way better than this one.

Right now it looks like $10 or $25 a month for a stop watch app. If I was a customer this one would have scared me away. I'm on my phone if that makes a difference.

They have a 45 day free trial[1]

Suggestion: add text below the green signup button saying, "Free 45 day trial, no credit card required". I think that would also help increase signup rates.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7246383

Re: Ding.io

#43

Post by svennis »

vxxzy wrote: post #18

I've been a happy subscriber of Toggl for some time now (2+ years). I find Ding's pricing to be higher, and I don't see any integration with other services (like FreshBooks, etc..). I see I can export data, but does anyone know if they plan to integrate with other services?

No plans for any integrations at the moment. We're not opposed to the idea, and it's probably coming if enough people request it.

Anders, Co-founder / Developer

Re: Ding.io

#44

Post by GjermundG »

erichurkman wrote: post #15
GjermundG wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! Making native apps is a pretty costly thing for a small team like us, and to be honest, we don't have much experience with Android development. So I can't promise anything at the moment, but we'll make sure to keep improving the responsive web. It's definitely on the wish list though.

Props for not promising that it's "coming soon" -- vaporware sucks.

Haha, we actually have a rule of never using the 'coming soon' phrase :) We've done it in the past, and it always looks bad if you don't deliver on the promise.

Re: Ding.io

#45

Post by GjermundG »

vxxzy wrote: post #18

I've been a happy subscriber of Toggl for some time now (2+ years). I find Ding's pricing to be higher, and I don't see any integration with other services (like FreshBooks, etc..). I see I can export data, but does anyone know if they plan to integrate with other services?

If we get numerous requests for a certain integration, we'll see what we can do. Until now, there haven't really been much of this, so we've put our efforts into the developing the product itself.

As for the price, I guess it's higher than some, and cheaper than others. We've tried to set a price we thought was fair, and we continuously keep making the product better to make sure you'll get more bang for your buck.

Re: Ding.io

#46

Post by Walkman »

welder wrote: post #39
Walkman wrote: post #38

The UI is nice, but I think nothing beats automation. I use RescueTime [1], which is surprisingly _accurate_ measuring my time. I use it for years now and I'm very satisfied with it. No need for "administrative overhead". [1] https://www.rescuetime.com/

or http://wakatime.com for tracking programming hours

it only supports a couple of editors, while RescueTime watches every window by title no matter what software you use. I can measure exactly how much time did I spent to server administration by simply looking at logged terminal titles!

Re: Ding.io

#47

Post by svennis »

dannib wrote: post #41

It looks nice. I'm a user of freckle for some time so I recognize quite a lot of the UI and features. Even if I don't use all features of freckle, some are quite useful. As an example in freckle I use tags and the API to automatically export all entries every month/week updates the client through email reports or google sheet updates. It doesn't look like that would be possible with ding.io yet (exkluding the manual…

Thanks for the kind words and thorough feedback!

You can export to both CSV and PDF. So you can still get reports for your clients, although you'll have to do it manually. We have a pretty limited API right now, built mostly to support our iOS app. As the API grows you should be able to get the reports from it.

Money earned let's you see how much you can bill in a given period, so you can quickly see if you're reaching your goal. We think it's useful despite not accounting for taxes and expenses, and it's a nice moral boost to see the money coming in.

You can filter on projects, clients, date etc. on the Overview page. It's really fast to get filter out exactly the data you need.

Re: Ding.io

#48

Post by GjermundG »

masnick wrote: post #23
GjermundG wrote: post #6

Noticed a lot of activity from this link just now – exciting to see you guys checking out our time tracking tool. We really appreciate feedback from the community, so don't hesitate to comment here if you have feature requests or thoughts on Ding. Gjermund, Co-founder / Designer

Three quick thoughts on some details: 1) Please, PLEASE make sure it's quick/easy to enter time with the keyboard. Right now the main log time interface doesn't let you tab to select the project drop down. I feel like I should be able to tab to this field after the optional comment field. Enter anywhere in the form (except maybe the optional comment) should save the entry and get me ready to enter a new one. For your…

That's some great tips. Thanks!

1) Agreed. This has been up for discussion several times, and it's high on the list. We'll post these kind of smaller tweaks on Twitter, so if you stick to using Ding, keep an eye out there [0].

2) We've tried to get the most essential stats within the statistics panel on the top, and let you quickly tab through these. The hours of the day is usually pretty visible within the top of the activity feed, but I guess it is less clear if there's several short intervals rather than two-three big ones. I'll take a close look at it and see if there's a way to tweak this.

3) Another great idea – we'll see if we can move it further up the list.

We really appreciate all the great input, so thanks again. Our biggest challenge is time as we're a small team, but we'll keep on truckin' :)

[0] https://twitter.com/ding_io

Re: Ding.io

#49

Post by svennis »

artemradchenko wrote: post #37

Good job! I like the interfaces. Haven't found option for piece-rate projects though. Do you have any plans on the matter ? Another guess: I think some API features would be extremely useful for such a service.

Thanks for the feedback, I agree it would be useful to have the option to set a fixed price for a project. We actually did some wireframes for this a while back, but we never got around to implementing it. Maybe now would be a good time to look at it again.

What API features are you thinking about? We have a pretty limited API that we built for the iPhone app, but it's growing as we work on the next version of the app. So over time it'll get more of the same features as the website.

Re: Ding.io

#50

Post by kartikkumar »

Walkman wrote: post #46
welder wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or http://wakatime.com for tracking programming hours

it only supports a couple of editors, while RescueTime watches every window by title no matter what software you use. I can measure exactly how much time did I spent to server administration by simply looking at logged terminal titles!

Cool, trying out RescueTime now. Although I'm apprehensive about the security of my data, I'm willing to give it a shot to see if it really contributes to the organization of my week. Commencing product trial ...
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