Comments on: Time Tracking http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/life/time-tracking/ Web design and development in Calgary Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mike http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/life/time-tracking/#comment-16 Mike Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:22:29 +0000 http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/?p=22#comment-16 Chris, thanks for the heads up about iRatchet. I took a quick look at it and a couple things got me right off the start. <ul> <li>Immediately after launching the app a very large version of the icon was plastered to my screen and it stayed in front of everything — sometimes after launching apps I'll switch to the browser and read something. This was very annoying to say the least</li> <li>I have to create a new task/to-do/item in the project window before I can start a timer (Billings and some others let you start timing first and assign an item later)</li> <li>The timer that appears in the menubar, when you're timing yourself, is constantly spinning!! Talk about your visual distractions</li> </ul> Those are just a couple things I noticed. Granted I only had the program open for all of 5 minutes so there is the argument that I could get used to them. I don't forsee that happening though. On the other hand: <ul> <li>The interface is quite nice — everything is well laid out, the icons are nice</li> <li>Address Book integration is superb, adding clients was a snap</li> </ul> That being said, I'm still on the lookout. Chris, thanks for the heads up about iRatchet. I took a quick look at it and a couple things got me right off the start.

  • Immediately after launching the app a very large version of the icon was plastered to my screen and it stayed in front of everything — sometimes after launching apps I’ll switch to the browser and read something. This was very annoying to say the least
  • I have to create a new task/to-do/item in the project window before I can start a timer (Billings and some others let you start timing first and assign an item later)
  • The timer that appears in the menubar, when you’re timing yourself, is constantly spinning!! Talk about your visual distractions

Those are just a couple things I noticed. Granted I only had the program open for all of 5 minutes so there is the argument that I could get used to them. I don’t forsee that happening though.

On the other hand:

  • The interface is quite nice — everything is well laid out, the icons are nice
  • Address Book integration is superb, adding clients was a snap

That being said, I’m still on the lookout.

]]> By: Chris Ruzin http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/life/time-tracking/#comment-15 Chris Ruzin Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:40:12 +0000 http://www.screenflicker.com/blog/?p=22#comment-15 Thanks for pointing out Billings to me. I had never heard of it before, so I gave it a try. After messing around with it for about half an hour, I don't think I'll be using it. I like the clean interface, but it's not easy to adjust times/dates and other things. Have you tried iRatchet (http://www.prettygoodsoftware.org/)? I switched to it from iBiz. It's still a young app, but it's showing a lot of promise. The developer is very friendly and actually listens to the feedback and feature requests he receives. Anyway, something else for you to try out. Thanks for pointing out Billings to me. I had never heard of it before, so I gave it a try. After messing around with it for about half an hour, I don’t think I’ll be using it. I like the clean interface, but it’s not easy to adjust times/dates and other things.

Have you tried iRatchet (http://www.prettygoodsoftware.org/)? I switched to it from iBiz. It’s still a young app, but it’s showing a lot of promise. The developer is very friendly and actually listens to the feedback and feature requests he receives.

Anyway, something else for you to try out.

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