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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

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?

almarklein 6y ago
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 :)
- kleer001 6y ago
  > keyboard shortcut Always a good start for any speed increase Are you familiar with emacs and/or vi ?
  - almarklein 6y ago
    Familiar as in I know them, and I occasionally use vi (over ssh), but not a proper user :) Anyway, I created an issue: https://github.com/almarklein/timetagger/issues/11 https://github.com/almarklein/timetagger/issues/11
  - almarklein 6y ago
    Improved support for using the keyboard, including keyboard shortcuts.
- mywacaday 6y ago
  1. When you go to edit an existing task and just click a suggested tag the edit button does not activate and it does not save unless you enter a space first. 2. Clicking on a tag on the right should work as a filter on the tasks. 3. Export to csv should have the tags in every row Well done on releasing and going open source, great achievement.
  - almarklein 6y ago
    Thanks for the feedback. 1. Is indeed a bug, will fix! 2. It does that, right? 3. Not sure if I follow. ATM the tags are in one cell, delimited by spaces.
    - mywacaday 6y ago
      2. If I filter by client1 on the right I can still see client2 records on the left, it would be my preference that they filter but thats just me. 3. Each individual row does not have the associated tags, if i'm exporting to csv I'm probably going to be opening in Excel to generate a graph or report
      - almarklein 6y ago
        Thanks for the clarification! I see what you mean now. 1. I think I'd go with graying-out records that do not match the selected tags. 2. The tags are part of the description, but indeed this is hard to process further. We should add a column for just the tags.
- crazypython 6y ago
  > 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 to make based on app usage.
  - almarklein 6y ago
    Automated solutions like that seem really nice, but it's not possible for a web app to know much about what you're doing outside of the app itself.
    - crazypython 6y ago
      Then don't make it a web app. Make a native app. Or a native app that sends the data to a web app via localhost websocket.
  - ErikBjare 6y ago
    I'm the maintainer of ActivityWatch (happy to see it mentioned!) and automating the process of time tracking was why I started building it (along with frustrations I had with RescueTime). Curious what you mean by 'non-functioning' here :)
- loxias 6y ago
  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 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
  - almarklein 6y ago
    Will check it out, and am looking forward to your writeup!
  - ErikBjare 6y ago
    I'm the maintainer of ActivityWatch, and comments like this make me very happy!

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?

almarklein 6y ago

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 :)

kleer001 6y ago
> keyboard shortcut Always a good start for any speed increase Are you familiar with emacs and/or vi ?
- almarklein 6y ago
  Familiar as in I know them, and I occasionally use vi (over ssh), but not a proper user :) Anyway, I created an issue: https://github.com/almarklein/timetagger/issues/11 https://github.com/almarklein/timetagger/issues/11
- almarklein 6y ago
  Improved support for using the keyboard, including keyboard shortcuts.
mywacaday 6y ago
1. When you go to edit an existing task and just click a suggested tag the edit button does not activate and it does not save unless you enter a space first. 2. Clicking on a tag on the right should work as a filter on the tasks. 3. Export to csv should have the tags in every row Well done on releasing and going open source, great achievement.
- almarklein 6y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. 1. Is indeed a bug, will fix! 2. It does that, right? 3. Not sure if I follow. ATM the tags are in one cell, delimited by spaces.
  - mywacaday 6y ago
    2. If I filter by client1 on the right I can still see client2 records on the left, it would be my preference that they filter but thats just me. 3. Each individual row does not have the associated tags, if i'm exporting to csv I'm probably going to be opening in Excel to generate a graph or report
    - almarklein 6y ago
      Thanks for the clarification! I see what you mean now. 1. I think I'd go with graying-out records that do not match the selected tags. 2. The tags are part of the description, but indeed this is hard to process further. We should add a column for just the tags.
crazypython 6y ago
> 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 to make based on app usage.
- almarklein 6y ago
  Automated solutions like that seem really nice, but it's not possible for a web app to know much about what you're doing outside of the app itself.
  - crazypython 6y ago
    Then don't make it a web app. Make a native app. Or a native app that sends the data to a web app via localhost websocket.
- ErikBjare 6y ago
  I'm the maintainer of ActivityWatch (happy to see it mentioned!) and automating the process of time tracking was why I started building it (along with frustrations I had with RescueTime). Curious what you mean by 'non-functioning' here :)
loxias 6y ago
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 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
- almarklein 6y ago
  Will check it out, and am looking forward to your writeup!
- ErikBjare 6y ago
  I'm the maintainer of ActivityWatch, and comments like this make me very happy!