Andrey hello Have you started the implementation of a task time tracking feature. Will we see it as a feature of MLO in the nearest time?
Thank you Have a nice day ! Andrei Bacean понедельник, 25 мая 2009 г., 7:41:49 UTC+3 пользователь Andrey Tkachuk (MLO) написал: > > Thanks for thoughtful post, JeffH. I am still thinking how to include > time tracking into MLO. Just do not want to make the application > "heavy" because of this feature. > I will use this information when/if design the feature. > > Andrey. > > On May 16, 3:23 pm, JeffH <[email protected]> wrote: > > Using MLO to plan and execute projects and tasks is fantastic. Having > > to use a separate app to track time spent is frustrating, involving > > duplicate data entry, inconsistencies, etc. I believe time tracking > > could be integrated into MLO cleanly and unobtrusively, so as not to > > bother those who don't want or need it. I recently looked at over a > > dozen time-tracking apps, listed below, with brief comments. First, > > some design ideas. Throughout, when I say project, I mean any non-leaf > > node of the hierarchy. > > > > - Maintain a list of task or activity types (eg Administration, > > Coding, Maintenance, Documentation, etc.) > > > > - Maintain a list of clients. > > > > - Maintain a log of activities. Each entry includes a start date/time, > > end date/time, associated task id. Give the task log a separate tab > > next to Task Notes and Properties. By default, show the current date. > > Allow filtering by date; maybe show a calendar or drop-down calendar. > > > > - Provide a timer to accumulate time to a task. Select the task, right > > click, and start the timer. Maintain a MRU list of tasks; show on > > right-clicking the tray icon. > > > > - Provide a properties pane (or tab?) to capture expenses. Associate > > each expense with a project. Capture date, amount, vendor, > > description, paid (bool). > > > > - Provide reporting options: Summary by date (today, week, month), > > Detail by date, Summary by project, detail by project, projects by > > client (detail/summary, Client billing (paid, unpaid, all), Activity > > per time unit (detail/summary) (eg this week 20 hours coding, 10.5 > > hours admin, etc.), ... > > > > - Don't need detailed financial accounting of billing. > > > > Products I reviewed: > > > > Maybe > > - Easy Time Tracking - sluggish ui, but pretty functional. Allows > > customized statuses for projects and tasks; task categories; does > > invoicing. Tray window is informative but a intrusuve. > > > > - Timeless Time & Expense - Seems to have everything, but pretty > > awkward. Version 3 coming soon, free upgrade, Allows expense tracking. > > UI seems sluggish here too. Tray control but no window. > > > > Almost > > - AllNeticWorkingTimeTracker: very clean ui. has tray app for start/ > > stop. Doesn't have task categories (activities). Reporting not great. > > > > - TimePanic - interesting. activity centric. Allows projects + > > subprojects; no expense support; > > > > Definitely not > > - FruitFul > > > > - Office Time - has projects and categories, but no tasks. Multiple > > windows confusing. > > > > - Responsive Time Logger - pretty rich feature set. Expensive. Tray > > app doesn't allow task switching (per screen shot). > > > > - Complete Time Tracking - kind of cool, compact ui; no activities; > > > > - Time Shadow > > > > - Time Tracker > > > > - ya Timer -http://www.nbdtech.com/yaTimer/Help/- kind of cool, no > > task notes > > > > - WHID - sourceforge > > > > - TimeSheets MTS - pretty heavy duty - requires manually entered > > project and task ids - > > > > - Fanurio -http://www.fanuriotimetracking.com/- Java based. no tasks > > > > That just scratches the surface. There are TONS of tools out there, > > none with an MLO's highly tuned look and feel, most very awkward, > > heavy, sluggish. AllNetic comes closest, but lacks functionality. I > > would easily fork over more $ for an integrated MLO implementation. > > > > Anybody else? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/1469d996-4193-4b22-9bfb-80df0e6c8ed1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
