Recommend time tracking software?
April 23, 2004 10:31 AM Subscribe
Can anyone recommend time tracking software? -->
Hosted service or client-side app, either is fine. Just looking for a way to enter tasks with a few clicks, in quarter-hour increments. It would be useful if I had the option of pulling down a common task or typing in a desc for a less common task. Some kind of report generation would also be nice. Client OS is Windows. Cheaper is better and free is best.
Hosted service or client-side app, either is fine. Just looking for a way to enter tasks with a few clicks, in quarter-hour increments. It would be useful if I had the option of pulling down a common task or typing in a desc for a less common task. Some kind of report generation would also be nice. Client OS is Windows. Cheaper is better and free is best.
I tried about a dozen apps (web and standalone) and very few made were painless enough to log time in 15 minute increments. Most tried to do too much. I don't need project management, merely time logging.
I use TimeLog for Mac OS X. Strong user interface and ties in with iCal so there's plenty of opportunity to share calendars with accounting and/or clients. I'm more than happy with it thus far.
posted by pedantic at 12:23 PM on April 23, 2004
I use TimeLog for Mac OS X. Strong user interface and ties in with iCal so there's plenty of opportunity to share calendars with accounting and/or clients. I'm more than happy with it thus far.
posted by pedantic at 12:23 PM on April 23, 2004
Note: I know it isn't Windows compatible...I just thought I'd throw it out there for any X users to check out.
posted by pedantic at 12:24 PM on April 23, 2004
posted by pedantic at 12:24 PM on April 23, 2004
Response by poster: My second doublepost in a row to AskMe. If anyone's tracking that. (and i did search: "time tracking")
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 1:00 PM on April 23, 2004
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 1:00 PM on April 23, 2004
That's funny, right this very minute I'm working on a simple time tracking app. It logs to the minute rather than in 15 minute chunks, but the code is there to allow 15 minute chunks instead.
The test page is here, though it's a live copy of my code so sometimes it may look broken.
(Oh, and it uses PHP/MySQL)
posted by jragon at 2:01 PM on April 23, 2004
The test page is here, though it's a live copy of my code so sometimes it may look broken.
(Oh, and it uses PHP/MySQL)
posted by jragon at 2:01 PM on April 23, 2004
Response by poster: jragon, the start/stop timer is great. Most of the packages i've seen require you to enter the time of day, which is cumbersome. If you want some more feedback let me know.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 5:12 PM on April 23, 2004
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 5:12 PM on April 23, 2004
Try Vakcer Project Tracker. It looks immensely useful.
posted by five fresh fish at 11:04 PM on April 23, 2004
posted by five fresh fish at 11:04 PM on April 23, 2004
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