OS X Time Tracker Widget

Use it all the time, works great, but the lack of a notifier (on the top bar, or in the menu) I always leave it on when closing the laptop. Would be nice to have a small Top menu indice (a la Dropbox) the could give you an indication of status for the Widget, maybe even a timed (settable interval) notifier using Growl "The project <> has been tracking for <> so far ." Or something to that effect. Would be greatly appreciated. Good software, Great integration...

It's easy to make the widget round time:

1. Select the FreshBooks Time Tracker.wdgt (v1.0.4) in Finder
2. Show Package Contents (Control- or Right-click)
3. Edit FreshBooks Time Tracker.js
4. Add ONE of the following after line 429:
loggedTime = Math.ceil(loggedTime*6) / 6; // each 10min., or portion thereof
loggedTime = Math.ceil(loggedTime*4) / 4; // each 15min., or portion thereof
loggedTime = Math.ceil(loggedTime*2) / 2; // each 30min., or portion thereof
5. Save changes
6. Reload the widget in Dashboard (select widget and Control+R)

It would be great if there was a 'round & submit' button, since I always round up 15 minute increments. Thanks!

I like it... but it should not be a widget because with it hidden away in the Dashboard... I always forget to start / stop. It needs to be a LOT more visible. Maybe with a red/green start/stop button in the menubar.

Also... it needs an indication of when it's tracking or not tracking. The only indication is the second changing. It should be REALLY obvious when it tracking and when it's paused.

Might be cool too if it sounded an alert after a period of inactivity... so if you're away from your computer it could play and alter sound combined with a dialog box. Or something. Just an idea.

I appreciate the effort, but I wish you'd put half the amount of thought into this widget as you did your web app. From a usability standpoint, it's useless. As Alex mentioned back in May, without the ability to pre-select your client you're left guessing which of the dozen or so projects entitled 'website' go with which client.

In my opinion, time tracking widgets are fairly useless anyway since 90% of the time you're likely to walk away from your computer without remembering to stop it. And I'd guess the percentage of you actually remembering to start it in the first place is not much less. So, if the only external application you're going to offer users is this widget then I'd highly recommend adding the ability to edit the time fields, as DRoss mentioned back in December.

However, the best possible solution is to add an icon and counter to the system's menubar. This way you have a constant visual reminder that your time is still running, and have access to a list of controls within one click. I'd also integrate your product with Growl so the user could set a preference of, say, every hour getting a notification if the timer is still running.

I could keep going, but I'm going to save my breath since clearly this page isn't monitored and/or you don't value your customer feedback. My guess is that you probably outsourced this to somebody who didn't give shit and you don't feel like paying them to fix something that has no bearing on the bottom line. I guess I'd just feel better if you guys would admit that it blows.

Awesome app, by the way!

This little widget could be so much better. Angel has some very good suggestions above me that are 8 months old. Looks like they've received no attention.

Also, say I want to just enter time in manually instead of a clock running. This doesn't appear possible but would be really nice.

Use this all the time, nice and simple. b/c i have a problem remembering to clock out, i always drag it from dashboard to my regular screen. If the widget was smaller overall, or at least had a 'compact mode' (as to not hog all that screen space) . . . It would be amazing.

thanks freshbooks, you all rock. Yea, Jaco too.

Would love to see a list of hours added for the day and auto refresh.

Everything else' excellent!

This is a great APP. However, it MUST have the client selection before selecting the other 2 selection since all of these are connected to the clients. Till the Client listing is not implemented, it is not that useful yet.

I like this widget, but I have 2 suggestions.

Have a refresh button. I find myself adding tasks in FB and then having to hit 'info' and then 'done' on the widget in order to re-import the projects and tasks.

Also if there was an option to round the time before you submit say at 15 minute intervals? That would make this a 5 star in my book

Nicely Done! Love this little widget!