Vista Time Tracker Gadget

Simple and works, what more could you want? And the convenience of it sitting on your desktop is very nice.

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I don't get it. I downloaded it and got a round clock with the current time on it. My computer already shows me the time. I thought it was going to look like the picture below the download now button. And more importantly I thought it would allow me to enter project names then let me start and stop the time as spent - keeping a running log of the dates and time spent on each project. I must be missing something.

I love this little gadget. It works fine on Windows 7. I use it on my notebook when I'm at client sites, and have even started using it at home for home projects (I've created an internal Freshbooks project for personl stuff).

One little tip: If the gadget suddenly stops working one day (eg the projects and categories don't show anymore) it just means you need to reset you Freshbooks API key. Log into Freshbooks, go to My Account, and reset your API token (and update it in the gadget as well of course).

Great work Andrew. Many thanks.

Great app. 5 *'s if we could have several timers going at once. Otherwise clean and functional!

I used it nearly every day on Vista and now I am using it without any issues on Windows 7. I love this widget.

This is a great widget. However, it is not very useful for me until there is an option to select a client before selecting a project (much like the Widget in Zendesk works)

Great to have something for Vista (and XP if you want to install the Windows Sidebar 'port', which I did...). But I'm only using XP because my Mac has been sent in for repair, and the reference (e.g. by Freshbooks) Mac version is better in the following ways:

1) Mac app lets you login with username and password (possibly OAuth?). This business of having to find your API key is silly.
2) During a reboot:
a) Mac app keeps running. For me at least, reboots are billable time (but I'm in the software business).
b) As implied by a), Mac app does not reset to 0 after reboot.
3) Minor usability issue, but I like the toggle button on the Mac app (it either says 'Start' or 'Stop') rather than the 'pause' 'play' buttons here

Admittedly, whether to track computer off time depends on whether you want to bill that time...but it doesn't ever make sense to reset the timer to zero because of a reboot. I would say either keep the clock running, or stop it...it's easier to implement 'keep it running', though, because don't have to know when the computer went down.

For an example of how to implement, merely track a list of (start, stop) pairs. When you display the time you merely add stop-start for each pair, and then add current_time-most_recent_start...then if the computer goes down suddenly, you have all the pairs and the potentially 'open' last pair (e.g. the one without a stop time) committed to disk at all times. No lost data.

Does this not work with Windows Vista? I added my address and my token into the settings, but it keeps asking me for it. Any ideas?

Thanks!

For those who want to tinker..

Works in XP!

You just need to download Windows Sidebar, just type Windows Sidebar for XP into google and you'll download everything you need to get it working!

Works like a charm, great app and makes it GREAT to track your hours on various projects throughout the day.

This has been a great addition to my record keeping. My clients get a very accurate accounting of the hours I work - I recommend it highly.

Great add-on...use it every day!

This little app has helped me be more accurate in my time building ASP.NET applications for clients. Thanks Andrew for a great widget!

This is a great little app that sites in the Vista sidebar. Makes logging hours almost too easy I highly recommend it!