Apr 25
As books need readers, as television needs an audience; Tracking Time does not exist without users. That’s right, we don’t exist without you! We care a lot about our users and we want to know your opinions, your thoughts, likes and dislikes about our time and performance management system.
This is the space that we opened up because we don’t want to do all the talking here, so:
What do you have to say?
Dear Mr/mrs,
It would be great if i had the abbility to print out and save my reports on my computer.
Regards,
Jayant Bharosa
We have that feature in mind. We will let you know the moment that is available.
well, looks fine so far…but can I upload files/video/audio according to tasks somewhere?
This software is not meant to be a project manager, neither a collaboration tool at that level. There are many and wonderfull apps that works great. We use basecamp for example. Our goal is to be the best on the time tracking mangement so we need to focus our efforts in that way. Of course once we have everything stable we´re going to connect with project management services.
So far I really like the Time Tracking application- especially the desktop task time tracker!
Suggestions: The little reminder pop-up is a nice addition- but gets annoying when it keeps coming up when not workiing on a timed task, (billable hours).
How about adding button choices such as:
- Start Tracking (brings tracker widget to front & closes reminder window.
- Not Working, remind me in ___hours (etc. Be able to choose length of time until reminded again like an Outlook reminder)
Thanks for a great product!
It would be nice to have the option of time rounding up or down to the nearest quarter hour as that is how we bill our time. For instance 1.25 hrs., 1.5 hrs., 2.75 hrs.
Thanks! Jana
On the time suggestion above, I did not mean in the time clock widget, just have the option in the reports.
Also, are you planning on having a print feature for the reports? Or the ability to export as an Excel file or Word doc?
You will have the ability to print your reports. We have others bugs to solve first but it is on our plans!
I love the way the widget and online info is synched so fast and easy!
It would be helpful to have an Admin button/link by the Help one on the desktop widget, (if possible for administrators), so if I need to add a task to work on it’s easier than going to the browser, opening the page and logging in. (I am all about shortcuts!) Thanks!
We´re are working on this, the next widget update will have that ability. We have to test it for some days…but it will be available on the next week! We love shortcuts also!
Hi! Is there a way to manually add time to a task? I thought I read that you could, but I cannot find where to enter it. Thanks!
BTW- I love your website design: the home page is clean, colorful and easy to navigate. Nice job!
Suggestion: When a task is being timed on the widget, maybe have the numbers green? As it is, when chosen the green bar highlight is rather dull and it doesn’t stand out enough from the other dormant tasks. I am guessing from your home page icon that when a task is overdue the bar and numbers are red- that’s sounds like a nice visual alert, so maybe green for “working on”.
Hi Jana! yes you can add time to a task manually. In the top right you have a button that says “time editor”. There you can go and modify your times. It was meant to be only for editing time…but we´re think on taking it to the next level for people that doesn´t want to track from the widget.
Thanks for your comments on the design and suggestions on the widget!
Thanks! I am thinking of users that forget to start the task, or forget to stop it when they move on to non-tracked time. (I never do that! Ha, ha!) Also if they do work on it away from their desk and need to add so the total time to complete a task is correct.
Hola, lei mas arriba que proponian que se pareciera mas a un Task Manager.
Sinceramente es muy util, pero tener todo separado por un lado en un task manager y por otro en un Time Tracker es algo mas bien molesto. Sinceramente si incursionaran en crear un Task Manager mas completo que BaseCamp (le faltan varias cosas) seria un producto bien interesante.
Saludos
Imaginate que armar algo mas completo que basecamp es un desafio a largo plazo y no es nuestra idea. En principio nuestra idea es hacer un API para conectarlos, cuestion de unificar la administracion y que puedan convivir las 2 funciones. Proyect management y Time tracking. Saludos!
you’ve got a lot of work to do…
- needs the ability to edit the time worked on each task/ project. it might help if you think of them more like a ticket” as opposed to a task or project..
-need someone to type up notes as to what you did on the task,
-need to be able to edit every aspect, of time, notes,
-get rid of the annoying error message,”Hey! are you really not working or just forgot to track?
- get rid of the stop/start widget. have stop start buttons available on each task or project…
- need ability to start working on multiple project at one time, not just one at a time…sometime projects run in the background while your doing something else..this is critical.
- stop worry about the fancy graphics and have a simple one page layout that shows all the projects, and ability to assign sub task or project underneath each project, with start and stop commands on each task/project/ticket…
also need ability to convert reports to PDF or excel spread sheet.
Hi Brian, thanks we know that there is still work to do.
1) You have a time editor on the top left, is not very visible we will change the position.
2)That feature is still pending, we don´t know if we are going to do it, because this is not a project management system is only a time tracker.
3)I think that everything that you have on the interface is editable, please let me know what do you want to edit so I can help you out or imporve it.
4)We will have this in mind.
5)You have a settings button on the widget where you can turn off the alerts.
6)We believe that a user is able to work in one task at the time. This app only counts worked hours per user. But we will have this is in mind.
7)Where doing or best so usability and “fancyness” meet each other.
8)That is a pending feature.
i should have the ability to add hours manually to a project task. that is, if i know that I worked 10 hours on a project already, but was unable to track such hours through your system, then i should have the ability to add these 10 hours to the relevant task when i log into my account.
Hi Ryan, we have this feature in mind. Right now you only can add your worked hours manually from the time editor (top right in the admin).
I am working on a website redesign and I have to track the work I do every day. It would be great to have the option to have the same task but with a date option. This way I can keep the same task but start with a 0 time count every day. This way I can see what time I spent everyday without having to delete the task and starting a new one. It would be great if I could have the same task but start fresh every day on the time and at the end of the month I can break down how much time I spent per month, per day, per week on a task.
Thanks,
Eddie
Totally Edward! that´s an important feature for us as well. Because we´re a service oriented company. For the moment we don´t have that ability. But we will have it.
Regards
would be great to be able to leave comments on tasks.
Also it would be helpful to be able to close/mark a task as complete without archiving it. Would be great to have an email notification sent to the owner/creator of the task to let them know that it’s been completed
Email notifications are a big to-do that we have pending. We want to check all general functions and performance before to work on this.
It would also be helpful to be able to prioritize tasks (ie: High, Medium, Low). Having a clock to set times and not just dates of when tasks are due would also be great
These is not a project management system, so it does not understand about task priorities, neither due dates (we added due dates just to use it as a friendly reminder). We are thinking on implementing some small features to cover this but in the long term.
ability to add:
project costs
and costs for employees (eg: hourly pay)
that way, you can measure time spent on projects and tasks vs. client revenue.
This is a feature that we are going to implement, with the ability to print reports on pdf.
why are my questions not showing up on this page? Do you only show questions that paint your software in a more favourable light? I was just suggesting features and functionality that would be of interest to users. Pretty bad that you’ve deleted them
Thanks Shani to point this out, we had a problem with our emails from our blog, so we never knew that you where commenting.
What I meant in my previous posting (below) was that although this is not a Project Management system, setting a Task priority helps the user know which Task to focus on first. Eg: if 2 tasks have the same due date, the high priority task would need to be done first.
Another suggestion would be to make a Task ongoing..meaning that it doesn’t have a solid due date. I mention this as this is often the case with some tasks (eg: an monthly report)
{It would also be helpful to be able to prioritize tasks (ie: High, Medium, Low). Having a clock to set times and not just dates of when tasks are due would also be great}
Hey it’s me again
I have another suggestion from someone on my team. He suggested being able to see who created a Task (while on the Admin screen).
How about translate it in other languages? I can help translating to brazilian portuguese.
I could use an aditional field too. Something like ‘description’ so I can add more info about some tasks.
Hi!
I can help you to translate to Brazilian Portuguese too, if you wish.
Oh, and a description field on tasks gotta be very handle… i tried to put a long text on the title row and the system gave me an error, cause the string was too long.
Well, that’s my 2 cents. Thanks, and go on with this awesome tool!
I would like to see more robust reporting, e.g. data by client for all or selected clients. User selects a from and to data and all projects or all clients or a specific project client and a report is generated with subtotals. Also the software I was using previously can generate invoices.
Hi Nancy, thanks for your comment! by the moment you will need to get those reports one by one (please let me know if there is any info that you can´t get from the system, and I will try to help you). About the invoices, is not our focus, there are many great companies that they are taking care of that.
We already implemented the hourly rate on our testing servers but we need more time to get it done. Thanks again
I would like to be able to assign an hourly rate or flat rate to a project and/or task.
It would be nice to have a report where I can group time by day. I need to enter my project time by day into my time card and find it difficult to navigate the existing reports.
the Timesheet export function add spaces to the time and Date values. that is a problem if you want work with the information in Excel because the Values in the cells are considered as text.
Hi there, another suggestion …
It would be nice to have the Time Editor in the Desktop Widget. That will help to Add time to a task in case I do not have internet access, or if my internet connection is slow ( like tracking with my laptop using my Cell phone for internet access)
ha , I agree with Hilder Santos and Rafael Dourado. I can help to translate in Spanish.
I forgot to stop the timer on a task. I need to edit down the 84 hours it accumulated. How do I do that?
It would be easier to work with the time editor if archived tasks no longer appeared.
I wish there was a feature to mark a task as completed.
Great application, but there is still a lot of space for improvement.
It would be great if I can edit time, after tracking. This is so far most urgent function that i need.
Keep up with a good work!
It would be good if we could modify the viewable area allowing users to increase the size of the widget. I have
10+ task and the list is growing larger.
Having to scroll around to find a specific task/project is time consuming.
Provide a lock/unlock feature where you can unlock the widget move the different task/projects in the display window to better organize how new items are displayed and then relock the widget.
In about a month we are going to release the new widget and it will have that ability. Thanks for pointing this out!
A notes field and status field (create your own)in the task area would help when time needs to stop each time. this way you can provide a reason for the stop (justification) if the task is restarted. This way another person can determine what the status is of the task, if necessary.
What other formats can the reports be exported as ?
can you give us a couple of options please. The currently CSV is very basic and scrambled.
Thank you,
Muy buena herramienta, por el momento se porta bastante estable. Es faci de usar y la información se muestra de manera muy clara.
Como sugerencia, seria muy bueno que se pueda definir un administrador para cada proyecto y que solo tenga acceso al mismo. Otra cosa que seria de gran utilidad, es definir uncampo en el que se pueda detallar un poco la tarea. felicitaciones por la herramienta!!! la considero de gran utilidad
Saludos a Estado desde Nut`s
Gracias Seba! Me alegro que les guste, espero que les sirva!
It would be nice, in my opinion, if a task could be assigned to more than an user.
Muy buena la herramienta, felicitaciones. Me parece que seria mejor si cuando se editan las tareas en la pestaña “time editor” solo aparecieran las tareas que se encuentran activas, ya que por ejemplo nosotros hacemos programación mensual y en cierto punto se vuelve muy incomodo ver un listado tan largo…
Muchas gracias
Gracias por tu comentario, si tenes razón..es un poco incomodo cuando se acumulan tantas. Lo vamos a tener en cuenta para el proximo update!
When I look at a project report, it shows all tasks as “performed” but doesn’t distinguish those that are archived from those that are still active. This would be nice as it would allow me to know what still needs to be done in any given project.
I love the tool otherwise, clear and simple, which makes it easy to share.
Thanks.
Great idea Kenny, thanks for you comment!