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    1. Build a Mac version of timesnapper

      A number of people have asked for a version of TimeSnapper that runs on the Mac.

      If you would like this, case your vote against this item.

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      • implement a solution to allow "remote" capturing

        I work quite a lot over RDP and with virtual machines. Of course, TS can capture these just fine but it obviously cannot capture window titles and URLs inside the remote session and it will also always capture the entire remote session rather than just the active window inside that session.

        I think it would be great if all of the above would still work inside the RDP/VM-window (without having to buy additional licenses to install TS on the guest machines).

        I'm not yet sure what would be the best approach to this. One thing I can think of would… more

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        • optionally allow the default to be productive time and the exception list to be non-productive time

          flip the default/exception behavior so that any time is presumed to be productive unless one of the configs (app, keyword) matches, in which case it is unproductive.

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          • Allow plugins for task lookup

            The task lookup integration is great if you have full SQL access to the source of the task list, but in some environments you have an API without SQL access (like in a Microsoft Project Server environment). It would be nice to be able to write a plugin for task lookup integration rather than requiring SQL.

            The SQL integration could then also be written as a plugin that ships with TimeSnapper by default. Task lookup integration would be done by selecting the desired plugin and configuring that plugin.

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            • improve keyboard navigation in the Day Browser

              I often have the problem that I am moving through the day browser using the arrow keys and the screen updates are significantly lagging behind my key presses (this happens especially with large screenshots, e.g. from a multi-monitor RDP-session - see my other request). By the time I have found the shot I was looking for, it seems the keyboard buffer has often filled up so much that the day browser skips a couple of frames further (often it's much more than just a couple). I have seen this behaviour on all three machines that I have used TS on… more

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              • Extract URLs from Firefox 9

                All Firefox URLs now show up as unknown since I was auto-upgraded to Firefox 9, and my productivity score has dropped through the floor! Help my self esteem!

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                • Create Projects and allow users to snapshots by project

                  By doing this, I can easily set up various projects, then skim through my work history for any given project to see what I was working on, and how long I worked on it.

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                  • add a Day Browser Zoom Setting "(Scale down to fit)"

                    I only capture the active window. This can be anything from a small dropdown menu to a multi-monitor RDP session. The latter wouldn't fit into the day browser at 100% zoom but the former would be a little too "in-the-face" with the current "(To Fit)"-setting. I therefore suggest adding a zoom setting that only scales down to fit but never zooms up.

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                    • Show the current flag info in the tray tooltip

                      When I put my cursor over the TimeSnapper icon in the tray, it currently says "TimeSnapper (Active)" or the like.

                      Instead of just saying "Active" it'd be nice to show the info about the most recent flag, like what task it thinks I'm working on. That way I can look to see if I forgot to add a new flag.

                      Right now the only way to do this is to go all the way into "Browse Day."

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                      • make it easier to define productive apps/sites by window title/URL

                        Ideally, combine the UI of the current productivity wizard and the dialog used to exclude images from capture.

                        For example, I don't want to define Outlook.exe as such as a productive app. But I often define certain email subjects (that are reflected in the window title) as productive. Currently I either have to copy&paste the subject (or relevant portions thereof) or type it manually into the productivity wizard. Likewise, sometimes I don't want to define an entire domain as productive but only certain sub-paths (this does currently not appear to be possible at all).

                        It would therefore be great if,… more

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                        • Store images in zip files

                          I have a long history of time snapper images (about one and a half years of daily work) and I like to keep a backup of my timesnapper images. However because there are so many small files the backup process takes quite a long time because it checks all files for changes. It would be neat if the snapshots could optionally be stored inside an archive format per day like a .zip or a .tar file. Less files, faster backups.

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                          • integration with clipboard manager

                            please consider inegration with (one of many) clipboard managers like ditto.

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                            • consider integration with a keylogger

                              this is seen by many as a dangerous tool but i find key-loggers a very important tool for self-archiving. it could offer a lot of possiblties for focused search

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                              • Allow plugins for timesheet integration

                                The timesheet integration is great if you have full SQL access to the timesheet system, but in some environments you have an API without SQL access (like in a Microsoft Project Server environment). It would be nice to be able to write a plugin for timesheet integration rather than requiring SQL.

                                The SQL integration could then also be written as a plugin that ships with TimeSnapper by default. Timesheet integration would be done by selecting the desired plugin and configuring that plugin.

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                                • can't recognize korean-time format

                                  In flag info popup window,
                                  Start time field show the time as korean-format like '오후 11:25' (means 11:25pm). of course it filled automatically. but when I submit error-message pop out. "There was a problem while saving the flag. The time box contains invalid time."

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                                  • make it easier to locate pinned snapshots

                                    * add new Day Browser filter: "(Pinned snapshots)", analogous to the current "(Productive time)" and "(Unproductive time)"

                                    * possibly use a different colour or other visual indicator for pinned shots in the timeline

                                    Without either, if you want to locate pinned items you either have to step through the browser frame-by-frame or trigger auto-deletion to get rid of the unpinned shots.

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