Hamster seems like a good

Megan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:36:09 +0000

Hamster seems like a good option - I'm trying it out now. It doesn't work too well with multiple displays. I'll have to submit a bug about that.

Been using Karm/Ktimetracker

JeevesBond — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:28:00 +0000

Been using Karm/Ktimetracker (or whatever they're calling it this week), it's served me well, but occasionally it moves whole groups of sub-tasks up to the top-level for no reason.

Am going to test out Hamster now, it's nice looking and dirt simple. It's downloadable for Ubuntu/Debian, hopefully by the next release of Ubuntu it should be available through the normal software installer.

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I had to logout and log back in again to get Hamster to show up in Add to panel... selection window. Slightly irritating.

I am planning to switch to

decibel.places — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:21:38 +0000

I am planning to switch to Ora Time for Adobe AIR - that should work on Mac OS, right?

I use TraxTime for Windows but it disappears from the menu... (free download at the bottom of the page, but has a nag screen - I used the free version for a long time, though)

Generally I copy my reports into OpenOffice Writer and export as PDF for that "professional" image...

You're right, it is really hard to find a simple time clock app - I never surveyed the Mac apps - I like TimeTrax a lot, it has memos for each task, multiple projects, fine grained reports (by date, billable, non-billable etc) but it's really a pain to go in Task Manager to kill it so I can restart it when it disappears (probably a Vista bug anyway - I don't think it did that on XP)

At work, we use Harvest

Greg K — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:18:46 +0000

At work, we use Harvest (http://www.getharvest.com/). Although this is a paid service and you are most likely wanting something free, try search for something like "free alternative to harvest time tracking"

It is a great system for tracking projects and their tasks, and very similar to something I have been writing for over a year when I have spare time (which WoW now takes over LOL).

-Greg