We have released a new version of the adobe air widget. So what’s new in this version?

• the window position is now saved. So when you move the widget and shut it down, next time you start it, it will use the last position.
• added a switch item to the tray/icon menu with all your trackers. This way you don’t have to open the widget to switch, you can just switch from the tray.
• the settings panel is now in a separate window
• added autostart functionality. When enable, you will autostart your default tracker on startup (if not tracking already)
• added autostop functionality. When enabled, you will autostop working when exiting the widget

We have released a new version of the adobe air widget. Only one fix but a pretty big one :

In case of lost internet connection (just coming out of hibernation, network down, …) the widget kept going and you were not able to do anything with it. We’ve fixed this and the widget will timeout after 15 seconds.

After that you can just hit the “reload” button whenever the connection is back to start time punching again.

This video will show you how to use our adobe air widget and track time right from your desktop.

We start by showing you a custom company structure. After that we download the most recent version of the widget and configure the account details. Using the widget we quickly start tracking time on some various projects. To see if everything was registered we then login to the backend and check the “my timesheet” page to check the timeblocks in a tabular listing.

Enjoy !

There is a 1.0.5 version out of the Adobe Air widget with some small bug fixes:

• bugfix : authentication failure due to special characters in the password
• bugfix : posting of description at when registering timeblock
• bugfix : reloading trackers when switching users
• feature : progress icon showing activity when the tracker is doing something
• feature : right click in system tray now allows you to stop/start tracking
• feature : hovering over title bar/tray icon will now show you which project you are working on, and for how long
• feature : stop/start buttons will give you a visual aid to show you when you are already tracking/stopped

Keep sending suggestions/feedback to make this tool even better !

We are glad to announce that we created a new desktop widget.  This widget is based on the Adobe Air 1.5 platform.

The widget now has a username/password validator.

We’ve also expanded our API with extra functions (including the acountValidation function used above).

For more details visit the Extras page

As mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, some users were experiencing connection problems using the Yahoo widget.

In collaboration with one of our users, Adrian Gawrys, we were able to determine the problem. It turned out that we weren’t escaping usernames (or password) which might contain url-obstructive characters, resulting in a mall-formed url and a failure to load that url. At the same time we have made the ‘unable to connect’-message give a more detailled story.

Anyhow, download the latest widget and everything should be fine.

PS: we’re still looking for Adobe Air widget developers.

Some of our users are experiencing connection problems when using the Yahoo widget and since we (digitalbase) aren’t having enough time to spare, we’re now looking for third-party developers who can develop a new widget for us.

We’d like it to be developed using Adobe Air, so if you’re skilled, interested and up for the job, make sure to have a look and bid at Elance.

We already announced some novelties in the field of API and today we launch the following new functions:

• Report: to be able to retrieve a list of time blocks matching your posted criteria
• Reportees: to retrieve the profile_ids from the users you may report for
• AddTime: to add time blocks via the API interface
• AddFreeTime: to add free time blocks (blocks without a fixed start & stop) via the API interface

Read the api guidelines for more details…

To all developpers, please keep us posted about your progress and do not hesistate to contact us if you have some suggestions for new functions.

We updated the TrackMyPeople Widget for the Yahoo Widget Platform.

There were a lot of Bug Tickets about this Widget on MAC (“No Internet” message), but now we’ve successfully tested the Widget on a MAC and it works!

• The Methods for negotiating with the API are updated
• The Widget now uses JSON instead of XML
• Works on MAC (no more ‘No Internet’ error)

Some novelties are also planned for the near future:

• ability to edit/delete time from the widget
• ability to manage trackers
• view reports/time sheets
• working on a new layout

Download the new and improved widget for windows or for mac.

To please more developpers, we introduce today our JSON API.

You could already write your own apps using our API (see documentation), but if you prefer the JSON format than you can now use for example https://secure.trackmypeople.com/api/status.json instead of https://secure.trackmypeople.com/xml/status.

Please note that some xml responses have changed, so if you were already writing an application then you better use the new xml-url, which is https://secure.trackmypeople.com/api/$action.xml, where ‘.xml’ may be ommitted.
All old xml responses remain the same if you use the old url: https://secure.trackmypeople.com/xml/$action, but it will become deprecated and the new responses contain more information.

As always further suggestions are welcome at info@trackmypeople.com.