Comments on: FlexTime 1.0b6

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:10:41 +0000

Great idea, Mitch. I am already considering a menu-bar item as a possible enhancement but your minimized window idea sounds good, too. I’m glad you’re enjoying the app.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:44:31 +0000

First, Daniel, thank you for writing this app. It’s precisely what I wanted in terms of timers.

Perhaps it is a little late for a UI suggestion, but what would be really useful would be an option to shrink down or hide the routine portion of the window. This way you only get the controls and maybe a small counter. I setup my routines so that the sound corresponds with what I’m supposed to be doing, but instead of hiding or minimizing I’d like to have a little box ala iTunes in minimized mode to keep an eye on.

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:58:49 +0000

possum4all: thanks! I think the “time remaining” thing is going to end up being pushed to a post-1.0 update. I’m thinking that a good start towards satisfying this will be to offer two new column types: “time remaining” and “time elapsed” and allow columns to be hidden or shown at the user’s discretion.

By: possum4all

possum4all — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:50:10 +0000

Cant’ wait for 1.0 … outside of the countdown timer chagne mentioned in the first comment above … this thing is golden. Great work.

By: duus

duus — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:02:48 +0000

humorously, i also posted my follow-up comment at the same time you wrote yours. Thanks!

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:02:33 +0000

heh - and I think this is the first time I’ve played “comment tag” with anybody :)

By: duus

duus — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:01:38 +0000

oh–i should have read the updatte first…my comment is no longer operative given 1.0b7…

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:01:15 +0000

duus: you commented almost exactly at the same moment as I was uploading the new 1.0b7 to fix this :) Please try redownloading from the link above. Sorry for the inconvenience! This was just a stupid mistake that I didn’t catch before posting 1.0b6.

By: duus

duus — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:58:53 +0000

hello. continues to be a great product.

So: when I open a new routine, the “Intervals” menu has a activity drop down menu (as normal) and a text field, instead of another drop-down for, for example, the sound I want. My converted routines do not have this issue, however.

Here is a jpg window grab of what i’m talking about.

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:54:16 +0000

Hi Sean- that is on my list but I have decided to put it off until after 1.0. I need to remain focused on getting 1.0 out there as a final, but I am planning to get something like this done in an update soon after 1.0.