Archive for the 'FlexTime' Category

FlexTime Random Sounds

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Tim Altman asks whether a “Random Sound” option might be a good enhancement for FlexTime’s “Play Sound” cue type. I think this is an interesting idea, and definitely worth considering. But what can I do for Tim right now?

Another case of AppleScript to the rescue. By setting an activity’s starting cue to “Play [...]

Flex Your HIG

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Some readers pointed out that in announcing FlexTime 1.1, along with its snazzy new interface, I left out some of the most interesting details to programmers. How did I accomplish all of the little things that add up to the new UI? Like everything else in life, you just bite off a little bit at [...]

FlexTime 1.1

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

FlexTime 1.1 was released today. Check it out!

Summary of changes

Major UI renovation. More compact presentation and an updated appearance.
Added large elapsed/remaining timer UI while routine is running.
Added an automatic software update feature.
Removed German localization. Focusing on features without localization for now.
Fix a bug that caused weird behavior when recent documents were deleted.

This release has a [...]

Relaunch 1.3.4

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Relaunch is a nifty application that lends itself toward structuring your time into working “modes.” It lets you save a snapshot of your running applications at any time, and save it for later restoration. So you could keep Relaunch documents around for “Work,” “Composing Music,” etc. It even has a nifty auto-snapshot feature that [...]