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Release Often

April 13, 2006 |
marko

Brains4All is again proud to deliver an on-time release of 14Dayz.

Features delivered in this release:

  • Fixed some issues with the real-time tracker. The tracker is fixed and is now visible by default for the first empty line in the time sheet. This allows you to start the timer right away and fill out the details of the task later. The default project and category will be selected if you forget to enter those.
  • Fixed bug with adding Categories from the Time sheet.
  • When you sign up a default project will be created so you do not have to enter a project first. New teams can go straight to time tracking in the time sheet.
  • You can enter an optional rate per hour for each team member.
  • Rates are reported in an extra column in the report. Total rates too. This will save you doing some of the calculating for billing. Please be aware that 14Dayz uses decimal hour notation internally and that you will experience rounding errors if you use rates in combination with hours:minutes notation. We'd welcome some feedback on this.
  • Hierarchical structured projects. Your projects can now contain sub projects, or deliverables. You have the ability to create "clients" that have projects, or projects that have deliverables. It is a flexible option that will allow you to configure 14Dayz to simply match your business.
  • Release new home page for Brains4All Website (single page for now) (to be done...)

So these are all features that makes things simpler for you. It means fewer clicks and easier access to your tracking data. You have fewer calculations to do yourself and you can have better insight into your projects cost/revenue structure. You can have a more flexible structure in your projects so you can simply match your time tracking to your business and not the other way around.

When you sign up for a new account you do not have to wonder where the time sheet is or how to enter a project, but you can start tracking time right away...

All in all a release that makes things simple.

By the way, most of us are taking a little well earned time off to share our easter holidays with our friends and family. That means we will still answer support email inside 24 hours if possible. Replies just may not be as prompt as you might have come to expect from us on working days.

We hope you like the new release. Happy Easter!

  




Comments



April 14, 2006 02:40 PM

I love the product keep up the great work. Such a beautiful UI.

Any plans to add invoicing for projects/hours?



April 14, 2006 07:50 PM

I am encountering bugs, but don't remember the e-mail to which I should report it and looking it up every time is a pain. Could you please put this e-mail at the top of the page?

Some issues on the time sheet:

1. Entering project and then adding a new category clears the project.

2. Adding new line (line 2) and then scrolling down and up shows cleared Project and Category fields

3. I have a record entered on the first line (used the timer at some point in time) and the store time-sheet is disabled. Unclear what I have to do to have the single record recorded within the system.



April 15, 2006 09:33 PM

Nikita: That is a great idea and we will put in the support email address when we get a chance next week. Thanks for that tip!

@ 1. and 2. Which browser and version are you using?

@ 3. Actually if the button is disabled, all data in the sheet has been stored. There is a lot of auto magical storing of information going on in the background. Still, you don't have to worry about loosing your data anymore. If you can't click the button, it’s safe. It works a lot like GMail.

Scott: Thank you for the complement! We have an idea about how we could also help you with invoicing, check the planning of the next releases. We might have some surprises there too, but we will keep those to ourselves for now. Still, with the new rate features creating your own invoices is a relatively minor problem. You can print or attach the PDF reports as a specification.

Thank you both for you feedback, we value it highly!

Cheers, Marko





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