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Linux timer widget
We recently switched from Toggl to Harvest and I really miss the timer widget. I can see that Windows and Apple users get one but us Linux users are left with the web interface – which is fine for manually adding time but clunky when you’re trying to start and stop a timer while switching tasks.
Is there any way we could get a widget as well? Any third-party solutions out there? I’d be happy with a separate page without extraneous info (menus, etc.) that I could drop into a site-specific browser, too. I’m on Ubuntu 11.04.
Hi @jonasvp,
We love our Linux users too. Check out the (super-cool) “hcl” tool (Harvest Command Line) http://www.getharvest.com/blog/2009/07/harvest-...
It’s a 3rd party app, but becomes super powerful (I’ve found) when you create a number of shell scripts for common tasks/projects (so you can start and stop timers by just typing “hstop.sh”
I will add your name to our request for a Linux widget though!
Wicked! Thanks for the pointer. My favorite thing, however, would be something that sticks on the task bar (an AppIndicator, http://unity.ubuntu.com/projects/appindicators/) and helps me switch quickly since I tend to forget if it’s not right in front of me… maybe I’ll just write it myself. :-)
please add me to that list.. I’d really like an AppIndicator style timer as jonasvp mentioned.
It’s pretty annoying when I leave my computer and forget to stop the timer. So having an integrated timer that can automatically pause when my computer goes idle would be great!
For now, I guess I’ll check out this hcl tool. Thanks
