Timesheet Display Skins

In new skin, form for adding entry has changed. Description of entry is now textarea (instead of simple test input).

Textarea is much less user-friendly (in my opinion), because simple input field remember previously entered data.

So for example, if I work for some task every Monday, I have to enter description on every Monday :/ In old skin, I fill in only few first letters and than hit “down arrow” and “enter”.

I too, would rather see text fields rather than textareas used for notes. Auto-complete is nice, but the ability to hit return to submit the time is crucial.

I’m not apposed to the updates because it’s “change”, but because the usability has suffered.

On top of data entry issues, it’s much harder to scan existing entries in a given day. The increased whitespace means more screen needs to be scanned, and the format of each entry does not in any way lend itself to easy reading.

Thanks for working hard and for all the continual improvement, even if some areas still need work. ;)

I haven’t had time to form an opinion on the impact of the changes yet, except that I definitely miss the visual cue of the little spinning timer. That may sound trivial, but having that little running clock makes it quick and easy for me to look at my timesheet and see which item I am timing at a given moment. The “start” and “stop” buttons just look too similar to distinguish them with a quick glance.Otherwise, I’m going to reserve judgement on the changes until I’ve had a chance to try them out for a day or two.
Thanks for everything you guys do. Harvest is a wonderful program and I appreciate your efforts to keep it current and functional. :-)

I’m going to skip my comments on the actual changes; it suffices to say that I’m not a big fan.

Although I’m sure there are several arguments why the new interface is better, I would like to see some kind of option that allows users to bring back the old one.

Giving Harvest managers the choice of interface paradigms is the best approach, as ross suggests.

Please give us a choice via the admin. This UI is no improvement! Different fontsizes :-(, fields not in line and lack of overview. We like the former UI because it intuitivity and overview.

As far as the timesheet ui is concerned we were disappointed that there were no new functions like:
- Calculated timeconsumption by just entering a start and stop time.
- Separate referencefield as part of an timeentry. This field we need to group and sort the invoice. Not a bigger textfield! Harvest must become smarter.

I’m missing the timer animation too. +1 for that to return!

Me too — I want the timer animation back.

Wow – does anyone like the new UI?

I’m surprised it was foisted upon us and am glad to see that Danny noticed.

Please use a BETA feature (a la a big search firm you may know) to get user feedback before flipping the switch.

Also, did I miss the blog post explaining what was wrong with the old look?

hi guys, i kind of like the new look, and i don’t care about the animation. but i am finding it difficult to tell which item is currently being timed. this is especially hard when i go back to a task i was working on earlier in the day, start the timer and then go off to do my work. when i return to turn off the timer, it takes a lot longer than it needs to to find out which button to push. a simple color difference on the running timer button would be a big help.

thanks so much — love, love, love harvest!

I posted about this in the Town Square — but I agree with many of the above. I don’t care for the new look, and I think its more difficult to use.

And lacking the timer animation? Bad.

Today i processed the last week. Can somebody explain the benefits of the new input screen for the notes? I’m constantly working to remove hard returns. We prefer the simpler version, unless benefits are still to come…