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jotheman replied on June 25, 2009 09:21 to the problem "Absolutely unacceptable CPU usage during video calls on a Mac" in Skype:

I have this problem as well. What makes me think is the fact, that my girlfriends MacBook, which has a slower processor and less RAM, doesn't seem to overheat on a video call. Very strange.

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Unibody MacBook 2,4 GHz
4 GB RAM

jotheman started following the problem "Absolutely unacceptable CPU usage during video calls on a Mac" in Skype.

jotheman replied on June 09, 2009 14:46 to the problem "Pricing" in Slife Labs:

Your argument regarding the costs of servers and active online support is indeed a valid one. Still, I am just a freelance writer and was using SLife more as a way of getting some interesting stats, rather than having it add to my productivity (in part because of the missing features of the then-free version). So 5 $ a moth is quite much from my point of view.

Still, I haven't tryied out the new version, mainly because I was disappointed by the pricing system and because I didn't want to enter my credit card info just to do so. SLife might still be of interest and I will keep checking back from time to time. In case your pricing plans change (yearly fee at a rebate would be a small step ahead), I might reconsider. After all, SLife does have great potential and is quite unique, as you pointed out.

Cheers,

jo.

jotheman replied on June 08, 2009 07:04 to the problem "Pricing" in Slife Labs:

You didn't get my point: this software is well worth some money, but not on a monthly basis.

Anyway, I wish you luck with your plans. I am sorry that I have to go, too, you see.

Cheers,

jo.

jotheman reported a problem in Slife Labs on May 31, 2009 11:31:

Pricing

60 bucks a year? No way. I'm fine with buying this software, but I won't pay for it on a monthly basis.

Should have known something like this was coming.

Well then, good bye and good luck!

jo.

jotheman replied on April 22, 2009 16:53 to the idea "Better filter options for Slifes collected data" in Slife Labs:

That's great!

jotheman replied to "Better filter options for Slifes collected data", but it was removed. see the change log

jotheman replied on February 17, 2009 11:46 to the idea "Better filter options for Slifes collected data" in Slife Labs:

Sarcasm?

jotheman shared an idea in Slife Labs on February 14, 2009 02:40:

Better filter options for Slifes collected data

Right now, only daily or monthly view is possible. Apart from the fact that tracking is still faulty (see keyboard input thread), this limited access of the data is limiting Slifes usefulness.
I would like to see a way of filtering the collected usage data in a customizable way, e.g. accumulated usage time between two dates, quick look at last 5 days etc. Would be really make the data much more useful and accessible.

jotheman marked one of CaroleHayes' replies in Slife Labs as useful. CaroleHayes replied to the question "can time typing or mouse movement be used to configure when an app is recording time?".

jotheman replied on December 11, 2008 03:30 to the problem "Typing is an activity!" in Slife Labs:

Great!

PS: Idleness detection setting for the above results:
Active Timer: 5 Mins
SLife: 4 Mins

I think idleness is deductive, meaning once the app detects I'm idle (e. g. no activity in the set amount of time) it should deduct the last X minutes from the active count. Don't know whether or not those apps are doing this.

jotheman replied on December 11, 2008 03:22 to the question "can time typing or mouse movement be used to configure when an app is recording time?" in Slife Labs:

Well, you wouldn't have to "track" the keyboard, just detect keyboard usage. I don't know how other apps do it, but you might take a look at AntiRSI and Active Timer. Both are very simple apps, but they always know whether I'm working or not.

My concern with setting a longer idleness detection period is that it would also result in an uncorrect time count. I use Time Out (after having used AntiRSI for a long time) to remember taking work breaks. Breaks should be deducted from my work time...

Anyway, great to hear that you're working on this issue.

jotheman replied on December 10, 2008 14:53 to the problem "Typing is an activity!" in Slife Labs:

To further underline my point: time I spent in Nissus Writer today, measuered by Active Timer and SLife, respectively.
2hrs 55 mins VS. 1hr 30 mins

Says it all.

jotheman replied on December 10, 2008 05:10 to the question "can time typing or mouse movement be used to configure when an app is recording time?" in Slife Labs:

Not entirely correct. The answer in German would be "Jein" - meaning YES AND NO. Yes, mouse activity will be registerd and NO, SLife cannot / won't register keyboard usage, even though typing is usually much more certain to be work related activity than just moving the mouse, at least in certain professions.
I could be made optional to choose if one wants to have typing ignored, but generally I don't see why one would do that.

What are the developers thoughts on this issue? Is this by design? Is it a technical issue? And will it be changed / fixed in future versions?

jotheman reported a problem in Slife Labs on December 09, 2008 07:03:

Typing is an activity!

According to ethomaz, SLife does only regard mouse movement as an activity.
I do a lot of what I do just using keyboard shortcuts and Quicksilver. I also do a lot of text processing. SLife won't track any of this? Why?
What's the use of trying to track my working hours when working (typing) isn't regarded an activity?

jotheman replied on December 08, 2008 04:56 to the question "Slife doesn't record my time when watching vids" in Slife Labs:

Well, that completely defies the purpose, doesn't it?

jotheman started following the idea "Drag Documents to Activities" in Slife Labs.

jotheman started following the idea "Remove Slife from the dock" in Slife Labs.

jotheman started following the idea "Set Activities based on Document Location or folder" in Slife Labs.

jotheman started following the idea "The Goals view isn't much use." in Slife Labs.