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winkler1 shared an idea in reQall on May 12, 2009 15:19:

firefox

I installed the firefox plugin.... I have the toolbar hidden because it takes too much space, but I'd like to be able to easily add a new TODO withiout hitting the site.

For a quick way to do this, I'd like to be able to Ctrl-Click on the Reqall balloon in the firefox "taskbar" at the lower right. The popup menu "Add to Recall..." works, but it's slow -- and it grabs the current URL which I don't want.

Please allow clicking the balloon with different modifier keys for the most common data entry scenarios. This will let power users quickly input data without errors - and being firefox, it's cross-platform!

winkler1 reported a problem in reQall on May 11, 2009 20:16:

Chatbot makes me start a new todo with "Remember"

Why do I have to start a new todo with "remember"? It pains me to have to spell out the word. Seems like it should be the default. If you don't want to do then, then perhaps "r" could be a synonym? As in "r buy milk". All the other words (note,ask,buy) are short, but to make the most common thing (remember) the longest seems backwards. Otherwise, love all the ways to interact with the service - chat makes a ton of sense?

Transcript:
me: Pay library fines
reqall@im.reqall.com: I'm sorry, reQall didn't understand, "Pay library fines".
Type "help" to learn what reQall does understand.
me: Are you really going to make me say remember?
reqall@im.reqall.com: I'm sorry, reQall didn't understand, "Are you really going to make me say remember?".
me: fine, be that way.
reqall@im.reqall.com: I'm sorry, reQall didn't understand, "fine, be that way.".
Type "help" to learn what reQall does understand.
me: remember Pay library fines today
reqall@im.reqall.com: OK, reQall will remind you "Pay library fines today".

winkler1 reported a problem in RescueTime on March 27, 2008 16:37:

Synergy confuses RescueTime, reports bad data

At work I have two machines. I have RT on both. I use Synergy (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) to bind the two machines.

Problem is - when I work in a client machine the host still reports "synergys" as being active. (The mouse is moving on the host, which is transmitted down to the client)

Please spend some time using Synergy to understand it and come up with a way to have accurate data reported. As it is, Synergy throws reporting off completely.

I suppose this is like a general remote control problem - if you have two machines sending updates, the "outer" one needs to be disregarded. This could either be a hardcoded list of rc apps, or the machine sending the least amount of application change.

winkler1 replied on March 11, 2008 17:48 to the idea "What about supporting Linux?" in RescueTime:

Something seems screwy...I am getting "none" reported even when I'm asleep. Screenshot - http://screencast.com/t/xZuc5babs . The ubuntu box seems like the culprit.
Could there be an optional log file in the preferences to know what it's doing? (log file: ~/rescuetime.txt)
Also it'd be good to more easily know the version #... thx

winkler1 replied on March 10, 2008 21:41 to the problem "Tag an entire site" in RescueTime:

It'd be useful to at least do
- search untagged sites/apps... filtering the list
- apply tag(s) to them all

winkler1 replied on March 10, 2008 20:28 to the question "Can I use rescuetime on more that one machine at the same time?" in RescueTime:

Got the Ununtu client installed, thanks.

Double-counting seems like a distinct possibility but I guess you guys can handle that server-side. Merging asynchronous overlapping data, fun.

Scenario: I have machines A,B connected with Synergy

12:00-12:05 - Working on machine A
12:05:12:10 - Move mouse to B, work there. Go to lunch.

From what I understand, you'd get 14 minutes reported:
12:00-12:07 - A
12:05:12:12 - B

Without clipping the 12:05-12:07 overlap, that 2 minutes is a 20% exaggeration. In reality it's very easy to bounce between machines with Synergy, just like an external monitor.

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winkler1 replied on March 10, 2008 20:17 to the idea "What about supporting Linux?" in RescueTime:

Nice job Angus. I followed the instructions and it seems to be working fine. I did get hung up on the login dialog - kept entering 'winkler1', not full email. Changing the label to 'email' would be better.

I like the simplicity of the ffox plugin and how the description says just what it does :)

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winkler1 replied on March 10, 2008 19:59 to the question "Can I use rescuetime on more that one machine at the same time?" in RescueTime:

thanks will check it out
Not like vmware. quick animated gif here explains - http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/about...

"With synergy, all the computers on your desktop form a single virtual screen. You use the mouse and keyboard of only one of the computers while you use all of the monitors on all of the computers. You tell synergy how many screens you have and their positions relative to one another. Synergy then detects when the mouse moves off the edge of a screen and jumps it instantly to the neighboring screen. The keyboard works normally on each screen; input goes to whichever screen has the cursor."

winkler1 replied on March 10, 2008 18:50 to the problem "Can I get RescueTime to differentiate between Java apps?" in RescueTime:

On a more general tip - when do you go deep (window title/contents), vs application name? It seems like you only go deep for web browsers. Time spent in Windows Explorer could be anything.. (tough problems here)

winkler1 replied on March 10, 2008 18:47 to the question "Can I use rescuetime on more that one machine at the same time?" in RescueTime:

Great! I often use Synergy to "lash together" multiple machines. At home, one is an Ubuntu box. So, two followons-
* Any chance of an Ubuntu client?
* How bad is the double counting when the mouse passes from one machine to the next? When does RT decide you've wandered off?

winkler1 replied on March 09, 2008 18:41 to the problem "Tag an entire site" in RescueTime:

k, thanks for the fast reply!

winkler1 reported a problem in RescueTime on March 09, 2008 17:00:

Tag an entire site

I need to tag a whole domain... http://www.videosift.com has all sorts of subdomains (http://blog.videosift.com/, ect...). I don't want to have to tag every subdomain.