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Working with MS Word while having a phone conversation with Skype. Which activity gets reported?
Talking for 30 minutes on Skype and working on a MS Word document at the same time, how will time be reported?
Will I get 30 minutes for Skype *plus* 30 minutes for MS Word? Or will the Skype part be ignored because the active window is MS word?
If so, is there a way to take into account both applications? How about other applications that do not need keyboard or mouse interaction to be "active" (like Skype, using voice).
Will I get 30 minutes for Skype *plus* 30 minutes for MS Word? Or will the Skype part be ignored because the active window is MS word?
If so, is there a way to take into account both applications? How about other applications that do not need keyboard or mouse interaction to be "active" (like Skype, using voice).
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Inappropriate?RescueTime measures focus-- so it would depend on what's "on top". Given this scenario, it would record time in MS-Word, as Skype is "in the background".
RescueTime idles out at 2 minutes-- using the operating systems definition of idle... So it depends on the app. But I believe Skype won't idle out with an active conversation (i.e. will the screensaver kick in after a 2min Skype call?).
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Inappropriate?I checked the detail. Here is the result:
- If I set my screen-saver to start after 3 minutes, then it will start after 3 minutes, even if I am in a conversation using Skype.
So it means that Skype reports to the system as idle, even if there is an on-going conversation.
- If I keep Skype as the active window and carry-on my conversation without moving the mouse, Rescue Time will record only the first 2 minutes activity, then assume that I am not using Skype anymore. How bizzare, since "2 minutes" has no meaning in this case!
- If I switch to Word just after starting the Skype conversation, while keeping talking on Skype, then the conversation in Skype is not logged any more in Rescue Time.
Conclusion: if I have a Skype conversation, it will be logged to its real length in Rescue Time only if I do not work on any other application than Skype, keep the focus on the Skype window, and keep moving my mouse around so as to simulate that the application is active!
In other words, Rescue Time does not record realistically the time spent on making phone calls in Skype. What a pitty...
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