Release Notes

3.5.0.13, March 2010

• Minor update for supporting Greek AM/PM settings

Version 3.5, September 2009

• Plugin model enhanced considerably
  • 3 sample plugins come provided with the setup file (not the auto-update). They are located in the TimeSnapper\SamplePlugins folder:
  • RSS to Flags Plugin - Creates flags on the timeline (TimeBar) based on a RSS feed such as Twitter or Yahoo Pipes.
  • Opening Hours Plugin - Defines "opening hours" for TimeSnapper, i.e. the time when TimeSnapper is actively taking screenshots.
  • SQL Executer Plugin - For developers: Allows arbitrary SQL statements to be run against TimeSnapper database in order to extract or summarize data.
• See our wiki for some screenshots and more details: Wiki: Plugins
• Support for capturing URLs from Firefox 3.5.1
• Various minor improvements

Version 3.4, March 2009

• Long awaited plugin model! Enthusastic TimeSnapper users with programming know-how can develop plugins using .NET
• First plugin: "Export to animated .gif" pluqin.
  • Accessible by selecting a range of activity on the TimeBar in the Day Browser, right clicking and selecting "Create Animated Gif"
• TimeSnapper Portable -- possible to run directly from a USB key
• URL capturing enhancements for website classifications / productivity calculations
  • added support for URL capturing of Chrome 1.0xxx and IE 8.0 (beta)
  • now captures localhost URL and etc.
• Day browser: Cosmetic enhancements
• Day browser: Play speed selected with (Slowest, Slow, Normal, Fast, Very Fast) etc. (But still possible to enter milliseconds directly into the box)
• Manual capture now works properly again ([Win]+[S] to bring up 'Shortcuts', then [M] for 'Manual capture' )
• New installations now store the snapshots and the database in a local appdata folder instead of a roaming one (which could cause problems)
• Automatic bug reporting includes some memory and OS information now
• ObjectDisposed error should not appear any more on systems under heavy memory load
• Upgrading from TimeSnapper Classic to Pro is now fully automated

Version 3.3, October 2008

• Day Browser: A decent zoom functionality finally! Now you can zoom into the screenshots more than before. Really nice for those capturing multiple monitors or those who need to take a much closer look at the screenshots.
• Day Browser: Categorize web sites as productive or non-productive like any other application! You can do it from the Productivity Wizard or directly from the Day Browser. You can also easily see if the current screenshot is categorized as productive or not.
• Day Browser: Ctrl-F5 refreshes/reloads the TimeBar
• Automatic Note Taking Reminder: New option in the automatic popup dialog (note taking reminder). Now it's possible to chose between:
• Showing dialog on top of all others (default behaviour)
• Showing dialog minimized and flashing like MSN (new feature)
• Activity Overview: Added URL and Domain to the list of available columns in the Activity overview dialog. You can of course group by them like other columns.
• Reports: Added a duration column to the Flags Reports. The duration tells the time difference between the current task and the next one (as long as it isn't a NOTE)
• Day Browser: Removed the +/- button. Use Ctrl-F to toggle between showing the toolbar or not.
• App: By default check for updates automatically (can be turned off from the options dialog).
• Bug fixes:
  • TimeSnapper: Text Extractor has stopped working. Debugging in VS shows the error: InvalidOperationException: SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault must be called before the first IWin32Window object is created in the application (reported here)
  • If we ran out of space while logging, the app would crash (case 2085)
  • other minor bugfixes

Version 3.2.0.12, September 2008

• Program Statistics report improvements
  • Statistics per web site finally! URLs captured for IE, Firefox (3.0, 2.0), Chrome
  • possible to click IExplore / Firefox (not 3.0 yet) and Chrome to get a detailed breakdown of web pages
  • show the hours as well as the percentage
  • a total column at the bottom to show overall computer usage
• Some performance tuning when loading a day in the Day Browser
• Starts up a lot faster
• The following reports have been enhanced to include a link to the appropriate day in the Day Browser:
  • Time Spent in front of the computer Report
  • Productivity Score report
  • Flags Report
  • Disk Space Usage Report
• Assorted bug fixes and cosmetic changes

Older releases

Please see our old release notes page.