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Time Doctor Screenshot Monitoring Relaunched

May
9th, 2011
Release Notes, Time Doctor features, Time Doctor News
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We’ve just re-thought, re-built and completely redesigned the online screenshots feature. You can now view any range of screenshots straight from the web by accessing the “Screenshots” tab in the dash. Select any date range, and anyone in your team and view up to 50 screen captures on one page.

If you see something you don’t like the look of you can easily click and view a more detailed view. Check out the new interface below, or give it a test run yourself and let us know what you think.


Remember, screen monitoring is just one way Time Doctor helps a team to be more productive. It’s also completely optional and some businesses may not need to use this type of monitoring to get the most out of Time Doctor.

Stay tuned for more exciting features; The new desktop Task Manager is a few weeks away, but is feature packed, elegant and will revolutionize the way you think about project management software.


New Time Doctor Task Manager Preview

March
30th, 2011
Time Doctor News
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We’ve just started using the new desktop Task Manager (version 1.3.+) in our own company and thought it was about time to preview the changes before we roll out the update in a few weeks time. Here’s what it it’s going to look like….

So what’s new? Apart from a fresh design, we’re moving to a fully functional drag and drop system for managing task lists. To-Do items can now be rearranged and you can edit them in place as well as easily assign them to a Client or Project.
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How to outsource anything using 6 top outsourcing websites

February
22nd, 2011
Business Management Strategies, Remote Teams, Time Doctor News
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ODesk, Elance, Vworker, Freelancer.com and Guru are freelancing sites that facilitate and streamline the process of hiring virtual (or remote workers). Each of these sites have their own approach, but in essence, all of these companies allow you to do more or less the same thing;

You can post a job description, have people bid on the work, negotiate on price, and look at previous ratings and work history before settling on either a contract rate, or a pay-per hour agreement. Generally, money is escrowed (or held) by each of the websites and they release the payment to the worker when the work is complete (skimming a neat profit at the same time – typically 10-15% of money that changes hands).
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What features would you like to see in Time Doctor?

February
15th, 2011
Feature Requests, Time Doctor News
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At the moment we have a spreadsheet  (in 8pt font) as big as small horse, full of ideas for Time Doctor in 2011. Obviously we can’t (or don’t want to) try and implement all of these ideas at once, if at all.

Some of the feature suggestions are already underway, while others are on the back burner while we finish off some of the more important tasks at hand (namely, making sure that Time Doctor is bug free and water tight). For instance, we’ve been doing a lot of behind the scenes code re-factoring to try and make things run more smoothly.

Anyhow, our feedback forum is live (powered by User Voice). Please vote, or post your suggestions so other people can vote on them. We’re providing Time Doctor free of charge, so it would be great if you can give a little back – a few minutes of your time is all that we ask.

Please visit http://feedback.timedoctor.com


A New Dashboard for Time Doctor Users

February
10th, 2011
Release Notes, Time Doctor News
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From today you should start seeing the new Time Doctor Dashboard in your account. If you don’t see it live in the next few days please contact our support team.

Dashboard Design

So what’s new?
The biggest change is the ability to view and assign tasks for each of your team members. Select a team member and you can easily view the hours worked, the current top priorities and any recently completed tasks (as well as the task they are currently working on).

If you have a new task, or a change to an existing task, you can now make changes from the dashboard which will update each team members desktop Task Manager. Assigning tasks directly like this has many advantages – primarily that it saves time by avoiding email. As we roll out new design features for the desktop app, users will be able to see when new tasks have been assigned and by who.

From the new dashboard, managers can also see which team members are online, who’s on a break and also view and edit the tasks for users who aren’t online (tasks will sync with the server as soon as they start work).

This is just one of many new features we’ll be launching in the next few months. Next up, time tracking for clients and projects, and a time usage tab which will show you exactly how your staff are spending time on the computer.