JTimeTracker release 0.3.9 is available now.

JTimeTracker (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtimetracker) is an
application that

   * tracks the time you spent on various projects and tasks (or
whatever work item hierarchy you prefer instead, “project” and “task”
are just examples);
   * helps you evaluate the tracked efforts (by summarizing,
filtering, exporting to Microsoft Excel™, etc.)

Opposed to other tools, JTimeTracker does not work like a “stopwatch”
to measure the time spent on various activities. Instead, JTimeTracker
pops up in regular intervals and asks you what you are currently doing
and for how long you did it (default: since it last asked you). In my
opinion, this approach requires less overhead and is less error-prone
than starting and stopping a stopwatch for every task switch during
the day.

Some of the features of JTimeTracker

   * Tracks an arbitrary/editable set of properties per logbook
entry.
   * Can export the whole logbook to a Microsoft Excel™ file.
   * Can summarize logbook entries per day, month, year or template
(e.g., project) and export the results to Microsoft Excel™
   * Can create bar charts from summaries, print the charts and
export them to a *.png file

Release Notes And Change History

Release 0.3.9

Polishing release. This is the last release before the 0.4 rewrite.
I've decided not to include the pending features (see below), since
they'll be much easier to implement after a partial rewrite. Release
0.3.9 will be branched and I'll fix all reported bugs; however, new
features and a tutorial will only be added to the upcoming release
0.4.

The main change in release 0.4 will be support for templates
consisting of templates. This will help users in designing reusable
template components rather than having to copy from a generic template
where changes to that generic template are not propagated to the
copies, as things are handled now.

New Features

[839431] Launch without additional command line window

   No more additional command line window that is present in the
Microsoft Windows™ task bar after launching the application.

Pending Feature Requests

[706758] Template Tutorial in Manual

   A tutorial (including screenshots) to demonstrate how to use
JTimeTracker properly: define and use templates, evaluate results.
[764417] Editable Logs

   The log should be editable to assist in recording entries.
Suggested implementation by the requester: to be able to edit begin
time, end time, and duration of entries.

Changes

(internal) Setting values now enclosed in tags

   Values of settings are now stored inside of tags instead of
attributes. This breaks the backward compatibility (see Reusing old
configuration and log files), you will have more manual work if you
upgrade to 0.3.9 from earlier releases.
(internal) Upgrade to dom4j 1.5 beta 1

   Upgrade to dom4j 1.5 beta 1 to fix dom4j 1.4 base URI resolution
bug (see the section called “dom4j, Release 1.4”).
(internal) Changed internal bus

   Replaced Observable-based internal bus by WerXBus-RC2. (see the
section called “WerXBus-RC2”).

Fixed Bugs

[803681] HTML manual menu item does not work

   After the switch to JavaHelp, there is no more HTML version of the
help. The installer for Microsoft Windows™ was still creating an
erroneous link in the JTimeTracker Program group.