JTimeTracker release 0.3.10 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 0.3.10
==============
    Bugfixing release, no other changes, no features added.
   
    New Features
   ============
       
    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
   =======
       
    Fixed Bugs
   ==========
       
   *** [1020476] Enumeration type on template editor panel
   
    Changing the type of items on the template editor panel
failed.
   
   *** Errors while copying from logbook to templates
   
    Copying from logbook to template failed under certain
circumstances.
   
   

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.
   
    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 ), 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 ).
   
   *** (internal) Changed internal bus
   
    Replaced Observable-based internal bus by WerXBus-RC2. (see ).
   
    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.
   
   

Release 0.3.7
=============
    Added a new help system based on JavaHelp.
   
    New Features
   ============
       
   *** New help system
   
    Added a new help system based on JavaHelp. This gives users a
way to
   browse and search (full-text) the online help.
   
   *** French Localization
   
    A french localization has been added. The locale to be used
can be
   selected on the Options panel (see ).
   
   *** [752290] Retain Window Size
   
    The position and the size of the main window are now saved and
   restored. Values are stored as percentages, so that changing the
   screen resolution doesn't place the window out of screen borders.
   
    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.
   
    Changes
   =======
       
   *** (internal) Switched to JFreeChart, Release 0.9.8, and JCommon,
   Release 0.8.0
   
    Switched to Release 0.9.8 of JFreeChart, which includes
JCommon,
   Release 0.8.0 (see ).
   
   *** (internal) Switched to Log4J, Release 1.2.8
   
    Switched to release 1.2.8 of Log4J. (see ).
   
   *** (internal) Switched to Saxon, Release 6.5.2
   
    Had to switch to Saxon 6.5.2, since release 7.3.1 does not
support
   chunking of DocBook XML files, which is necessary for creating
   JavaHelp.
   
   

Release 0.3.5
=============
    Bugfixes and internal changes and cleanup, not more
functionality
   compared to the predecessor. There have been considerable Look &
Feel
   improvements as well as i18n add-ons.
   
    New Features
   ============
       
   *** New Look & Feel Options
   
    Integrated Metouia (see ) and SkinLF (see ) Look & Feel
options.
   SkinLF supports themepacks (aka skins), which can be selected in a
   separate setting.
   
   *** Localizations
   
    Localizations have been added for Hungarian (hu, still
incomplete),
   Portuguese (pt), Serbian (sr) and Turkish (tr). The locale to be
used
   can be selected on the Options panel (see ).
   
    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.
   
    Fixed Bugs
   ==========
       
   *** [673125] Identical Template Names Lockup
   
    It is now impossible to rename a template in case another
template
   already exists under the same name. Copies of a template have a
   timestamp in their name, so that right from the start the name is
   unique.
   
    Changes
   =======
       
   *** Future Releases: .gz Archives Replaced by .bz2
   
    Future Releases will contain .bz2 archives instead of .gz
archives,
   because the compression ratio is considerably better, saving me
   upload time and saving you download time.
   
   *** (internal) Switched to Log4J, Release 1.2.7
   
    Switched to a release 1.2.7 of Log4J. (see ).
   
   *** (internal) Switched to Saxon, Release 7.3.1
   
    Had to switch to Saxon for XSLT processing, since Xalan as
included
   in JDK 1.4 is too buggy and crashes during rendering of the
Docbook
   sources.
   
   

Release 0.3.1
=============
    Bugfixes, but not much more functionality compared to the
predecessor
   
    New Features
   ============
       
   *** Immediate Look & Feel change
   
    Changing the Look & Feel setting is now immediately reflected
in the
   GUI.
   
    Pending Feature Requests
   ========================
       
   *** No pending feature requests
   
    There are no pending feature requests.
   
    Fixed Bugs
   ==========
       
   *** Setting rename
   
    Changing the name of a setting in the Template Editor panel
had no
   lasting effect, the change was not saved.
   
   *** Template Name in Logbook Export to Excel
   
    The name of the template was not exported.
   
    Pending Bugs
   ============
       
   *** No pending bugs
   
    There are no pending bugs.
   
   

Release 0.3.0
=============
    A reworked alpha release that finally provides a visual
template
   editor. This release is the first alpha release. Automated Upgrade
   Release 0.4 will provide an upgrade feature for existing
   configurations.
   
    New Features
   ============
       
   *** [588598] Visual template editor
   
    A visual editor for templates (add/change/remove templates and
   template items)
   
    Pending Feature Requests
   ========================
       
   *** No pending feature requests
   
    There are no pending feature requests.
   
    Fixed Bugs
   ==========
       
   *** Multithreading Bugs
   
    Numerous multithreading bugs were eliminated; internal
notification
   handling was changed from ActionListener style to
Observer/Observable
   style to facilitate thread safety.
   
   *** Timing Bug
   
    A timing bug resulted in incorrect logging of work periods.
The Last
   log option was erroneously set to the time when the physical
logging
   occurred.
   
    Pending Bugs
   ============
       
   *** No pending bugs
   
    There are no pending bugs.
   
   

Release 0.2.5
=============
   
    New Features
   ============
       
   *** [587982] Logbook (delete or copy entries)
   
    Logbook entries can now be deleted in the Logbook panel (see
). The
   contents of a panel can now be copied to the template it was
created
   from, thus allowing the user to reuse data from the most recent
   logbook entries.
   
    Pending Feature Requests
   ========================
       
   *** [588598] Visual template editor
   
    A visual editor for templates (add/change/remove templates and
   template items)
   
    Fixed Bugs
   ==========
       
   *** [589535] Excel export of bar chart: deadlock
   
    On the Evaluation panel (see ), clicking the Export button no
longer
   causes a deadlock inside the application.
   
   *** [590083] DocBook DTD license missing
   
    The DocBook DTD license was missing in the documentation,
although
   the DTD was included in the full release.
   
    Pending Bugs
   ============
       
   *** No pending bugs
   
    There are no pending bugs.
   
   

Release 0.2.3
=============
    A pre-alpha release that is fully functional. This release
comes
   close to the content of the upcoming alpha release. No Automated
   Upgrade There is no upgrade feature yet, so please do not use this
   release yet to track important data.
   
    New Features
   ============
       
   *** [585758] Logbook for last x entries
   
    Displays a configurable number of most recent Logbook entries
(see ).
   
    Pending Feature Requests
   ========================
       
   *** No pending feature requests
   
    There are no pending feature requests.
   
    Pending Bugs
   ============
       
   *** No pending bugs
   
    There are no pending bugs.
   
   

Release 0.1.20
==============
    A pre-alpha release that is functional. Documentation (manual
&
   javadocs) is a bare minimum. This release is meant for testing the
   release process and for giving interested users something to play
   with. No Automated Upgrade There is no upgrade feature yet, so
please
   do not use this release yet to track important data.
   
    Pending Feature Requests
   ========================
       
   *** No pending feature requests
   
    There are no pending feature requests.
   
    Pending Bugs
   ============
       
   *** No pending bugs
   
    There are no pending bugs.