actiTIME 2021: Meet Our 3 Biggest Interface Improvements

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If you’ve been using any software for a considerable period, you probably saw its functionality and appearance change — for better or for worse — more than once. Indeed, modern app users are hard to surprise with frequent product updates. But have you ever wondered why software developers update their creations so often?

Well, regular improvements are necessary to keep up with rapid technological advancements, and they help companies to stay ahead of competition. Yet, most importantly, software updates are the only means to:

In other words, software updates are an expression of care for customers and they serve to make a product the best it can be. And the 2021 version of actiTIME hits the very heart of these two targets!

The new good-looking and ergonomic Enter Time-Track interface is proof that our software continues to evolve to meet users’ most vital needs, including higher time tracking efficiency and convenience of use.

In this article, we’re going to cover the major changes that took place in product design and show you how to utilize the added features to the greatest advantage.

Let’s dig in!

Say ‘Goodbye’ to the Save Button

There’s hardly any other software feature that is more obsolete than the Save button. It surely was a necessity in the pre-cloud era when users needed enough control to save data on limited system resources. But nowadays, when cloud computing has changed the world and the direct user involvement in the management and storage of data is no longer required, the Save button is merely a hindrance.

So, with the release of the autosave functionality — the most significant of our 2021 updates — actiTIME’s Enter Time-Track interface has become not only more technically modernized but also much easier and more convenient to use.

Online timesheet interface in actiTIME where every user can select task parameters
they want to see in their timesheets

The autosave feature will spare a lot of time for you during app operation. From now on, the only thing you need to do in order to make a time record in the timesheet is type a necessary time-track figure next to a task of choice. Afterward, you may go right back to doing your thing without taking any extra actions to save the submitted info — it all will be saved automatically straight away!

So, you don’t have to worry whether some of your time entries are going to get lost. But if you still do, you can always check when your data was last changed and autosaved at the bottom of the Enter Time-Track interface.

Adjust Timesheet Appearance to Suit Your Needs

A basic set of data that one can see on a standard online timesheet consists of task names, time entries and time tracking totals. Yet the new version of Enter Time-Track went much further! It now provides you with easy access to all sorts of useful task details right from the timesheet. And the best part — you can choose which information to display in the interface and which to exclude from the view.

By clicking on Show details in the timesheet’s navigation bar, you can now select to display the following task information:

Enter Time-Track interface in actiTIME

In addition to choosing which details to review in the timesheet, you can select how to sort your tasks in the list:

Thereby, the new Enter Time-Track interface offers an opportunity to arrange different items in the timesheet according to your preferences, making it as neat-looking, informative and convenient to use as possible.

Enjoy a Better Way to Switch Between Workweeks

Speaking of convenience, we’re happy to introduce another interface improvement that makes actiTIME much easier to manage — the simplified workweek navigation.

From now on, to go from any workweek to the next or the previous one, you may simply use the navigation arrows located above your timesheet: the right arrow will take you straight to the next week, while the left arrow — to the one before.

And if you need to review a timesheet from a while back:

What’s more effortless and ergonomic than that?

Workweek navigation in actiTIME

A Few More Things About the New actiTIME Features

The three actiTIME updates described in this article — autosave, improved workweek navigation and customizable timesheet appearance — are the main things that are bound to improve product experience for our app users. Thanks to these essential modifications, you will spend much less time operating the tool. You will access actiTIME’s multiple useful features with greater ease (right from the timesheet!) and make the most out of them for higher work efficiency and superior productivity outcomes.

But that’s not all! We made a few more valuable improvements in the app:

How to remove a task from the timesheet in actiTIME

Lastly, we created new navigation icons and UI animations that give the app a fresher and more contemporary look.

We hope our hard work on the 2021 release will pay off. We are confident that these app changes will take your actiTIME experience to a new level and make your workflow more efficient and productive!

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