{"id":24721,"date":"2021-10-26T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/blog\/?p=24721"},"modified":"2023-10-25T12:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:49:16","slug":"timing-2021-6-all-new-activities-screen-and-plenty-of-usability-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/blog\/timing-2021-6-all-new-activities-screen-and-plenty-of-usability-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Timing 2021.6: All-New Activities Screen and Plenty of Usability Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/screens\/2021_6\/activities_unified.png\"><br \/>\n    <\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n        We have just released <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.timingapp.com\/download\/Timing.dmg?utm_source=sendinblue&#038;utm_campaign=Timing_October_2021_Update&#038;utm_medium=email\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Timing 2021.6<\/a>, which replaces the &#8220;Review&#8221; and &#8220;Details&#8221; screens with one unified <a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/help\/activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Activities&#8221;<\/a> screen.<\/strong> We believe that this screen combines the best of both worlds, but we would love to <a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/contact\"><strong>hear your thoughts<\/strong><\/a> on it, too.\n    <\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>\n        If you preferred the old &#8220;Review&#8221; screen, don&#8217;t worry; <strong>the contents of the &#8220;Review&#8221; screen are still available<\/strong> by selecting the &#8220;By Category&#8221; mode on the new &#8220;Activities&#8221; screen:\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <center><br \/>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/screens\/2021_6\/en-new-image-2.png\" width=\"144\" height=\"96\"><br \/>\n    <\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n        In addition, you can <strong>customize the appearance<\/strong> of the Activities screen by clicking the button next to the mode picker:\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <center><br \/>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/screens\/2021_6\/en-new-image-3.png\" width=\"144\" height=\"96\"><br \/>\n    <\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n        But that&#8217;s not all! The new version also introduces <strong>a ton of usability improvements<\/strong> that should streamline your time-tracking workflow even more:\n    <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can now <strong>start and stop timers right from the toolbar of the main Timing app.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You can now also <strong>start timers via the right click context menu of a project.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>On macOS Big Sur, <strong>toolbar buttons now show labels<\/strong> next to their icons to make their purpose more clear.<\/li>\n<li>We have completely <strong>reworked the app&#8217;s onboarding<\/strong>. If you would like to give the new onboarding a try, you can access it via the &#8220;Replay Introduction&#8221; item in the &#8220;Help&#8221; menu. Maybe you&#8217;ll learn a trick or two that you didn&#8217;t know about yet!<\/li>\n<li>Timing will now <strong>warn when creating a time entry causes other entries<\/strong> to get overwritten.<\/li>\n<li>Slightly <strong>increased the width of time entry editors<\/strong>, giving you more space to enter details.<\/li>\n<li>When starting a new timer, <strong>Timing will now suggest the most recently used project<\/strong> by default.<\/li>\n<li>By default, Timing will stop any running timers when your Mac goes to sleep or when you quit the Timing tracker app. You can now customize this behavior in the app&#8217;s &#8220;Tracking&#8221; preferences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        And that&#8217;s just an excerpt of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timingapp.com\/changes?utm_source=sendinblue&#038;utm_campaign=Timing_October_2021_Update&#038;utm_medium=email#2021_6\">full release notes<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today! 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