A step backward from Tyme 1 in too many ways

I use Tyme every day for work and have found it very useful. The color coding and reporting is great. There are a good amount of options.

However, as I’ve explored around Tyme 2, it’s becoming more clear how much has been removed from this version compared to Tyme 1. It’s now at the point where I actually won’t use Tyme 2 and will continue with Tyme 1. Usually I’m an early adopter of new software, but this is the rare case where I just can’t do that.

The interface is less sophisticated. For example, I apparently can no longer drag and re-arrange the order of projects or tasks. This is the kind of thing you would expect in a 1.0 product, not 2.0. The white scrollbar that’s now present on the side of the window is rather ugly on the dark interface. The main window cant be made as narrow as Tyme 1, which is quite annoying. I normally have Tyme sitting next to another app as part of my workflow and now can’t do that simlpy because Tyme can no longer can be made as narrow as in Tyme 1. There are no longer buttons when you hover over each task to mark one as completed, see stats, etc. It now involves two clicks to see a task’s stats (one to select it, one to click the stats button at the top of the window). You can no longer break down the reporting by year, month, week.

I do like the improved breakdown of tasks and projects in the menu bar dropdown.

Overall, this has been quite a disappointment. It’s a bummer to pay (again) for a product, hoping to get some nice upgrades, only to have become less usable than before.

As I said earlier, I am going to have to stick with Tyme 1 for now. I’m going to monitor any updates to Tyme 2, and I really hope the developer fixes these things. I may be looking into a new time tracker altogether, since I’m sure the developer has probably discontinued future updates for Tyme 1.

drewcarver about Tyme 2