Did I stop that timer or is it still ticking? We want you to be able to answer this questions at a glance. That’s why we integrated an additional hint that shows up on every single page when there is a timer running.

The new hint is displayed in the upper right-hand corner. It is linked to the day on which the timer is running, so you can get there to stop it with a single click.

Furthermore, a hint is displayed in the page title of your browser. Even when surfing the web with a crowd of open tabs, you can detect a running timer as well as the time measured so far in no time.

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With mite, you might share the report of a project with a third party in a very easy way. By activating the appropriate option on a single report, you will be given a private link. Hand this link to any person you want to be informed about the status of the project – as simple as that. Your customer, project manager or whoever will then be able to view the corresponding time entries. Even without his or her own mite.account.

We launched this feature in September 08. Today, we added the option to specify exactly what you want to show up in the shared report. Now, you can choose if you want the revenue as well as the user names to be displayed. Decide for yourself how much transparency should be added to your projects!

Thanks to Hagen, Jörg, Lucas, Jürgen and other users for suggesting this feature. Keep the feedback coming!

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Some minutes ago, we pushed an update of the underlying application framework. If you cannot notice anything working differently, we’ll put our thumbs up. Yes, the update speeds up mite a little bit and will help us maintaining the app, but it doesn’t feature changes on a functional level.

Nonetheless, if you happen to stumble upon a bug, please tell us so we can fix it right away. Send us an e-mail which describes the ‘corpus delicti’ as detailed as possible. And don’t forget to include your browser and operating system. Thanks!

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8 hours 42 minuten – Wednesdays’ total working hours. To get this information, you either used to have to click the day in question or dive into the report section.

Passé! Simply hover your mouse over any day of the calendar. No matter if in weekly or monthly view, your daily working hours will now be displayed right away.

It’s a small update, but those details are exactly the ones that do matter in our opinion. Hope you like it too!

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Mac user? We got something special for you: The first sleek Mac client for mite was released today. With DynaMite, you can control your timers directly from the menu bar of your operating system.

If you’re tracking your exact working hours throughout the day, the tool comes in pretty handy. Always keep an eye on running timers; start, stop or switch timers with a single click. Directly from your menu bar, featuring a native look & feel. It cannot get much more comfortable to track your times.

DynaMite was developed by Swiss MediaAtelier, using our open API. It is available in English as well as in German language. You will have to run Mac OS 10.4.10 (Tiger) or higher to experience it. Please activate the API for your mite.account if you want to give it a try: you will find the option by clicking on your user name in the upper right-hand corner.

A trial is available for free forever, which will restrict the running time of your timers. A single licence can be purchased within the external application. DynaMite is €10, support by MediaAtelier included.

Any feedback, suggestions and ideas should be directed to Stefan Fürst, the developer. Thank you so much, Stefan, for your great work!

Update 12/04/09: Tiger is not supported anymore. DynaMite runs on 10.5 (Leopard) or higher.

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(Thanks to Bruno Girin for uploading the picture under a Creative Commons licence)

How might a product do in in the eyes of an international jury, that has been improved and rethought for two years now, based on the feedback of German-speaking users?

How will a one-year-old German startup do, suddenly facing competition from companies from all over the world?

How might an enthusiastic just-out-of-college founder duo do, running their tiny yet agile business, compared to middle-sized VC-backed teams, driven by experienced corporate guys?

We’ll see for ourselves: Today, we launch the web-based time tracking tool mite in English language.

mite. Sleek time tracking for teams and freelancers. from mite on Vimeo.

Do you think we deserve a chance? Because we do care for an excellent product and enthusiastic customers, rather than for VC, a big hit on TechCrunch, or a short-dated attention peak?

Spread the word, then! Tell your overseas colleagues. Donate a tweet. Blog about the launch. And don’t forget to drop us some helpful feedback, if you happen to stumble upon a bug.

Let’s take the ride together. And get some questions answered.
Thank you so much.

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