[lug] Linux-friendly time tracker

Ken Kinder ken at notenetwork.com
Thu Dec 27 15:02:49 MST 2001


I know, I know. A desktop program still can remind them at the end of the 
day, etc... If it were a really spiffy web one, that'd be fine. I frankly 
just don't want to re-invent more of the wheel unless I have to.

On Thursday 27 December 2001 03:03 pm, D. Stimits wrote:
> Ken Kinder wrote:
> > We can start it automatically... It's a program, not a web page... It
> > just will. :)
> >
> > On Thursday 27 December 2001 09:32 am, Evelyn Mitchell wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 09:10:59AM -0700, Ken Kinder wrote:
> > > > I put together a web-based time-tracking program for employees to
> > > > keep record of their hours with. Problem is, users forget to login
> > > > and whatnot. The management-types want a desktop application and I
> > > > don't want to write one.
> > >
> > > How will moving this to a desktop app solve the problem of people
> > > forgetting to login/logout/record their data?
> > >
> > > Evelyn Mitchell
> > > efm at tummy.com
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> You can launch a web browser with a specific URL just as easily. Just
> provide it the right arguments. And if your page is cgi, you can even
> pass user name and such without cookies or javascript.
>
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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