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New user interface launched!

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The new user interface has now been launched!

It’s a complete redesign with a fresh approach on every single page. It’s also important to note that this is just the first iteration of our new application design. During the next two weeks we’ll work on the reports and dashboard pages.

New interface

Other updates:

  • the sign up form on the public page has been replaced by the log in form;
  • VAT code has been added to the Premium payment receipt;
  • rounding to 4 hours has been added to the reports;
  • we have improved the performance of Toggl.

Your feedback on the new Toggl is most welcome!

Cheers,

Toggl Team

27 Responses to “New user interface launched!”

jaanus • October 7th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

There were a few issues with the upgrade.
The Google login did not work correctly for an hour. Now it’s fixed and you should be able to log in using your Google account again.

Also there seems to be an issue with the old Toggl Desktop. Tasks for today are shown as past tasks. It’s a server-side issue and we’re working on this as we speak.

John Sharpe • October 7th, 2009 at 3:54 pm

I’m lost in the new web page. Does not look good to me in FireFox or IE.

Toggl desktop synchs and looses time on desktop; but time fortunately is accurate in the web page.

Lorraine • October 7th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

In the old version when I created a new project I could base it on an old project. the function would assign the same team members, tasks and time. this seems to be missing when I create new projects in the advanced interface. did i miss somthing?

the new interface is also a little buggy. the ‘planned tasks’ overlay is directly on top of the ‘team’ when i make edits on a project and cannot assign the first four members on my team as project leads/managers.

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Tania • October 7th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

Is the timer section movable within the webpage? I really don’t like it all the way over to the right, I have to say. It is seriously annoying when I have gotten used to having the page set up on my right monitor, now the timer is so far away I can barely read it.

Tania • October 7th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

Another idea…

Is there a way to have the icon in the tab indicate whether or not you are recording time? Like the red thing next to “toggl” in the firefox tab… can it show the name of what you are recording time on, or better yet, can the icon be red when you are recording time and gray when you are not?

I used to just look at the tab to make sure I was on the clock, but it no longer displays a name or anything.

sudopeople • October 7th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

@ Tania, kill two birds with one stone. Pop out the timer and the title of the page (and the task bar in Windows) includes which project you’re working on. PLUS, you can put it where ever you want on your screen.

Tania • October 8th, 2009 at 1:15 am

Good suggestion, but then I have an extra window floating around and is more difficult to keep track of and manage with all the windows I have to have open.

Might work if there was a way to freeze it so it was always on top, but even then I’m not sure.

David • October 8th, 2009 at 11:40 am

I’m a long time user and subscriptor, I really love toggl and like the new look I feel… but I share Tania’s views. Toggl Desktop is not available for me (due to my OS choice), so browser is my only available choice.

Showing the task being tracked in the window title was a very good idea, very economical and ergonomic. It would be great if you could bring it back.

As for the timer location, I had got used to use it in the left side :) I’m not sure what has been gained by switching the layout.

Another feature I miss for some time already is the visual feedback when server communication had been completed successfully (“SAVED OK”). Many a times I’ve closed toggl browser window thinking changes had been saved… only to find, once I log in again, that the timer is still running.

jaanus • October 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am

David – what OS do you use? The new Toggl Desktop is available for Windows, Linux and Mac (http://www.toggl.com/public/widgets). Showing the task being tracked got left out with the new version by accident. We’ll try to bring it back :) We’ll also check (and fix, of course!) why the timer is not giving the “saved ok” feedback anymore.

Thanks for the feedback everybody!

Colin • October 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pm

Hi, the new interface looks terrible in Firefox 2.0.0.2 – has support for Firefox 2 been dropped? It works beautifully on Firefox 3 but I can’t use that day to day as I have to run an old version of OS X that is not supported by FF3.

Zolt • October 9th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

Very nice. I like new look. Reports page is better, too. Though, still not as clean as it could be on wide screen monitor. It’s functional, just missing that polished look for layout and spacing. (Using Chrome).

jaanus • October 12th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

@Colin – We built and tested the new layout for Firefox 3 and up. Sorry, but since FF2 is quite an old browser, we have no plans to make Toggl work on it.

@Zolt – Thanks! We’ll continue to improve the interface. This is just the first iteration.

Lorraine • October 13th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

re the ‘planned tasks’ overlay directly on top of team members issue, is there a planned date for this to be fixed? (eg., I still can’t assign the first 3 members of my team as project leads/managers)

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David • October 14th, 2009 at 10:04 am

@jaanus

thanks for the re-feedback :) I am using gentoo linux. Your binary (prepared for Ubuntu, I assume) doesn’t work there because of dynamic library versioning issues.

I use this opportunity to encourage you to open source the desktop client ;)

jaanus • October 14th, 2009 at 10:36 am

@David – Yes, our binary is for Ubuntu and Debian. We’ll release a RPM soon. Sorry, but open-sourcing is not in our plans :)
@Lorraine – I haven’t been able to reproduce this issue. Maybe you could send us a screenshot of this issue to our support email address. Also add your browser name and version.

DJ • October 20th, 2009 at 4:22 am

Very nicely done. I have only used Toggl for a few weeks, but find the upgrade straightforward in appearance and better in functionality and speed. I particularly like the ability to log time after the fact. Many times, I am away from the desk and Web all day, but then need to log time against projects at the end of the day.

Antti T. • October 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

I’m disappointed. The new UI introduces very many non-standard elements, which makes it necessary to “learn” how to use the site instead of intuitiveness. This essentially violates the most basic web design rule: “Don’t make me think”.

Not saying it’s all bad, mostly it works and usually even when you have to think, it’s pretty straightforward, but not always. I can tell that your UI designer isn’t up-to-date with the contemporary design standards.

What makes matters a bit worse, you removed some of your (non-standard) UI features from the previous design that I had already learned to use. Now I don’t know how to do the same things anymore.

(I want to report my hours from Thu 15th Oct – is there any easy way to find this info now?).

jaanus • October 30th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Hi Antti. We are very interested in making Toggl user-friendly. Maybe you could tell us specifically what is wrong with the new interface, what exactly are the new friction points? You can send us a mail to our support mail address. Thanks!

You can find your hours from reports. Just enter a custom date range (Oct 15th).

Antti • November 2nd, 2009 at 8:52 am

Hello Jaanus, I’m happy to hear that you’re listening. I’ll try to find the time to list up a few things. But just to clarify: in lots of ways the new layout is better, too. It’s just that there are a few, like you say, friction points that leave (at least) me a bit confused.

I’ll get back to you sometime this week.
Antti

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