Because of the target audience, which was not very technical, we realized that to satisfy these customers we not only had to prove logging hours can be made just as fast as a traditional system, or a spread sheet for that matter. We had to prove online time tracking could actually be a whole lot faster.

So we've worked with the secretaries to make it fast. We've worked with the lawyers and examined the way lawyers use our application and made it easy to use. We've listened to our customers' experiences and worked with them again and again to squeeze out every single burst of data entry speed, whilst keeping the user interface clean, easy and simple. And we were successful: Every secretary and lawyer that now uses this system is convinced logging hours online is just as fast as or faster than traditional time tracking in stand alone software.

Functionalities introduced at our clients request:

• Automatically save each time sheet entry when it is completed.
• Be able to log hours in whole hours and fractions (1.5) and in hours and minutes (1:30 or even :90).
• Track time with a real-time tracker.

After launch we've had a steady flow of requests to implement a time tracking product for other applications and wider fields of use as well. 10Time is that product. And that is why we believe 10Time is going to be easy, fast and fun to use web based time tracking for everyone.

How simple is it?
Select the date by using the navigation tabs or the calendar control ⁽¹⁾.
You see the time sheet for the selected team member ⁽²⁾ for this particular date. Select the project, category or sub category you want to log these hours on, enter a short description and enter the time. Now enter the next line, you can see the line you entered being saved in the background.

You can also click on the real-time tracker to start tracking time for that line. When you're done with that task, simple click the stop button and the total time is saved with that line.

⁽¹⁾ On the settings page, you can choose which date will be selected when you first enter the timesheet. Options are: Today, Yesterday, Previous Workday and Where I left off.
⁽²⁾ If you have the role Worker, you don't have to select a team member. Team members with the role Admin can select a different team member. More information about roles can be found at the Team Members page.

What makes it different?
First of all the 10Time time sheet is closer to a real-world paper time sheet than it is to a web form. Like its paper predecessor once you've written something down, it stays written down. No need to re-enter forms again ever. If it's okay, it's saved. If not, you'll know right away. Stop loosing data and valuable time.

All of the application has minimized the number of screens. There are no pop-ups anywhere and nothing opens in a new window. For logging hours all you really need is the time sheet screen.

The time sheet is build as the "simplest thing that could possibly work". Research tools like systems thinking and mind maps have helped to discover the best way to present the time sheet in the user interface that is instantly recognizable and intuitive to grasp.