Critical Service Announcement

After much consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision to discontinue QuickBooks Time Tracker effective December 1, 2011. We know Time Tracker is very important to your business and we apologize for the inconvenience this will have.

Click here to learn more about the details of the shutdown and what actions you need to take.  If you are an individual time tracker, please consult your administrator on the specifics for your company.

Thank you for supporting Intuit and QuickBooks Time Tracker.

 Sincerely,

Judd Jacobs
Intuit QuickBooks Time Tracker

TimeCatcher now available for BlackBerry

We’ve heard from many Time Trackers users that it would be helpful to have a BlackBerry application for tracking time spent on customer work. Two weeks ago we released TimeCatcher as a new way to track time with your BlackBerry. The application is free, and it does not require a QuickBooks Time Tracker account.

The vision for TimeCatcher is to automatically capture time you’ve spent on customer work. You can convert phone calls and appointments, manually enter a specific amount of time, and use a timer. TimeCatcher replaces Time Tracker for BlackBerry, which was a private application we tested with select Time Tracker customers.

Please note: TimeCatcher does not currently integrate with QuickBooks Time Tracker or QuickBooks seamlessly. TimeCatcher exports timesheet data as a spreadsheet attached to an email. To get your data into QB Time Tracker and QuickBooks, you will have to manually enter time data from the spreadsheet into your software.

TimeCatcher is still in its infancy, so if you encounter any issues please contact us. We look forward to your feedback.

Get TimeCatcher at http://intuitlabs.com/experiments/timecatcher

Release Notes for April 28th

Our latest release includes many bug fixes and general stability enhancements for Time Tracker for Outlook.  It also does a better job handling certain errors and presents customers with more information on how to resolve them.  Existing users of Time Tracker for Outlook will be forced to install the new version.

Release Notes for February 17th

It has been a long time coming, but we are finally there.  I am pleased to announce we now support the Safari 3.0 browser.  Thank you all for your input and patience along the way.   Please continue to share your feedback as it is making its way into our priority list and vision for the future.

PS:  We have also stopped blocking unsupported browsers from visiting our pages.  You are now welcome to use your preferred browser, but it is at your own risk.  (We are having good luck with Chrome!)

Release Notes for October 23rd

Our latest release is very exciting!  While there aren’t any new features per se, we have made some great stability enhancements and did a lot of work to update our infrastructure to set the stage for improved browser support and performance.  Specifically, Firefox 3 is now officially supported with more in the works.

Also, we wanted to thank our customers.  You are extremely important to us and we especially appreciate your candid feedback and willingness to help us improve our offering.  Thanks again and please continue to share your ideas with us as this is your service.

The Time Tracker Team

Release Notes for August 19th

Time Tracker Users -

Again, we have made some significant improvements based our interactions with you.  Our latest release includes:

• General performance enhancements on the view timesheets and download pages.
• An improved download experience when there are lots of timesheets to be downloaded.
• A more streamlined setup workflow for new users.

Please keep your comments coming so we can make our service better!

Release notes for Time Tracker for Outlook v1.5 (released July 24, 2008)

Hello, Time Tracker for Outlook users!

We’re excited to announce that the new version of Time Tracker for Outlook has some new features that you have requested:

• Notes from Subject or Body fields: There’s a new option in the Options dialog box that lets you pick whether you want your Notes to come from when you send an appointment or email message to Time Tracker. Now you can choose to grab your Notes from the Subject field (as before), or from the Body field.
   
• Save non-billable time entries without customer jobs or service items: Previously, both billable and non-billable time entries were required to have customer jobs and service items. You can still specify them if you wish, but they are no longer required for non-billable entries.

Release Notes for April 30th

Dear Time Tracker Customers –

We are very pleased to announce our latest major release. And, it was your candid feedback and commitment to helping us learn that made this all possible. Thank you!

Introducing our new, intuitive Calendar View with Payroll Enhancements…

We have added the ability to:

• Designate start and stop times for hours worked.

• Record sick and vacation time.

• Select and update default payroll item selections.

• Have more flexibility with recording non-billable hours.

o You are no longer required to have a customer job when hours are non-billable.

• Keep better track of work with notes for each time entry.

• Remove time entries easily with a delete button.

To access the new feature, please select “Switch to Calendar View” in the upper right corner of the timesheet.

Here’s what you’ll see:

Lastly, in case you haven’t seen it, please check out our Time Tracker for BlackBerry beta.

We are excited to learn what you think of these new enhancements. Please post your comments here or visit our community site to let us know.

Thanks again for your interest in Time Tracker.

The Time Tracker Team

Time Tracker (for Microsoft Outlook) now supports Windows Vista!

The Time Tracker team is pleased to announce that Time Tracker for Microsoft Outlook now fully supports the Windows Vista operating system starting with version 1.0.338, released on September 27, 2007. To download the latest version of Time Tracker for Microsoft Outlook, please visit https://timetracking.quickbooks.com/j/tts/outlook?cmd=download.

You’re working the booth

Hi Time Trackers,

We’ve been getting a lot of feedback about expense tracking and reporting and would like your ideas for a Time Tracker-compatible expense tracking and reporting feature.

Imagine that you’ve been asked to work the Time Tracker booth at a trade show and your first task is to help design the product box for the new expense tracking and reporting feature.   What would the product box say?   What features are important to people who have to track and report expenses?  What one or two things would get people to come over to the booth to find out more?

Give us your ideas right here on our blog.