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The current version of TrackTime has a feature where it watches your browser usage telling you what web pages have been viewed. One of the most common features requested for TrackTime is to extend this functionality to all other applications so that you not only see that an application was in use but what that application was doing. For example if you were using Microsoft Word, TrackTime should not only track that you were using MS Word but should track what document you were editing as well.

The good news is this functionality is planned for TrackTime 2.
The bad news is there is no single way to implement this functionality. Even with the current browser tracking TrackTime has to individually handle each browser type (Safari, Camino, Firefox etc). differently. In fact it can be worse than that as often it has to handle different versions of the same browser differently.

So although this feature is planned for TrackTime 2 there will be some limitations.

TrackTime 2 will only be able to supply this functionality for applications that support AppleScript and have a script dictionary that allows this required information to be obtained

TrackTime2 will by default support this functionality for a number of the most common applications but will allow you to define your own scripts for applications it doesn't support by default.

Your comments are now required to help me know if this is an acceptable approach for most people.

You cant always control the way you do business. There are a number of things that I don't like about TrackTime that I am intending on fixing/changing in the next release. It has been my intention to keep reasonably quiet about TrackTime until this is done.

However Daniel Jalkut mentioned Event Maker and TrackTime in a recent blog post. This has caused a rush of downloads. So much for keeping my head down until the next release.

Now I have a load of people telling me of deficiencies in the program that I already know about and don't like myself. When I respond to them I openly admit that these things are not great and they will be changing soon which I am sure is not the best way of selling a product but I am an honesty first type of person.

One thing this demonstrates that no matter how hard you try you cant control the market your selling to.

Ok so leopard doesn't quite look like my "Future of the Desktop" post but at least it had a go in the form of Stacks

Since doing a Late Night Cocoa interview with Rob Rix and Allan Odgaard about using TextMate for Cocoa development I have been giving it go and I have to say its pretty darn good. The ObjC support works well and if your prepared to change the overall update settings from minor or major updates to cutting edge you get reasonable although definitely not complete code completion support.

The main trouble with TextMate is when you first start using it your not quite sure what It can do and how to do it. I recomend you look for the Objective-C Screenscasts on the TextMate website and that should keep you going. Of course when it gets released in a couple of weeks time you can always use the TextMate episode of Late Night Cocoa to get you started.

It was quite an easy decision to enter the world of Mac product development through acquisition rather than slogging my guts out for 12 months in all my spare time and evenings.Don’t get me wrong I love coding and regularly find myself hacking away in the wee small hours of the morning. Its just bringing a product to market is a long road from which I know many fall along the wayside when trying to travel it in spare time. So being an impatient sort looking to purchase an application just seemed a good approach to take. So how has it gone.

"So here it is: Mamooba. "What's Mamooba?" I hear you ask. Well, that's a good question."