TimeSnapper
Productivity
time tracking and screen recording
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Playback and handling of edge cases make it nicer than a hand-rolled script
From 3 comments
It’s a nicer experience than using a hand rolled script, particularly playback and handling of edge cases. It’s a bit like saying “instead of buying food from a shop you could…
LeonB on HNSweet! Looking forward to this. I already do something with just some scripts. Having a full fledged app would be nice.
skinnymuch on HNYeah the playback is what makes this cool. I started using TimeSnapper and am really liking it. I do think it is lacking some depth and features. I was going to email TimeSnapper…
skinnymuch on HN
Long-time Windows users were fans and paying customers
From 1 comment
I switched from Windows to Linux quite a few years ago, but when I was on Windows, I was a paying customer and huge fan of TimeSnapper. It's one of the few tools I truly missed…
enobrev on HN
Objections
Privacy concern that IT could deploy it to monitor employees
From 1 comment
Hope our IT guys don't see this or it'll be a mandatory install via JAMF with all pictures sent to a management shared folder.
scrumper on HN
Can be replicated with a simple script
From 2 comments
The same can be achieved by just running screencapture(1) periodically, although cron is broken in Mac OS and probably you can't access screen from cron jobs. So, while loop in…
ungzd on HNYup, this is a very common effect that is used by almost every technology in existence. Almost anything is replicable, and engineers love to point that out, and how little time…
rolleiflex on HN
Requests
Support for external screens and multi-monitor capture
From 2 comments
How does it handle external screens? I don't know the exact use case for this app, so take my feature request with a grain of salt. I implemented something similar for myself…
wingerlang on HNActually I meant if you have 2 screens connected. Will it screenshot both of them or just one.
wingerlang on HN
Stronger privacy protection such as encryption and SSO
From 1 comment
Have you considered any of the following to protect privacy & mitigate eavesdropping: + password or SSO protection for access to the app's data (use Kerberos/AD SSO for…
ankushnarula on HN
Questions
How does it handle two connected screens
From 1 comment
Actually I meant if you have 2 screens connected. Will it screenshot both of them or just one.
wingerlang on HN
Alternatives named
Running screencapture periodically via cron, launchd or shell script
From 2 comments
The same can be achieved by just running screencapture(1) periodically, although cron is broken in Mac OS and probably you can't access screen from cron jobs. So, while loop in…
ungzd on HNI had screencapture work with a timer via terminal. You’d probably want to integrate it with BitBar for status / pause when browsing naughty. Also, how would you browse them…
dzhiurgis on HN