Log Events with Time and Date

I’m keeping track of every change to Ghacks for about a year now which means that I write down the time of the change and what I did change, e.g. advertising position or links. This is invaluable to be able to reconstruct a previous state if something goes terribly wrong. If advertisement revenue goes down I can check the log and see if I made any changes to the positions in that time.

Click 2 Log It created by TINJAW was a contribution to the Donation Coder Nany Challenge. The application is available in the system tray if it is running. A left-click writes a new note while a right-click opens a context menu with the option to change the text that will be logged from now on.

It’s a little bit complicated – I think – that a left-click is not opening a form where you can enter a log text by yourself but you get used to that. Maybe the author reads this article and will update his version with this option, it would be great.

Another thing that bothers me is the sound that is played whenever a new log entry is created. It would be great if it would be possible to turn off the sound completely. Still, the application is nice and fast and makes my life easier. With the proposed changes it would simply rock.

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Tags: desktop notes, notes, software, take notes, Windows
Categories: Operating Systems, Windows, software

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3 Responses to “Log Events with Time and Date”

1. Daniel says:

   March 10, 2008 at 6:37 am

   I’ve been thinking of databases for this purpose, but maybe this tool is better. At least it’s better at collecting data and then you can do anything you want with it! Great find, thanks for the tip :)

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2. Chaim Krause says:

   March 10, 2008 at 9:34 pm

   Hello. Thanks for the mention. I’ll use the stock excuse, “I’ve been meaning to do that but I’ve been too busy!”. I think that should suffice for explanations and excuses and whining all rolled into one.

   I will make an attempt to make your suggested changes (along with others in the queue) some time this week.

   If you, or any other user, wishes to go the extra mile, you can enter bugs and requests directly into the bug tracker for that program at http://bugs.tinjaw.com.

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3. Chaim 'Tinjaw' Krause says:

   April 8, 2008 at 4:37 pm

   I released a new version yesterday that removes the annoying beep and allows you to choose your own mp3 or wav file.

   I’m working on hotkey support now.

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