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Idea to improve accuracy at idle time
It occurred to me that all of the "dead time" between when you last do something and when the 2-minute idle timer kicks in could be removed simply by not logging the time between the last keyboard/mouse/window event and the expiration of the idle timer. i.e. keep track of the timestamp for the last event, then when you get to the idle timout, you use that previous timestamp when logging rather than the current time.
Also, 2 minutes seems like a long time... I hardly ever go more than 30 seconds without at least fidgiting with the mouse, even when reading a document. Perhaps that timer could be settable on the preferences/logging/timer settings tab.
Also, 2 minutes seems like a long time... I hardly ever go more than 30 seconds without at least fidgiting with the mouse, even when reading a document. Perhaps that timer could be settable on the preferences/logging/timer settings tab.
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Inappropriate?Mike - that's a great idea and one that we have on the list to get incorporated in the 2.0 version of RescueTime. We are currently in development of the next generation of data collectors and idle time accuracy is one of the areas we are reworking.
The whole set of logic behind idle detection, log enabling/disabling, sleeping, hibernating, etc is being reworked with accuracy in mind. We also plan on having a number of customizations that will let advanced users tweak the way a lot of this works.
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