Getting Started
The goals of RatRace are to provide you with Tools that will enable you to:
- keep track of the time you spend with as little effort as possible.
- improve your awareness of how you spend your time.
- improve the accuracy of your estimation skills.
To achieve these goals RatRace revolves around a number of core features that reveal themselves in the User Interface as illustrated below:
Timer List View
The Timer List View is the Central Element around which the RatRace User Interface revolves. The Timer List View displays Your Timers according to any search- or Smart Folder criteria You may have defined.
The Timer List View allows you to order Timers by columns or to create and maintain your own order. Further, each Timer may be labelled by Color to allow for easy identification, to indicate priorities, relationships or any other criteria you may think up.
Folder List View
The Folder List View is primary Organisational Tools offered by RatRace. The Folder List View holds a Library Folder which encompasses all Timers you create.
Additionally You may create any Number of Regular Folders or Smart Folders. Regular Folders allows you to drop Timers from the Library to define a certain set of Timers to be easily Viewed in the Timer List View. The Contents of Smart Folders are on the other Hand defined by a set of Search Criteria such as recorded amount of time; if the Estimate is exceeded; if the Timer is started or stopped etc.
Auxiliary Estimate View
The Auxiliary Estimate View provides a Gauge displaying the amount of time you have spent compared to your Estimate as set in the Timer List View Info Pane (displayed by Clicking the "Info" Button in the RatRace Application Toolbar).
The Estimate View will Display this Gauge according to your selection of Timers. When you select more than one Timer the Gauge will Sum up the Time Spent and the Estimates across all Timers in Your Selection.
Thus, The Estimate View will provide you with knowledge on the accuracy of your estimates from individual tasks to entire projects.
To Learn more about The Estimate View, go to The Estimate View in Explore RatRace.
Time Line View
The Time Line View provides a visual interface that will display the time you have spent and when you have spent it for any timer you have created in RatRace.The view consists of three view modes: day, week and month. Each view mode offers varying degrees of detail and thus fits different purposes.
To Learn more about The Time Line View, go to The Time Line View in Explore RatRace.