What's New in Version January 2016

Wednesday, December 30, 2015 by Rainer Stropek

The new version January 2016 (1.44) is downwards compatible to version March 2013 (1.10) and later. You can use all of these versions in a single account simultaneously.

This month our main focus was adding responsive design to our HTML5 client. Our goal is to make time cockpit's web client usable on phone, tablets and in desktop browsers. We have not reached our final goal yet but we have made significant progress this month. Try it and tell us what you think.

Responsive Design

Time cockpit's HTML5 client now changes its layout depending on the size and layout of the screen. The animated picture below demonstrates the concept by changing the size of the browser window. 

Depending on the available screen size, time cockpit changes it appearance for instance by ...

  • ... showing/hiding menus and menu items.
  • ... displaying action buttons (e.g. save, close) differently.
  • ... disable multi-column layout of large forms into a single-column layout (e.g. for phones or small tablets in portrait layout).
  • ... put lables above input fields.

Mobile Friendly

In some cases, responsive design is useful in your desktop browser, too. However, it is really important when it comes to phones and small tablets. The following animated picture shows the current look-and-feel of time cockpit's HTML5 client on a 5" Android phone. Forms already work quite well. We still have some work to do for lists.

Full Client Bug Fixes

We have added some enhancements and fixes for minor bugs in time cockpit's full client this month:

  • Enhanced logic for detecting out-of-date devices (i.e. devices, that have not sync'ed for such a long time that a complete re-sync is necessary)
  • Fixed minor bugs regarding vacation and overtime functions in TCQL
  • Enhancements to many-to-many relation cells (feature of time cockpit's forms engine)
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Rainer Stropek

Rainer Stropek

Co-founder, architect, developer

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I am co-founder and CEO of the company software architects and have been serving this role since 2008. At software architects my team and I are developing the award-winning SaaS solution time cockpit. Previously, I founded and led IT consulting firms that worked in the area of developing software solutions based on the Microsoft technology stack.

In my work I focus on .NET development and software architecture. I have written some books and articles on C#, database development, Windows Azure, Windows 8 development, WPF, and Silverlight. Regularly I speak at conferences, do workshops and conduct trainings in Europe and the US. Since 2010 I have been MVP for Windows Azure.

I graduated the Higher Technical School Leonding (AT) for MIS with honors and hold a BSc (Hons) Computer Studies of the University of Derby (UK).

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