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What would you say about an application-specific tracker? i.e. software that only takes screenshots of your work in a specific app, e.g. Xcode, and never of the desktop or any other window.

Let's say this is for personal use and not any big-brother scenarios. It periodically saves screenshots of a particular app, keeping only those screenshots that differ from the previous one and making in effect a compressed-time screencast of your work in that app.

This is something I've thought about making but I'm not sure how many people would find it useful. Any votes?



I still wouldn't use it. Then again, I wouldn't take a "bill by the hours" contract. I stopped visiting RentACoder when it was clear that this was where most of the work was going.

If I tell you I'll deliver something for $xxx, by mm/dd/yyyy then I'll deliver it for $xxx by mm/dd/yyyy. It shouldn't matter whether it takes me an hour or a week, as long as you get it for the agreed price by the agreed date.




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