What's new in Effortless 2.0.25
Aug 5, 2020
- The time associated with tasks in the task list is now updated as time elapses or when 5 minutes are added
- Fixed bug where "Time's Up" notifications were not being shown in macOS Catalina
- Fixed bug where pause/unpause text would get out of sync
- General performance and user interface improvements
New in Effortless 2.0.24 (Aug 7, 2019)
- Tasks without a timer are now supported by adding a task with "0" seconds
- When your task runs out of time it automatically stops showing the "0:00" after the task name
- Quick Add now accepts tasks without a time set
- Quick Add now automatically starts the task timer even when Effortless is paused
New in Effortless 2.0.23 (Jul 29, 2019)
- Removed "get back to work" alert sound
New in Effortless 2.0.22 (Mar 29, 2019)
- "Time's up!" notification is now automatically removed after adding a task through "Quick Add"
New in Effortless 2.0.21 (Mar 27, 2019)
- Added 'Quick Add' feature that lets you easily add a new task and begin working on it without opening up your task list
- The status bar at the bottom now displays time estimates based on the time left for the task, and not the original time
- Fixed bug where 'get back to work alert' would never go off
New in Effortless 2.0.19 (Aug 31, 2018)
- Fix bug where task list was not being populated in the menu bar when Effortless first started.
New in Effortless 2.0.18 (Aug 30, 2018)
- Task list is no longer automatically opened when Effortless starts up
- Fixed various bugs related to tasks that appeared out of order or had similar names
- Removed the rewriting of tasks to indicate how much time was spent on them
- Removed goals feature
New in Effortless 2.0.17 (Jun 7, 2018)
- Added a status bar which shows you the number of pending tasks, cumulative task time remaining, and estimated time of completing all tasks
- Added preference to set Effortless to start at system startup
- When finishing a task, the task list now updates to show how long you spent on that task
- Added notification that alerts you when the timer has finished
- Changed font, line spacing and the top/side margins of the task list
- Improved placement of vertical scroll bar to the rightmost part of the task list
New in Effortless 2.0.16 (Apr 27, 2018)
- If the task name is too long to appear in your menu bar, Effortless now tries to abbreviate it so that it fits
- When you pause a task or when the timer runs out, the task title no longer blinks in and out
- Editing your current task no longer causes Effortless to switch to the first task in your list
- Fixed bug where tasks in menu bar would not be populated when Effortless was first launched
New in Effortless 2.0.15 (Apr 13, 2018)
- Global keyboard shortcut can now be changed/removed
- 'Get back to work' alert sound can now be muted
- Sound that played during last minute of task has now been removed
- Menu bar text now uses monospaced font to prevent text width changing as timer counts down
- Placeholder text now disappears after you've added your first task
- Users will no longer see a white background behind the scrollbar
- Completing a task will take you to your next task, instead of to the first task in your list