User interface design and use
The ease of daily use.
If the application is fiddly and difficult to use, you are less likely to be meticulous when it comes to logging actions. In the same way, having to put in extra work every time you recommence your activity can make getting back to work even more of a chore than it usually is.
We’re particularly interested in the daily use cycle of these applications. That is, how easy is it to start or stop logging, the principle function of a timetracking application? Beyond that, we expect other day-to-day features to be accessible and quick to display. We appreciate a realtime update of how long we’ve been working on the current job. Editing an entry is another commonly used function and we want that to be made as simple as possible. Other functions, such as creating a report or summary, are used less often but, saying that, we don’t want to have to jump through hoops to get it done.