Some have asked for help because they want to keep seperate totals for network surcharges, on-line connect charges, charges for specific forums of their on-line service, etc... The solution is pretty simple. Just set up those categories, and when you save times, save to those categories. You can save multiple times. You can also flip around while the timer is running, or stopped, to the various rates you have set; if you want to peek. It won't hurt anything. XTimer is most concerned with the time. When you save to a rate, the time is saved. The total is calculated by the charge per hour for that rate, divided by 60, times the number of minutes you were charged for. The only thing ever saved to disk is the time. You could also set up a category that combines all the charges, so you can see the total it's costing you.
Suggestions:
If you have multiple family members using XTimer, why not keep seperate totals for each member?
If your long distance phone bill is eating you alive, take the time to look up how much it costs you to call Mom long distance, or whoever you might be calling regularly.
With XTimer running in front of you, you'll be surprised how much more aware of the cost you become.
Fixes in 1.1.1:
Fixed glaring lethal bug that would cause the entire log to be reset to zero when the Charge Rate Preferences were changed. My most sincere apologies to those who were affected. It made me sick when it was reported to me. It's just bewildering that it wasn't found before XTimer was released to the public.
Changes in XTimer 1.1
New Feature: Auto-Return
Allows you to set XT to automatically return control to the program you were using after you Start, Stop, or Reset the timer. This enables you to use XTimer without having to reactivate another program afterwards. XTimer can be brought to the front with Auto-Return on by unclicking Auto-Return, clicking on the window title bar, or by selecting XTimer from the Applications menu.
Changes:
Users with multiple monitors will find that XTimer now centers windows on the main screen, not always on the screen where the mouse is located.
FIxes:
Code correction for Macs using 68000 CPU's. Now XTimer won't die with "Unimplemented Trap" on those machines.
<option> Start now completely Resets, formerly it started with 1 second charged.
Time now saved on timer when XTimer is quit while timer is running.
Future Plans and some Notes:
Several users have asked for "Save as Text" options for the log. I will add that in 1.2.
I'm getting hate mail from foreign lands (grin), actually very nice letters about problems localizing XT. It was designed for the U.S. currency system. I will try to learn what I need to know to help international users and add those changes in 1.2.
