iTookOff Paid Leave Tracker

It’s not done yet, as it’s another rather large update. However, I have started gathering together an almost final list of changes that will be in 1.6. For the most part, 1.6 won’t be released until all of this is in and tested.

• 3 new leave categories with the option to enable or disable them. disabling removes them from the front page.
• updated settings screen which is easier to navigate.
• better instructional information for each setting.
• show adjustable summation of time as a badge on the application icon (red number on the icon).
• prediction screen that shows current actual usage of time versus predicted usage at a specified date.
• countdown to accrual in notification area.
• use-it-or-lose-it notification when you are 60 days away from your anniversary.
• adjustable weekends so the calendar will skip over them when entering blocks of time.
• a handful of public American holidays that you can turn on and off. More to come in maintenance releases.

There is a ton of code behind the scenes that I am also wrapping up into this update. I am getting ready to localize it internationally for 1.7 so the groundwork for that is being written. This is not an exhaustive list, I’m sure there’s more than a handful of features I’ve added that escape me right now. Sorry for the delays.

Anyone have any ideas for iTookOff using the newly announced features in iPhone OS 4? I, for one, am really looking forward to having access to the calendar and the local notifications.

What I am currently envisioning is iTookOff chiming up the morning of accrual to tell you to open the app. Also, backing up your data to your iPhone calendar and maybe re-importing days if you lose them?

Any other ideas?

My apologies, 1.5.2 broke something in the settings screen.Basically when inputting time in days the time was being construed as raw hours. This should be fixed in 1.5.3, sorry for the version churn.

If you haven’t done so, please avoid changing settings if you use “days” until 1.5.3 comes out. You may lose your allotted time banks. A fix has been pushed to apple. Sorry again!

iTookOff 1.5.2 has been removed from sale in the app store.

A bug was located in 1.5.1 where if you setup yearly accrual in the same year that it is supposed to accrue, it may not work. A patch has been uploaded to Apple for review and should be approved this week. There is also a bug where the app will crash when you try to edit the name of the  fourth leave category.

Thanks Malcolm and Luke!

For those affected by the year accrual bug who would like to trigger accrual after updating to 1.5.2, set the anniversary date to tomorrow’s date, close the app and re-open it tomorrow. Accrual should trigger then. You will be able to set the anniversary date back after successful accrual.

It is April 1st, 2010. Today you will not be able to believe anything you read on the internet. Instead of a trick, here are eight free download codes for iTookOff 1.5.1.

If you use one, leave a comment which one worked for you.

1. HT9LKLMYNANY
2. Y9RK4NLWLPPF
3. NHF6MP6HWAAM
4. 6KNRKP6MEWK3
5. JK7EKL3YEHWW
6. NL6T697KYPW9
7. TXYKLPH6J7HL
8. 7WEAYATJ3PLX

This blog doesn’t receive much traffic so there’s a good chance one of these will work. I’ll remove them when they expire.