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It seems that latest GUI design of Pomodroid was not sufficient for the community, that it seems it's feeling a high complexity when using the application. I partially agree with this: Pomodroid started as a University project that required the use of WebServices (therefore the Trac XML-RPC initial support) and we had to show that (at least) the basics features of the Pomodoro Technique were implemented, also our acquired Android knowledge. That's because there are two different sheets for the activities. I've seen that people prefer to have a single sheet (the Todo Today Sheet) and not bother to decide which tasks must be performed in the present day and which tasks can be post-poned.

Let's see what I can do in my very scarse free time. I don't want to violate the Technique principles. But I also don't want to lose users.

I could implement two different user experience modes: one for advanced users (that will be like the current one) and one for basic users, that will look simpler.

It's a pleasure for me to announce Pomodroid v0.6.0. I jumped from v0.4.x to v0.6.0 because of the number of enhancements and new features:

• New modern and nice graphics
• Multiple Trac support! That is, you can add as many Trac systems as you want
• Ease of use improved:
  • you don't have to press the Menu button for accessing al Pomodroid functionalities. Now everything is handled from the Main screen.
  • All the sub-functionalities related to a screen are now accessed by buttons within the screen or the Menu button
  • Tests have been removed: I don't have the time to update them. Instead you will find a new "Services" tab in Preferences
  • Welcome Screen and first Pomodroid run are now mor clear to user
  • Trac screen is now known as Services screen. It also features a new design.

The program is already on the market. Install it for free! If you're upgrading, please destroy the database first (Preferences -> Db4o Actions -> Destroy the Database). This version brought to much changes for having a clean upgrade.

As always, you can join the project! See the official project page on GitHub for info.

What will be next?
Since I re-designed the core of Pomodroid, the new changes will let me to add support for new Services such as Bugzilla, expect it in a future release! I also would like to add support for manual insertion of Activities, like in every normal Pomodoro manager! Stay tuned for other news.

I am currently working on Pomodroid. The Android Agile activity manager for Pomodoro Technique. The new version will be v0.6.0. I jumped from v.0.4.x to v0.6.x because there will be a lot of new features, such as:

• Brand new Button graphics
• Use of multiple Trac systems
• UI enhancements

The second is the most important: I am re-writing the core of Pomodroid to support multiple Trac systems to fetch tickets (activities) from. That is, if you've got an account on more than one Trac system, you will be able to use all of them!
There another great news: I am also re-writing the core system in order to prepare me to add other Issue Managers support in the next release. So stay tuned, v0.7.0 might have BugZilla support.
I'm also planning to add manual insertion of activities before v1.0.0, just like in normal Pomodoro Activity managers.

The fourth public release of Pomodroid brings some new features and corrections:

• Fixed bug when rotating the device under a running Pomodoro. Pomodoro Activity is forced to stay in portrait mode
• Bigger Pomodoro Timer
• Pomodoro.java completely rewritten. Makes use of Handler and Runnable instead extending CountDownTimer
• Notification system completely rewritten: user is notified through real Notifications, vibrations and Toasts.
• The new notification system is also used in PomodroidException.java

The apk is already in the Market.
Everything else can be found in the official project page.

A tiny update for the (still) alpha project Pomodroid.
I added some new Power Management features:

• When running a Pomodoro, the Android phone is prevented from going stand-by. That is, it will never block the screen and go to sleep. The block is released when Pomodoro Activity looses focus.
• When running a Pomodoro, screen brightness is set at a minimum level to save battery. When Pomodoro either finishes or is broken, screen brightness is restored to its original value

From this version, I am also going to use Semantic Versioning rules.
The APK has already been uploaded to the Market.

I am looking for help in improving Pomodroid, the Android Agile Activity manager for the Pomodoro Technique.
It has just been released. The idea behind it is great but there are infinite possible improvements! As example, the possibility to add more sources besides Trac. The user interface can further be improved by a designer. Documentation is scarce. Any kind of help would really appreciated!
See http://wiki.github.com/BodomLx/Pomodroid/project-status for a (tiny) list of help needed.
Contact me if you would like to apply!

Cheers