I'm excited to announce that the new version of The Action Machine (version 3) is now available! :)
The new version included dozens of new features and enhancements, including:
Updated Interface
- More depth and pop due to shadows and transparencies
- Interface width increased by 24 pixels to allow for a set of new tools
- New Add An Action Design
- New Notes Design
- Add An Action Time Bar Redesigned
- New Total Time Bar Design (fixed a bug that made it jumpy)
- New icons for Timer buttons
- New icons and location for Help and various options buttons
- Start Button Fire
- Complete Timer Explosion
- Dozens Of New Backgrounds (press spacebar for preview)
- 12/24 Hour Option
- Action Reminders - Displays thought-provoking questions and statements to you
Actions
- Add An Action Panel - This pop-up panel helps you quickly create new actions
- Action Priorities - Assign automatic priorities to actions in the Action List
- Built-In Daily Success Routine Action - Schedule a daily success routine with automatic HIGH priority and special background
Timers
- Timer Groups - New location, new default groups, and quick scroll buttons
- Visual Priorities - Visual prioritize your timers with yellow, orange, or red flags
- +5 - Quickly add 5 minutes to a timer by clicking the timer display
- Break Timer - A simple timer for helping you create and manage your time in-between your work time
- Interactively Add Custom Time - As you move your mouse over the slider bar, it reveals to you the time you would set if you clicked the mouse
Sounds & Notifications
- Ticking - When a timer is started, it ticks, a simple enhancements that reminds you that you're on the clock, working against a deadline
- Notifications - Allow you to get notified of the time that has passed (every 10, 15, 30, 60 minutes) since a timer was started, as well as when a timer is about to finish - so they can speed things up if you need to
- Sound Options - These have been moved to their own panel, where you can choose alarm, ticking, and notification options
- Quick Universal Volume/Mute - Allows you to quickly control the volume, or mute, audio elements of the application
Tracking Your Progress
- Reports with Notes - Reports can now include Action notes
- Scoreboard - Allows you to set a time goal for how much action they want to take each week (for example, 40 hours), and shows them a visual indicator of their current progress
To grab your copy of The Action Machine 3, or to take a look at the new site that goes with it, click here.
If you're a current owner of The Action Machine, expect an email from me shortly that contains your download link. :)
Of course, as you use the new version, I'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave your comments below this post.
BTW, in case you're curious, here's a screenshot of the new site: