Timeslips, the award-winning time and billing software program, has an informal mantra: You’ll never have an excuse for not billing your time. The manufacturers of the program supported this idea by allowing users to enter time on their workstations, on remote
computers and, beginning in 1998, via the Internet through the application Timeslips E-Center.
Timeslips E-Center was a radical concept for the end of the 20th Century. Subscribers could log on to the service via Internet Explorer and enter their time and expenses via an interface that looked like what they saw on their desktops. Back at the office, an administrator could download that data and bring it into their Timeslips program. The data was there as surely as if the users were entering it on their computers at work.
As the 20th Century yielded to the 21st, however, Sage Software grew complacent with the application and very few modifications were added. Now, however, Sage is proud to announce the release of a “new” and “improved” E-Center.
So what are some of the new features?
- A New Interface – After 13 years, the interface has been updated. Instructions are clearer. Resolution takes into account new standards for monitors.
E-Center Mobile Login
- Use the Web Browser of Your Choice – Besides Internet Explorer 7.x, 8.x or 9.x, users may now access E-Center via Mozilla Firefox 3.x or higher; Google Chrome 4.x or higher; and Apple Safari 4.x or higher – a real bonus for Mac users!
- A New Mobile Interface! – In addition to more web browsers, Timeslips E-Center allows access via computer, laptop, MacBook, MacBook Air, iPad, iPhone, or Android device (tablet or phone) with Google Chrome browser. If it can access the web, it can use E-Center.
- No More Worries About Updates – Like other web-based applications, Timeslips E-Center users do not need software on their desktop, laptop or mobile devices. They will always use the latest version.
- Core Values Remain – Users still have the ability to quickly enter their time and expenses while on the go. They can use stopwatch timers to track their time, if desired. There is also an option to add new clients, which can then be transferred back to the home office.
Having tried the new version, I am of the opinion that Sage made some significant changes to its mobile time and expense recording app that were long overdue and certainly welcome. Adding more options for browsers and mobile devices made this new release “improved”.
And stay tuned… although we’re not allowed at this time to give out a “spoiler alert”, more features are on the way.
If you’d like to see some of the new features of Timeslips E-Center, Sage has posted a series of demonstration videos that can be viewed through YouTube.
Sage Timeslips E-Center Overview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8QQOk9UiO8
Sage Timeslips E-Center Mobile Access http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB9Trngj7Sc
Dana Riel is President and Founder of Business Solutions, Inc., serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area since 1985. Her firm is the authorized training center for the region for Time Matters and PCLaw by PCLaw|Time Matters, PLLC; Timeslips and Sage 50 Accounting by Sage Software; and QuickBooks by Intuit Corporation. She also serves as a consultant for Caret Legal (formerly known as Zola Suite), CosmoLex, Soluno & TimeSolv. As a trainer, Dana has provided training services to organizations such as the DOD Defense Logistics Agency, Judge Advocate General’s Office (JAG)/Department of the Navy, University of the District of Columbia School of Law, U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as with small‐ to mid‐size law firms in the Baltimore‐Washington D.C. area. In 2009, she participated in the series of day‐long seminars sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Association Practice Management Section, titled “Basic Training: Learn About Running a Law Office”. Ms. Riel also served as an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown University’s Paralegal Studies Program, having taught the course, “Legal Ethics/Legal Technology” in 2009; and “Legal Technology” for the Spring and Summer Semesters of 2010. She presently serves on the Advisory Board for PCLaw|Time Matters, PLLC.