Productivity & PKM
Webapps Stack Exchange · 2024-02-01
Find out the total time spent inside a Google Doc
想知道自己在一个 Google 文档里总共花了多少时间
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- WhoWebapps Stack Exchange · 2024-02-01 · 2 upvotes · 2 replies
- The askFind out the total time spent inside a Google Doc
- The openingA browser extension tracking doc-focus time with per-doc reports, or a Workspace add-on embedding it in the UI.
What was actually said
“Docs has no total-time metric. Version history shows edit timestamps, but I must tally durations by hand; with collaborators it's hopeless.”
— Webapps Stack Exchange · 2024-02-01 · webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/173706/how-do-i-…
Background and pain
The pain
Writers need 'how many hours did this take' evidence for pricing, retros and client billing — the platform doesn't provide it.
A buildable angle
The opening
A browser extension tracking doc-focus time with per-doc reports, or a Workspace add-on embedding it in the UI.
How to validate it
- Read the whole thread and note the recurring scenarios — repetition is the density of the need.
- Search existing tools around "google docs / time tracking" and check which single step they actually cover.
- Put up a one-line landing page, share it back to Webapps Stack Exchange, and see whether anyone asks about pricing.
Existing options
RescueTimeClockify 手动计时
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