Scalable Vector Graphics

It might be interesting to have options available to display scale vector graphics of accumulated daily uptime (that is, time logged into my.opera) on user pages. By default, this would be as a background layer beneath the days of the displayed month, but also available to be styled by user CSS.

To the extent that this should generally be considered private data, users would be required to opt-in to such a service.

The options might include different formats, including but not limited to:
·single vertical bars per day, whose height indicates total time logged in over the 24-hour period.
·shaded horizontal bars indicating actual times logged in
·shaded horizontal bars indicating expected active periods, ie. lunch-breaks, time away from a web interface

Cumulative time might be preferable as it would take up less of the users' diskspace. Control over the amout and type of log-in data made available to the served pages ought also to be available to the user.

Another options could be the option of when days begin according to the user, such as +1 hour GMT, -15minutes EST, or +16hours-11minutes+12seconds. I favour overkill on arbitrary functionality such as minutes and seconds, because then the user─whether they choose to use the functionality or not─can choose their level of control and involvement.

Reasons this can be considered a productivity aid:

·Users can quickly see in context visual information about how much time they spend logged in, and can compare it to what they perceive they have got done and when.

·Such graphs aid pattern recognition and can thus support behaviour enhancement or planning and control.

·Information enables, whether it is consciously observed or passively absorbed.

Implementation would be a simple parser script filtering data from user logs whenever a change of state occurs.

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