TeaTimer

Almost all activities you perform on a daily basis are closely related to time, and it’s mandatory to be well aware of it. Having to work on a computer has its benefits, and one of them is that there are various specialized applications like TeaTimer with which to set up the due time until a specific activity needs to be performed, or event starts.

Before you can enjoy all the application has to offer you first need to make sure that Java Runtime Environment is on your computer, because it’s a mandatory requirement. What’s more, you can easily carry the application around on a thumb drive, because there’s no setup involved, and since it relies on Java, it can work on more operating systems than Windows.

As far as the visual design is concerned, the application stores all of its features in a pretty compact window frame, but doesn’t really pose any accommodation problems. A slider lets you pick the target countdown time, and doesn’t really need to involve tea, although the maximum value you can pick is 10 minutes.

Apart from the slider, there’s the trigger button, as well as a progress slider which gradually fills up as time passes, with a value field also shown. This means that all your effort narrows down to adjusting the timer slider and hitting the trigger button. A message window shows up when done as well as an audio alert in case you’re not in front of the PC.

Sadly, the application comes with little to no practicality as a timer on the long run. There is, however, the possibility to assign a hotkey command to its shortcut in case you want to launch it from any Explorer location.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that TeaTimer comes with good intentions, and is only practical if you really forget about activities or tasks in the next 10 minutes. The interval is rather poor, but alerts come both in the form of a message and sound.