Work Timer

Even though there’s a computer in nearly every office, it doesn’t mean all activities involve using it. However, if this is how you earn a living, you might want to also look after your own health, especially your eyes. On the bright side, there are different application which help in this regard, and Work Timer is a suitable example here.

One of the main advantages is portability. This not only makes it easy to carry around on a thumb drive, but saves you some time and effort otherwise invested in a setup process to make it work. What’s more, system registry entries don’t need to be modified to ensure functionality, thus keeping the target PC’s health status intact.

The application becomes active as soon as it’s launched, but you’re free to configure time values for the next session. The interface consists of a classic window frame, which makes accommodation a walk in the park for individuals of all levels of experience. During runtime, it can be minimized to the tray area so you have all the desktop space to yourself.

What the application does is countdown from a specified amount of time representing the work period, and suggests to take a break of an interval which you also get to specify. The couple of value fields contain both minutes and hours to accurately punch in values representing work and rest time.

Whenever you enter break time, a window shows up on the desktop, letting you know it’s time to take it easy for a while. There’s a progress slider and a counter to tell how much free time is at your disposal. You can’t interact with any background elements, as the pause window stays under your cursor as it moves, displaying helpful messages.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Work Timer is a straightforward, but practical method of making sure you create a balance workflow. It’s pretty easy to configure, while the rest time window forcefully takes over so you don’t ignore the precious rest time.