Your Countdown

Your Countdown is desktop widget designed for Windows 7 and Vista, which can be seamlessly scheduled to count down to an important upcoming event, whether it's a task, appointment, meeting, birthday party, vacation starting date, or anything else.

It has a built-in calendar and just a handful of options that can be configured with ease by users inexperienced with organizers.

Needless to say, your computer must be running Windows 7 or Vista to be able to work with this app, whether it's the 32-bit or 64-bit version. It gets installed with one click and shows a small rectangular frame on the disk, which contains an emoji that informs you to access the settings panel to tinker with the configuration.

This panel gives you an overview of all options available. You can write a description to the event, as long as it has 40 characters at most, specify the date by navigating days, months and years in the integrated calendar, as well as pick the hour and minute (24-hour clock format).

Once settings are applied, the balloon message inside the widget monitors time left until the event. When time's up, the message gets updated to congratulate you and let you know the event has finally occurred. However, it doesn't try to grab your attention through visual or audio cues. Plus, it doesn't implement an option for creating multiple events to oversee at the same time.

Thanks to settings shared among all desktop gadgets made for these two Windows editions, it's possible to move the frame anywhere on the screen using the mouse cursor, adjust its opacity level, and make it stay on top of other open windows.

To sum it up, Your Countdown offers a simple solution for Windows 7 and Vista users looking to easily keep track of an upcoming event. CPU and RAM usage was minimal in our tests.