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Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Nicely done. Does anyone else get anxiety from watching the timer get close to 0 and not being nearly done with you've set out to do in the pomo?

Are you supposed to try and complete things in the pomodoro? I don't even try.

I don't think so. However I do have a list of things I want to do, so I break them into pomodoros and I'm always surprised when I don't get close to finishing my stuff.

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's designed to be somewhere in view of the person using it. Then it really shouldn't be a browser app, it needs to be a local app that runs in the taskbar. I've made two of these in the past: V1, browser based: the browser simply wasn't viable because there's no taskbar timer. V2, Bash+zenity script to run locally, pops up a uncloseable, uncoverable and omnipresent (across all workspaces) window, with a progress…

> Then it really shouldn't be a browser app, it needs to be a local app that runs in the taskbar. Counter use case - browser apps are superior unless you can invest in building strong cross-platform capabilities (like Obsidian.md) I'm constantly jumping between machines and operating systems. I've often been on Linux, Windows, and Mac in a single day. Or moved from desktops to laptops.

> browser apps are superior unless you can invest in building strong cross-platform capabilities

Or only use one platform... c'mon linux phones... get better!

Re: Show HN: ADHD-friendly Pomodoro web app

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What makes this ADHD friendly? Also, as you prob know, there are multiple free/FOSS native taskbar based pomodoro apps that really get out the way, what is the advantage of using a browser based on?

My company's IT bans installing anything outside of their software application management/installation application. All software goes through a laborious approval process. Webapps like this are very useful to me.

> My company's IT bans installing anything outside of their software application management/installation application.

I abhor these setups. Luckly every time I've been in them it's been realtively easy to get an exception.

I can't think of many situations I'd stay at a company like this unless it was very easy to get necessary software added within 3-5 business days.

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