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.
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#32I like it at a glance! Could you make a mode that is not 24hr but is 12hr am/pm? I find seeing 13:32 does not compute for my American brain.
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> 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.
Or only use one platform... c'mon linux phones... get better!
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#38What 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.
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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#39Nicely 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?
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FDCJ2BfAT9qJGrpFa/what-s-wro...