On the daily use of the Pomodoro Technique (R), I prefer to use a pencil and a diary for task tracking. Handwriting all of that allows me to be more conscious of pending things to do.
So, I was looking for a simple timer for this technique, including some features that are boring to do with pencil and paper, like record diary statistics of finished pomodoris and interruptions and not much more.
Most of the best software tools found for this technique available, include functionality that makes the UI more complex or distractive, like TO-DO lists, tasks categories and lots of options I do not want to be present there. Or, in the other extreme, are just too simple.
As couldn't find what I needed, I implemented this one.
Checkout the most recent release here.
The UI target is to be simple and clear. If you always click at the big image in the center, it will do what you need most of the time.
You can click on the big tomato button:
If you just finished a break, the following window will be shown:
That could be different, depending on your current session, because Pomodorin will recommend you the next step, making that button bigger than the alternatives. So, if you just finished a pomodori, that window will look like:
It doesn't matter if small or big, the tomato button starts a pomodori.
Just by clicking on the hourglass buttons.
Short break:
Long break:
The small "-" button at the bottom of the screen is what you want.
There is an experimental feature to do so: Auto-mode.
When Pomodorin is running in Auto-mode, it will automatically start the next pomodori, short break or long break, depending on your previous actions.
You can activate that by clicking the small lock icon at the bottom of the screen.
If you close the Pomodorin application, the next pomodori or break will not be automatically started until you open it again.
"A mi me anda" is a common software developer excuse. The meaning in english is: "It works for me".
If you are a programmer and need some ideas for your excuses, there is a nice site that can be helpful for you: programmingexcuses.com.
If you are not a programmer, do as if you never read this part. We do not invent excuses, those phrases are true comments from the soul!
English is not my main language (good excuse!). Hope to have a collaborator to improve this in order to remove this question from here.
Ok, I invented the questions to fill some space here.
Was either that or sit and write the next awesome Pomodorin feature.
This is not the final version yet, it is in alpha status. It lacks features and has plenty of bugs.
Do you want new features? Is there some weird bug to fix? Feel free to post your suggestions or bug reports in our issue tracking tool. Or, if you don't have a GitHub account, just send me an email (email address visible in my public profile).
Do you want to contribute? Pull requests are welcomed!
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