Recommend a Countdown Timer – computer app or OS widget

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I'm looking for a computer-based countdown timer that is light-weight and offers ease of use.

I want to use it to put time limits on certain tasks, like spending max 2 minutes on a news article (without having to pull out my phone timer).

Personally, I'm on OS X and would like a widget or something for the menu bar.

Notes:

  • I'm not looking for a Pomodoro timer, for that see this question.
  • I'm not looking for a time tracking utility like RescueTime or a time-based web blocker like StayFocusd.

Winterflags

Posted 2015-12-22T10:16:13.303

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Might be a better fit for Software Recommendations.SE.

– Stephan Kolassa – 2015-12-22T13:07:30.513

Answers

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I found that Activity Timer for OS X (free in App Store) had pretty much all the functions I was looking for.

  • Set different timers with custom notification/alert messages
  • Start and stop with keyboard command
  • Light-weight menu bar solution
  • Free

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Posted 2015-12-22T10:16:13.303

Reputation: 456

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For computer app solution you can use eggtimer http://e.ggtimer.com/

you can put any countdown time you want using the url.

If you want a 2 minutes countdown just type :

http://e.ggtimer.com/2minutes

valkalon

Posted 2015-12-22T10:16:13.303

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