DeskTimer
I've been known to get so wrapped up in my work that I forget to get up and move around, which apparently isn't very healthy. So many years ago I knocked this together in VB6 to remind me every n minutes to at least shift my backside a bit. Thanks to Microsoft's attention to backward compatibility, it still works, and I'm still using it.
It shows a countdown icon in the notification area, because an actual window would either get hidden behind things or get in the way of things.
It counts down minutes in green:
then seconds in orange:
then flashes an annoying yellow 00
until you click to reset it:
Right-clicking opens a simple configuration window to change the countdown period.
Known Issues
- The program assumes that the Tahoma font is available.
- If the system DPI setting is non-default, digits may be drawn at the wrong size.
- Could do with rewriting in something more modern.
Where To Find It
Source code and .exe are on GitHub
If the .exe complains about missing comctl32.ocx
, get it from Microsoft via this trickery.