* Pause? (possibly autopause on screensaver/sleep/lock)
* Re-label "Cancel" as "Stop". When I accidentally started a timer longer than I
meant I overlooked it and quit/reopened the app instead (Maybe I subconsciously
assumed cancel would just dismiss the window/popover?)
* The slider is not a very rapid time entry method, if you expect to ever want
different times. I'd suggest instead:
* basic time parsing for rapid entry (e.g. '5m', '15m', '1.5h'). This would be
more useful, to me, than being able to label the reminder.
* or hotkeys for common lengths (e.g. ⌘1 for 5m, ⌘2 for 10m, ⌘3 for 15m when
popover focused -- or user configurable alternative)
* combined with a global focus hotkey (possibly assigned through an external
handler), this would make starting a timer for a given length without taking
hands off the keyboard possible... which seems worthwhile to me
Anyway, just some thoughts.
Overall, super cool.
Edit: Alfred workflows (which I saw you mentioned below) for common times would also do a pretty good job of what I was saying
* Timebar actually compensates for sleep, so if you set an 8 hour timer at 12 PM, it will finish at 8 PM even if your computer was asleep for some of the time in between.
* Definitely going to re-label this; there are a few little UI tweaks in the pipeline. Keep the suggestions coming; they're very welcome.
* So, the very first drafts of this were built around the idea of a natural language text field for setting the time. I ended up abandoning it because a) I have no experience with NLP and b) since it's a menu bar app, your hand is already on your mouse/trackpad — not your keyboard. I think the Alfred workflows will go a long way towards letting power users work at warp speed. :)
Some suggestions:
Anyway, just some thoughts.Overall, super cool.
Edit: Alfred workflows (which I saw you mentioned below) for common times would also do a pretty good job of what I was saying