Re: less sophisticated pause her

Tobias Gerdin wrote thus at 03:35 AM 17-09-13:
>Is it possible to easily disable the "intelligence" which accounts for
>"natural" typing breaks, increasing the time between pauses? My main
>motivation for taking pauses is to give my mind a break, so simple fixed
>times between breaks is what I want.

That can be done at the settings.


>I also second Oleg's idea of dimming the screen at breaks (and yes,
>TimeOut for Mac is very nice I think).

Yes, it's not just more classy. It's somehow more effective for a 
real break. Maybe because with a usual rectangle display the mind 
still thinks of work. An round image with a silhouette of person in a 
meditation posture triggers the idea of rest.

Perhaps we can even have the computer time shown.

kb 


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