The main display and controls

Timer Face Panel

The Personal Productivity Timer face panel showing the time remaining or elapsed, and the primary controls for pause/start, reset and skip are in one neat, compact window.

Setting and selecting the times

Setting the time periods

Four different pre-set time pairs can be set for the Work Period and the Rest Period. This allows you to select your most frequently used pairs of periods very rapidly.

Selecting the sounds

Setting the sounds

Different sounds can be selected to indicate the end of the Work Period and the Rest Period. You can select between built-in sounds, external sound files, or you can suppress all sounds.

Setting the colors

Setting the colors

The colors can be set by adjusting the Hue and the Saturation. As you move the sliders for Hue and Saturation you will see the effect immediately on the graphic to the right of the sliders. You can select different colors for each of the two periods, or use exactly the same color.

Setting the transparency

Setting the transparency

The transparency can be adjusted from almost invisible to totally opaque.