Chimoo Timer is a simple timer originally written to keep track of time when working at home (although it can also be used for other purposes).
Features
- Free!
- Speech Recognition (for Start, Stop, Reset, "current value", and "disable speech recognition").
- Speech support for counting seconds, speaking alerts.
- "Tick" sound on seconds.
- Count up and count down modes.
- Floating mini window mode takes up less space.
- Low CPU usage (esp. when in background or hidden).
- Written with Cocoa - native to Mac OS X.
- Dock menu to start/stop/reset timer.
- Multiplier view for counting elapsed frames.
- Detachable controller.
- Customizable settings for what to do upon timer expiration.
- Optional feature to warn before stopping timer - great for timing important things such as time spent working at home which you don't want to accidentally reset.
What's new in this version:
- [new feature] Controller can now be detached from main window and float on its own. You can also drag it back to the main window or the multiplier window to re-attach it.
- [new feature] Option to have countdown timers automatically reset and start again.
- [new feature] Option to launch a file or program at time expiration time.
- [new feature] Added option to change refresh rate in both background and foreground mode. Thus, you can set the timer to use very little CPU if you don't need a precise readout, or to use more if the realtime readout is important to you. On a 667MHz G4, this varied between about 0.2% and 10% usage. CPU usage is also dependent on which readouts are active - turning off all but one will help.
- [new feature] Multiplier value can be set in the preferences and will display in a separate window. This can be used, for example, for keeping track of elapsed frames if set to a frames per second value.
- [new feature] By default, Chimoo Timer now attempts to check for new versions upon launch. This can be disabled in the preferences.
- [bugfix] Fixed a problem where the Chimoo Timer might crash upon launch if the mini window was visible at last application quit time.
- [bugfix] Improved accuracy of timing when a timer running in background mode is stopped. Previously, the displayed time could be off by up to 1/10th of a second, but it should be exact now. This also applies to foreground mode, but it would only have been off by up to 3/100ths of a second.
- [other] Drawer removed and its preferences placed in the regular preferences window.
- [other] Many changes under the hood - now uses Cocoa Bindings for preferences which leads to realtime changes.
- [other] Now requires Mac OS X 10.3 or higher to operate due to use of Cocoa Bindings. The older version is still available for use with 10.2 or before.
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