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[Freeware] FadeTop - a visual break reminder that fades the desktop

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musetips:
Any chance of a x mins before fade warning ...
-ewemoa (May 19, 2011, 09:42 PM)
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I'd go for the x seconds before fade warning, 15 seconds should be enough to press Ctrl-S once more 8)
-Ath (May 20, 2011, 01:18 AM)
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Why should we need those additional seconds? The fader does not interfere with the ongoing work.

We can still do anything when the desktop is fading (before it becomes too illegible, of course).


BTW, you may consider below options:

1) choose a bigger value for fade duration: then you don't have to press Ctrl-S in a haste
2) choose a smaller value for maximum opacity: then you can simply ignore the fader when it's shown

ewemoa:
Alarm before "warning"? Why bother?
-musetips (May 21, 2011, 07:01 AM)
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I'm not confident I explained very well so I'll make another attempt.

With a notification/warning [1] of some small number of minutes before fading occurs, I think I can prepare to pull away and have an easier time at halting work once fading begins.  If I'm in the midst of something that I'm concentrating on, not really aware of the time, and I suddenly have to stop, I find that can be difficult.  My guess is that this type of thing is not entirely uncommon, but perhaps not...

BTW, thanks for the "Block fader when a full-screen program is running" option  :Thmbsup:


[1] I'm not sure just sound would always work out here due to not having sound on all of the time...

musetips:
Very nice app  :up:

Notes:
I can only test the fader (via the tray icon) once - it doesnt work after the first go -  this makes it difficult to test custom colours etc.

My taskbar autohides - you say I can right click the tray icon and choose "Exit" from the shortcut menu to get out of  "fade" mode -
my taskbar menu does not show though while Time Clue is dimming the screen.


Edit/ just in case:   OS is XP SP3
-tomos (May 20, 2011, 04:57 PM)
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Thank you for the feedback. I'll look into this problem shortly.

musetips:
I realize this isn't it's purpose, but I could see something like this being particularly useful to parents and gamers to fade in the middle of  a game or whatever.  The only thing needed to make this work would be to be able to set a specific time for it.  Perhaps a different color so one, the other, or both features could be used together?  Just some other peripheral ideas to throw out there.
-steeladept (May 21, 2011, 02:49 AM)
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The options dialog allows you to set the "auto fade interval" and "overlay color". Maybe that's what you need?

musetips:
Alarm before "warning"? Why bother?
-musetips (May 21, 2011, 07:01 AM)
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I'm not confident I explained very well so I'll make another attempt.

With a notification/warning [1] of some small number of minutes before fading occurs, I think I can prepare to pull away and have an easier time at halting work once fading begins.  If I'm in the midst of something that I'm concentrating on, not really aware of the time, and I suddenly have to stop, I find that can be difficult.  My guess is that this type of thing is not entirely uncommon, but perhaps not...

BTW, thanks for the "Block fader when a full-screen program is running" option  :Thmbsup:


[1] I'm not sure just sound would always work out here due to not having sound on all of the time...
-ewemoa (May 21, 2011, 07:22 AM)
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The program is so designed that you never "suddenly have to stop".

Try this:

First set a low Max opacity value (say 40) via Options dialog, then click the program icon to invoke the fader. Now do anything as if the fader is not there.


As to sound alarm: according to my own experience, it can quickly become an annoyance, especially when we're at work. Note that the program is supposed to raise alerts somewhat frequently (for eye resting).

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