Break 1.25

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

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• Downloads:

  903

• Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

• Limitations:

  30-day trial

• Date Added:

  February 14, 2007

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Break 1.25 Break 1.25 beta 1 Break 1.24 Break 1.23 Break 1.221 Break 1.22

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Publisher's description of Break 1.25

Break is designed to help you work more effectively by recording your work times and reminding you to take a break when you have been working for over a set time. Work can be divided into five different categories, with maximum work capping for each category. It maintains a running total to show you how long you are on your computer, and what you do most while on it. In addition, Break totalises time at work, time on break and also time that the computer is unused. The timer can be set from 1 to 120 minutes and can remind you using a window and any common sound file to get up and go for a walk, have a coffee, go home, go to bed etc. For those that need that extra push to stop working, Break can blank the screen as well. Text logging, target time notification, random alert sound, random alert text, auto reset, file alerts, micro breaks, file logging & auto boot are also supported.

Version 1.25 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Editor's review of Break 1.25

• 3.0 stars

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This app is designed to track your computer usage and prompt you to take regular breaks, but it makes things more convoluted than they need to be.

Break's drab interface isn't intuitive, and the Help file isn't very detailed. There are two modes, Simple and Advanced. The first is just a break reminder, but the overabundant pull-down menus and check boxes require a lot of effort for the unimpressive results. One of four preset messages appears on a small window, and you can add an audio alert. While other break reminder programs prevent any mouse or keyboard activity, the Lock Screen option is easily dismissed with the Continue and Snooze buttons.

With the Advanced mode, you can allocate time for five different activities, but the options (Project A, News, and Deep Thought, for example) are generic. But Break makes you manually switch from one activity to another via its context menu in the system tray. There's also a simple report of usage statistics, but the View Log option failed to work and we couldn't find the promised log text file.

Break's features are overly complex for such basic functionality, and there are better programs to track your PC usage and breaks.

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