Nice UX, basics work, “smart” features do not
Overall I like the user interface; easy to use (note, pay to play, but it’s cheap). Very disappointed to find the “smart” features don’t really work; turned them on, and went *ALL DAY* in front of my computer, *NEVER* go a single break. The fatigue meter kept creeping up, but then I’d pause a bit while reading a long document and it drops to 0% again. Likewise, I was on a 2-hour long Zoom meeting and the meter never went above 15% or so. *SO* the “smart” fatigue measurements don’t work – on the other hand, in “dumb” mode (where it just mechanically schedules a break every 30 minutes or whatever time you set) works well. I had hoped for something a bit smarter than just a mechanical 30 minute timer but… meh. For the price, it works, and I don’t really care that when I walk away my computer is scheduling breaks for itself every 30 minutes… :ROFL: My work style means I spent a lot of time reading (versus typing/mousing) so maybe that’s why the smart features kept mistaking my activity for “inactivity.” One more thing to be aware of, the “smart” features (that didn’t work well for me) will want full accessibility access to monitor your keyboard, mouse and video. I turned on mouse tracking but was uncomfortable being filmed and having screenshots of my work taken all the time, so I didn’t turn those on. Maybe it would work better with all the spying features enabled but – that’s a call you’ll have to make regarding your personal threshold for how much visibility you want to give the app.
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Overall happy
Like the ‘thermometer’ in the task tray. Like that I can manually take a break. Wish it had one-click snooze to give me time options to finish whatever I’m working on.
Response from developer
Hi, just right-click the menu bar icon of Eye Monitor, and you will see the Do Not Disturb feature.
很棒
如果早点使用这个app，我就不会得飞蚊症了
It has been good
I like the reminders about the screen time.
Exceptionally well-crafted and thought out and executed very well indeed
Basically for me it’s either this or the venerable Time Out. This is more intelligent in its monitoring AFACT but it lacks one critical, small feature that Timeout has, which is a keyboard shortcut to skip the current enforced break. For instance, if you’re in a game or meeting and a break occurs, you have to scramble for your mouse/trackpad, find the “Skip” and click it. With Timeout, you just hit a keyboard shortcut which you know off by heart.
Other than that, this is the classier, better app IMO but it’s close.
Other than that, this is the classier, better app IMO but it’s close.
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