What's new in Break Reminder 2.3.0
Feb 4, 2016
- Improve compatibility with recent OS X updates.
New in Break Reminder 2.2.1 (Feb 10, 2015)
- Increase contrast for close button to make it more clear.
- Allow dismissing the break window with three consecutive presses on Escape (when dismissing breaks are allowed).
New in Break Reminder 2.2 (Jan 9, 2015)
- Allow shorter work periods and breaks to cover more use cases.
- Updated to fit in better with the overall style of Yosemite.
- Never show a window when started automatically at login.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes.
New in Break Reminder 2.1.1 (Aug 9, 2014)
New in Break Reminder 2.1 (Jan 10, 2013)
- Optionally play a subtle sound before a break is coming up.
- Improve the progress indicator in the menubar icon to make it more visible when a break is coming up.
- The break alert window will be shown a little bit earlier to give you more time to prepare for the break.
- The break alert window can now be dismissed by clicking it to start the break right away.
- Fix an issue with "launch on login" if the app is renamed.
New in Break Reminder 2.0 (Nov 2, 2012)
- More images have been added, and all images have been updated with increased quality.
- Show when a break is getting close (when 20% of the work period remains a small progress bar is displayed over the menu bar icon).
- If sounds are enabled, play a subtle sound when the break is over.
New in Break Reminder 1.12 (Oct 13, 2012)
- Add the possibility to suspend Break Reminder for longer than 30 minutes (1 or 2 hours).
New in Break Reminder 1.11 (Aug 27, 2012)
- Play the audio alert as a system sound, so it doesn't play over AirPlay.
- Fix an issue where the break screen would trigger a switch to the discrete graphics chip on some computers.
New in Break Reminder 1.10 (Jul 3, 2012)
- This update brings a more modern look for the break alert, support for Retina screens and enables "sandboxing" for improved security.
- The sandbox change mean that you have to re-enable the preference for "Launch Break Reminder at login" again if you want that behavior.
New in Break Reminder 1.9 (May 31, 2012)
- Added a preference to adjust the sensitivity of the automatic break detection, or turn it off completely.
- Fixed a problem with the 32-bit version where the break alert window would not show up correctly.
New in Break Reminder 1.8 (Sep 22, 2011)
- Improved support for using Spaces and fullscreen mode in Lion
- Restore iChat status setting under Lion
- Inhibit accidental mouse clicks when the screen is dimmed out
- Fine-tuned default preferences
- Various minor improvements
New in Break Reminder 1.7 (Aug 31, 2011)
- Update the app's icon to make it more clear what the app does.
- Reliability improvements.
New in Break Reminder 1.6 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Support for multiple displays, by fading out all of them
- New option to suspend Harmony for 30 minutes
- Decreased the lower limit for work periods to 10 minutes
- Minor issues with the German translation were fixed
- The display gets a little darker when dimmed out
New in Break Reminder 1.5 (Apr 1, 2011)
- Added German translation
- Added Swedish translation
New in Break Reminder 1.4 (Mar 1, 2011)
- We've added a couple of preferences for the appearance of the break screen.
- Make sure to check out the new preferences and try the different modes to see which you like best!
New in Break Reminder 1.1 (Jun 2, 2010)
- Improve behavior when using Spaces
- Optionally play sound when it's time for a break (see preferences)
- Optionally fade out the desktop to make breaks more effective (see preferences)
- Restore the active app after breaks
- Show more detailed time for work and break periods in the preferences
- Miscellaneous minor bug fixes and improvements
New in Break Reminder 1.0 (Jan 7, 2010)