At 22:53 2000-07-05 -0400, Hugo Haas wrote:
>Whether you have problems or not, I think it's interesting to have a
>look at it (I can bring it to MIT if somebody wants it).
I'd like to see that.
>Since I had problems recently, I also discovered a cool program for
>Un*x: xwrits. It monitors your activity and reminds you to have breaks
>regularly. I have set it up to have 3-minute breaks every 20 minutes (I
>might want to increase the interval, because I have the feeling of being
>ineffecient):
>
> xwrits typetime=20 breaktime=3 +mouse +beep +breakclock +clock +idle
+top flashtime=:2 after=10 flashtime=:.5
I think it is important for such programs to prompt two different sort of
pauses: micropause and rest break. I've found I can get away with ignoring
the longer rest breaks, but not the micropauses.
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Micropause duration
The duration of micropauses. This is the period of time for which you must
stop using the computer after a warning has been issued. The range of
allowed values is from 5 seconds to 3 minutes.
Rest break interval
The computer usage time between rest breaks. The range of allowed values is
from 5 minutes to 2 hours. For more information on rest breaks and
appropriate values see "Using WorkPace".
Rest break duration
Duration of the rest break. The range of allowed values is from 1 minute to
2 hours.
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