Repetitive Strain Injury is an illness which can occur as a result of continuous work with a mouse and keyboard. The risk of suffering injury increases the longer users work without breaks. RSIBreak simply offers reminders to take a break now and then.
RSIBreak can be used to remind you to take a break now and then. It displays a random picture from a collection at specified intervals for defined durations. You can configure the pictures to show and lengths of time to show them. You might use the breaks reminders to do some stretching exercises, for example, or as a reminder to walk away from the computer for a while.
RSIBreak is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Automatic start with desktop (can be disabled).
- Two kind of breaks: big and tiny. The usual way to use these is to take frequent tiny breaks, and occasional big breaks. For example, a break of 20 seconds every 20 minutes (the tiny break), and a longer break of 2 minutes every hour (the big break).
- Configurable option to postpone the break.
- Configurable break lengths.
- Configurable effects during the breaks. There are three options for the full screen break. The default action is a complete black effect. But you can also choose to show the plasma dashboard or a slide show of images.
- Configurable notifications about actions.
- Full statistics about usage that can be reset. The upper left block shows general statistics: some totals and some information about idle time. The bottom left block shows something about your work pace.
- D-Bus commands are available to force breaks and to suspend and resume RSIBreak. These commands can suspend RSIBreak automatically when you start a game or any other specified program.
Website: apps.kde.org/en-gb/rsibreak
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Albert Astals Cid (previously Tom Albers, Bram Schoenmakers)
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
RSIBreak is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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