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Why You Need UsefulRest
These days computer skills are necessary in many professions. However even at optimal illumination and with the use of ergonomics screens, a computer user's eyes feel the strain which can quickly lead to eye fatigue. Many health problems can manifest themselves as a result.
Signs that can indicate vision problems:
- red eyes
- burning sensation in the eyes
- blurry vision at any distance
- mistiness, weak focusing
- double vision, or "the words run together"
- sharp pain and feeling of "sand" in the eyes
- pain in the eye sockets or forehead
- pain when moving the eyes
- tears (as in crying) or the opposite, dryness of the eyes
- headaches
- eyes that grow weary quickly
- eyesight is worse at the end of the day
- neck ache at the end of the day
Many computer users experience aches and pains in their hands, wrists, arms, neck, shoulders or back (i.e. to their musculoskeletal system) especially after long periods of uninterrupted computer work. Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS) also known as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) can be very painful and debilitating if not treated early.
If you identified some of the above symptoms as health problems you are experiencing, you may be suffering from Computer Vision Syndrome or OOS/RSI. While the best cure is prevention, if the injury already exists, it will require a change in work methods and strict adherence to new procedures for healing and recovery.
To prevent or to get rid of these and other painful symptoms, computer users should take regular breaks from the computer. But it's easy to forget about these short breaks, and just as easy to ignore various reminders we may have set up. To force oneself to take a break from the computer and get a little rest, exercise, or snack, it is best to block the computer screen during that time.
Enter UsefulRest! With UsefulRest you have the flexibility to configure work and rest intervals as well as the degree of blocking and security levels. Your computer workday will be much more pleasant, comfortable, and healthy.
UsefulRest has everything necessary for the protection of your health while you work at the computer:
- Forced interruption of computer work at a time set by the user
- Flexible configuration of parameters to satisfy of any user
- Option to start UsefulRest at Windows startup
- Restriction of access to other programs during breaks and micropauses
- Screen background during a break and micropause can be either black or translucent
- Break or micropause can be interrupted with a password at some security levels
- Delay a break for up to 10 minutes
- Option to begin a break immediately at any time outside of scheduled times
- 3 rest modes:
- Breaks and micropauses
- Breaks only
- Micropauses only
- No option to interrupt a break or micropause with the password
- No option to delay a break
- No option to temporarily disable the program at a given time
- No option to close the program
- No option to interrupt a break or micropause with Cancel
- Black background during a break or micropause is mandatory
- Option to interrupt a break or micropause with a password
- Delaying a break works only once and becomes accessible only after a break
- No option to temporarily disable the program at a given time
- Option to close the program
- Option to interrupt a break or micropause with Cancel
- Black background during a break is configured by default, but it is possible to change to a translucent background
- Option to interrupt a break or micropause with a password
- Delaying a break works only once and becomes accessible only after a break
- Option to temporarily disable the program at a given time
- Option to close the program
- Option to interrupt a break or micropause
- Translucent background during a break is configured by default, but it is possible to change to a black background
- Custom - User configures protection elements as desired
- Children's Hour
- Warnings of upcoming breaks and micropauses:
- For a break, 3 minutes and 1 minute prior to the beginning of the break
- For a micropause, 1 minute prior to the beginning of the micropause
- Possible to configure work/rest time intervals:
- Duration of work - 30 minutes / duration of a break - 5 minutes
- Duration of work - 60 minutes / duration of a break - 10 minutes
- Custom - user configures times as desired
- Duration of work - 5 minutes / duration of a micropause - 15 seconds
- Duration of work - 10 minutes / duration of a micropause - 30 seconds
- Custom - user configures times as desired
- Option to disconnect a dial-up (phone line and modem) Internet connection before a break. No need to worry about unnecessarily remaining online during a break or micropause.
- Choice of sounds:
- For first notification before a break
- For last notification before a break or micropause
- For the beginning of a break or micropause
- For ending a break or micropause
- During a break
- During a micropause
- Turn on/off each sound individually or all simultaneously
- Choice of picture (if any) displayed during a break or micropause
- Option to turn on or off this picture
- Option to set the supervisor password to change program settings
- Option to set the password for the premature termination of a break
- Option to turn on/off warnings about upcoming breaks
- Option to save all user-configured settings and restore them as needed
- Detailed help system
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UsefulRest News
February 01, 2008
New version of UsefulRest 2.7a released. This release has improvements.
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