Hourglass v1.10.0

webfork on 11 Oct 2021
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Oct 2021
  • Suggested by Lare2

Hourglass is easy-to-use, customizable, and feature-rich countdown timer. It offers smart input, supports pause and resume and can run multiple timers simultaneously. All used timers are saved automatically for easy re-use. The interface includes optional timer title, themes (with the ability to create your own), colour customization.

You can minimize to tray and control from the tray, have the window stay-on-top, go full screen, pop-up, close or shutdown computer when expired, add sound notifications, keep computer awake, loop timer, loop sound, open saved timers on startup and more.

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Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
Stealth: ? No. HourglassPortable.exe.log in AppData (starting at least from Windows 8)
Unicode support: Yes
License: MIT
How to extract: Download HourglassPortable.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
Similar/alternative apps: SnapTimer, XgD's Countdown, XNote Timer, TTclock
What's new? Resolve #218: System.NotSupportedException on Windows 8.1

Resolve #78: Add About dialog
Resolve #213: "Update" button not scaling with the rest of the UI
Fix usage text for --use-factory-defaults

Resolve #210: InvalidWmpVersionException on start when no WMP installed



Resolve #97: Add option to remove Window frame/title bar
Resolve #164: Add option to disable progress display in taskbar
Resolve #183: Add "Reverse progress bar" option
Resolve #187: Fix minimize button not working
Resolve #202: Fix crash due to invalid Width property
Resolve #204: Add option to prefer 24-hour time when parsing
Resolve #206: Fix minimize, maximize, and close buttons still functional when title bar is hidden
Resolve #207: Check for updates via HTTPS
Resolve #208: Fix Crash loop if Hourglass closed while full screen with no title option enabled
Resolve #209: Fix "Full screen" option not working if window is already maximized
Show title in center of screen when timer expires
Do not show "Click to enter title" when the timer expires
Add "Restore", "Minimize", and "Maximize" menu options when full screen
Use immersive dark mode on Windows 10 for dark themes
Parse strings like "until 00:10:30" as "until 12:10:30 am"
Parse times without am/pm contextually (this ensures that, for example, "1:30" gets parsed as "1:30 am" at midnight and "1:30 pm" at noon)
Report media errors to the user
Update to .NET Framework 4.5
Update code signing certificate thumbprint and timestamp URL

1 comment on Hourglass  The Portable Freeware Collection Latest Entries Feed

Specular 2017-08-29 14:27

Been looking for a desktop program like this. It uses virtually the same interface as e.ggtimer.com, which I've been using for while.

v1.8.0

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