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From: Allan Udy
Subject: Big Red Button Submission
Big Red Button 1.5.1
The Big Red Button is a simple, freeware timer/stopwatch.
Whether you will find this application useful or not, will depend
very much on how you work at your computer. The program itself was
designed to solve one very specific requirement that I had-I needed a
very quick and easy way to start recording a block of time, while
sitting in front of my computer.
Other timing apps can be great and very useful. I continually use
TimeSlice by Maui Software, and this has one very useful
function-after several minutes of inactivity the timer automatically
turns off. This means if I get up from my desk to make a cup of
coffee, the timer does not continue to record time against the
project that I'm working on.
However, there are times, such as when the phone rings, or when
someone walks into my office when the 'auto-pause' feature of
TimeSlice is not what I need. In these cases I need some form of
stopwatch to record the amount of time I spend in this unexpected
activity-thus the Big Red Button was born.
Double-click the application and it will start timing. Press the
start/stop button to turn it on/off. The top portion of the window is
editable, so you can modify times, add notes and so on. The notes
section can be printed, or you can use drag and drop to drag it
someplace else.
Simple. Probably been done a million times before.
System Requirements
The Big Red Button will run on all PowerPC-based Macintosh computers.
It requires 800K of free RAM, and a minimum of System 7.1.
A version for Windows 95 (minimum) is also available.