The Mech – programming blog

– notification dialogs can be moved around the screen

– tray icon can display a progress bar measuring the work time

– Spanish translation (by Marcelo)

– minor bug fixes

– Italian translation (by Antonio)

– user can disable break adjusting features (introduced in version 0.61)

– new feature – remaining work time is editable

– improved hibernation support

– small fixes: break/notification dialogs could steal the focus or not appear on the top of other windows

– Intel AppUp version

– Estonian translation (by Onumutt)

– Turkish translation (by siLgi)

– Eyes Relax could sometimes stop working under Windows 7 due to the low level keyboard/mouse hooks issues (reported by Brian and fixed with his help)

– fixed a problem with a profile name starting with a digit

– minor translation fixes in Chech and Russian versions

– portable version (available in zip archive)

– French translation (by Chantal)

– Czech translation (by Ondřej)

– fixed a minor bug in handling standby mode

– more reasonable method of deciding whether the next break should be short or long

– some users reported NAudio is unstable, returning to default Windows mp3 library :(

– to prevent delays and high CPU usage while playing mp3 files Eyes Relax is now using NAudio

– Russian translation (by Just-nz)

– Korean translation (by NineBear)

– Slovenian translation (by jeje997)

– “Add 5 minutes” option is active only when canceling breaks is enabled

– (hopefully) better handling of Windows hibernation/standby mode

– minor bugfixes

– bugfix version – exception while starting the application (after clean install without previous configuration)

– bugfix version – last short break time swapped with the long break time (reported by Alex)

– support for localization (with Chinese, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese translations included)

– some bugfixes

– additional protection (breaks could be avoided by reloading the computer)

– new feature: after the break Eyes Relax waits for user activity and then starts the timer

– new feature: long user inactivities are considered as breaks (so the break doesn’t start when the user returns and wants to start working)

– little improvements

– bugfix – end-of-short-break sound was swapped with the end-of-long-break sound (this was reported by Axel, who shares his ideas and comments regarding Eyes Relax for quite a long time, so I must mention his contribution)

– sound volume configuration

– profiles list in tray icon context menu

– new break type (break dialog as a replacement for baloon break)

– new notification type (notification dialog as a replacement for the ugly message box)

– work time clock stops/resets during Windows screensaver mode

– quick bugfix (long break configuration)

– playing sounds when starting/ending a break

– long breaks

– break time is defined in seconds instead of minutes

– new thread management to improve stability

– fixed memory leaks problems

– bugfix: Eyes Relax crushes when using remote desktops

– new break type – slideshow

– minor improvements

– customizable tray icon click action

– break cancel button can de disabled

– profiles with settings (saving, loading, removing)

– added support for multiple monitors

– customizable color of blank screen break mode

– major bug fixes

– full Windows Vista support

– MSI installer

– check for updates – download and install new version

– included this help file

– major bug fixes

– parent mode

– configurable notification type (balloon tip/message box)

– check for updates option

– configurable break types (blank screen/image/balloon tip)

– minor bug fixes

– notification about upcoming break

– initial version

– blank full screen during break