Workrave
Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of repetitive strain injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses and rest breaks, and restricts you to your daily limit. It currently runs on GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows (using GTK/Win32).
| Tags | Desktop Environment GNOME |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Windows Windows |
| Implementation | C++ |
Recent releases
- 10 Aug 2008 23:03
Changes: A fix for transparency of the tray icon on Linux. New activity monitoring for Windows. Improved 64-bit and Vista support. Exercises are randomized. The language can be selected in the preferences (Windows). The option 'Start Workrave when Windows starts' has been added. Extended DBUS support on Unix. An initial OS X port. Networking support can now be enabled without accepting incoming connections from other Workraves. A sound has been added that indicates the next step in the exercise. The volume and all sounds can be configured. A new sound theme has been added.
- 29 Sep 2007 23:21
Changes: The task manager is never blocked by Workrave anymore. A workaround was made for focus loss on Vista. A Slovenian translation was added. Breaks that have "suspend timer when inactive" disabled were fixed. Windows responsiveness under high load was improved. The mode menu was fixed. The GNOME applet no longer hangs. The GNOME applet no longer crashes Workrave. Crashes during startup on Windows were fixed. The "end-of-microbreak" sound was fixed. A bug in multi-head support where Workrave showed multiple windows on a single screen was fixed. Locking on GNOME with xscreensaver installed was fixed.
- 04 Mar 2007 17:09
Changes: This version contains many new translations: Italian, Chinese, Slovak, Greek, Turkish, Japanese, Bulgarian, and Hungarian. More polish on the applets was done (e.g. vertical applet support), and there are some bugfixes.
- 13 May 2006 10:04
Changes: New Swedish and Catalan translations, and updates to the Czech translation. This release no longer consumes 100% CPU if a break is started while the screen is locked. A bug that could cause breaks to stop running when 'Suspend timer while inactive' was disabled. Support has been added for storing configuration in an .ini file, and for configuring the data storage directory (this can be used to run Workrave from a memory stick). GNOME screen saver support has been added. The applet popup menu is now accessible when all timers are hidden.
- 07 Feb 2006 14:12
Changes: A crash when using a third party GTK+ runtime has been fixed. A bug that caused status windows to be disabled when the micro-break timer was hidden has been fixed. There are translation fixes and better hibernate/standby support on Unix.
- All comments
Recent commentsWorkrave is an excellent project/software. I think it is a must-have for any one that uses the computer heavily. Whether you want to prevent or recover from RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury), taking breaks is one of the key factors. To see how Workrave stand against WorkPace, a commercial break-reminder software, check out this comparison http://www.fightrsi.com/2009/03/save-yourself-from-computer-pain-take-a-break/
Link to version 1.8.0 for Windows
Here's a quick link for people who use Windows:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/workrave/workrave-win32-1.8.0-installer.exe?download (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/workrave/workrave-win32-1.8.0-installer.exe?download)
Freshmeat doesn't make this information available above.
Windows branch also
Hmmm, there doesn't seem to be a good way to list the windows URL.
Here is a Windows link:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/workrave/workrave-win32-1.6.1-installer.exe?download (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/workrave/workrave-win32-1.6.1-installer.exe?download).