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Chrome’s Web Store houses all manner of apps — but they don’t have to be complex to be effective. Timer Tab is really nothing more than a simple countdown timer, alarm, and stopwatch built into a web page (accessible in any browser, including mobile Safari) — but the integration it enjoys with Google Chrome makes it incredibly useful. Time is a commodity that we’re all a little short on, and Timer Tab helps you manage it simply and easily.
The interface of Timer Tab is a minimalist’s dream. It’s uncluttered, functional, and oddly pretty as it basks in its own emptiness. The functionality speaks for itself: enter a time to count down, or an alarm time, and press the start button. The stopwatch doesn’t require any entry at all, just a press of the button, followed by a click on the pause/resume button as needed. Even the options are simple — there are only three, and you get to them by rolling the mouse over the the “more” link on the bottom of the page.
Timer Tab’s Chrome integrations allow for two important functions: desktop notifications and the flashing of the mini-version of the time that hangs out in the title area of the browser tab. This is a fantastic way to make sure your attention is brought to the alarm you set, and is especially helpful if you are trying to keep track of how much time you spend doing something on your computer, or to remind yourself to take a break. Notifications can be enabled or disabled with a single click in the options area, and if you want to, you can add a link to an image or a YouTube video as your alarm.
Theoretically, you should be able to add a YouTube video at a particular time index by adding something like &t=2m18s to the end of the link. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get that to work properly. If you have better luck, let me know!
Timer Tab is a simple, effective, and completely free/good looking way to keep track of time sensitivities when you are in the browser or just on the computer — which is often for so many of us these days. I recommend using it with any browser, but install it in Chrome to get the most out of it.
Timer Tab was created by Romuald Brillout, who also made Time Tab (a minimalist clock and calendar app), dooity.com (a light and simple list manager), and inboxn.com (a light hub for social communications).
What do you think of Timer Tab?
Joshua says:
Many of us have systems with powerful speakers that can act as good alarms but are limited by just a wish. There was a function provided in jet audio, but I don’t guess pretty many people knew about it. However, its a must download for all, or at least for myself.
June 23, 2011 — 8:03 am
Bobby Travis says:
Thanks, Joshua. I’m not entirely sure what you meant by that first part, though — care to clarify?
June 23, 2011 — 1:53 pm
Antonia says:
I think Timer Tab could be helpful for somebody. This application is great but I guess not all users could effectively utilize its uses. There are lots of existing apps like this everywhere and I don’t know if Timer Tab could replace these stuffs.
July 18, 2011 — 12:25 am
Amit says:
I love these apps that don’t need to be installed into the system. I’m tired of installing programs and clogging the registry. Glad to see all these browser plugins taking place of windows apps.
August 8, 2011 — 7:30 pm
Bobby Travis says:
And this one doesn’t appear to slow down the browser, either. No more than having any other tab open, anyway, and less than most.
August 10, 2011 — 3:17 am