AntiRSI at Mac App Store analyse

Ich nutze AntiRSI schon seit längerer Zeit in der kostenlosen Version und habe jetzt gerne ein paar Euro für die App ausgegeben, v.a. da einige nützliche neue Funktionen dazugekommen sind. Endlich kann ich die App nur oben in der Symbolleiste unterbringen und brauche kein Dock-Icon mehr. Die App führt zu deutlicher Entspannung beim Arbeiten - man muss sich natürlich auch ein wenig dran halten und die Sperre nicht sofort immer umgehen.

... I think I tried almost every anti-RSI app for the mac over the last years and this is the one I stick to. Eats almost zero CPU time and is unobtrusive enough but still a friendly reminder to give your wrists, shoulders and brain(s, if you have multiple) a brake. Thanks, dev! I threw away my free version today and bought this one from th AppStore to give some love ... :)

Nachdem ich alle Programme dieser Art, die ich finden konnte, ausprobiert hatte, bin ich bei AntiRSI geblieben. Einfach, mit den nötigen Einstellungsmöglichkeiten, aber nicht überladen. Wenn man sich an die Vorgaben hält, schafft AntiRSI ein wesentlich ermüdungsfreieres Arbeiten. Ich nutze die freie Version schon seit Jahren; eigentlich reicht mir diese auch. Die 4,99 Euro sind ein Dankeschön von meiner Seite an den Entwickler :)

Due to the 5-star evaluations here in the app store I was convinced to get a premium app at that price. Yet I was deceived and have some critics, resp. feedback for optimisation: - the description of the indicators that the app shows (inner and outer circle in dock icon and menu icon) is not spontaneously clear (description missing) - the usage of the indicators (colours, circle length) is more confusing than helpful (e.g. if you don’t move the mouse/touchpad for some seconds the app considers this as a ‚natural break‘ - which is not correct, as it is not really a break: your eyes and brain are still working. This could be much simpler, clearer and helpful - the micro pauses don’t pop up in a ‚logical‘ flow: same problem as with the indicator of the icon in dock: once you move the mouse the pause is postponed - no button to change/influence this - there is no option to add a digital time indicator to the menu bar icon (which is a common standard for such apps). + the support/feedback is quick and informative IN SUM: + nice idea. Hope, there will be an update for this app soon - as the idea of an animated icon in the dock is nice and ‚unique‘ - that’ s why I decided to chose this app - yet: the current version makes few sense/help in usage (you concentrate more on the changing unlogic colours than on your work - or: pause.

This app is quite clever. The concept of mini pauses and larger pauses is good. The very good thing of this app is that it logs your activity and adapts the pause requirements accordingly. This so much better than all this useless, fixed-interval Pomodoro stuff! It’s very generous by the author that he’s still offering the previous version —which still works perfectly— for free. Also many thanks for the option to turn off the menu bar icon! My menu bar is already more than overcrowded…

Usually does a great job of staying out of the way, and the consistent breaks definitely help my pain. However the CPU usage sometimes goes way up for no apparent reason, causing my Mac to get hot and the fan to get annoyingly loud. Also it sometimes starts a break when Im watching a video full screen, so suddenly I cant seem to click anywhere.

Программа интересная и полезная. Сделана со вкусом. НО! НЕ ПРАВИЛЬНО РАБОТАЕТ автоматическое определение паузы в работе компьютера при использовании нескольких рабочих столов. При этом автор не отвечает на письма с информацией об этом. Функция не работает правильно, т.к. программа считает время только за одним рабочим столом. Если переключиться на другой и работать там, то таймер работает неверно. Программа становится БЕСПОЛЕЗНОЙ! Про автоматическое определение паузы. Например, вы не за компьютером - ушли по делам. Таймер должен перестать работать, считая что вы отдыхаете и ожидая каких либо действий на компьютере (клавиатура или мышь). PS Самое гадкое - автор забил на жалобы.