Would you help us by posting the read me to group? I don't normally just install any old software on my machine, even if we do know your from your time in the community.
Cheers Mark On 2/3/09, Jon R <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I have been working on a little project on and off over the last > couple of years. I find it invaluable, and I'd like to see what > interest there is from others. > > I invite you to try this new application, and to please give me some > feedback on it. I don't know yet whether I will release this on a > freeware/donation basis or if I will charge a small fee for it, so > this is a trial for the MLO community. What do you think? > > If you've heard of Temptation Blocker, it's a bit like that, but much > much better. > > Below are some details from the readme.txt file. > > I hope you like it! :) > > Jon (aka Kudos) > > > The download link: > http://www.jonrumens.com/ComputerDisciplineSetup.exe > > > Computer Discipline - Advanced Window Blocking to help get your work > done! > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Copyright 2009 - Jon Rumens > > > What is ComputerDiscipline? > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Computer Discipline allows you to control which Programs or Windows or > Websites you are allowed to visit at any time. It forces you to focus > on what you decide is important and prevents you from getting > distracted by other stuff on your computer. It's also good for your > health, as it can force you to take regular breaks away from your > screen. You could block things such as games or timewasting websites > or you could force yourself to use MS Word or Visual Studio. > > > There are two main ways it works: 'Allow Windows', & 'Block Windows'. > > 'Allow Windows' will block ALL windows/applications except the ones > you choose to allow. > > 'Block Windows' will block ONLY the windows/applications that you > choose. > > You can specify groups of windows to be either minimized, minimized to > tray, or closed. Minimize to tray is a very cool feature as it gets > the program out of your way, but without closing it - so you can > return to it later. > > You can also set up web site titles to be blocked, and the individual > tab will be closed your browser. For example 'Google Mail' can be > closed in Firefox or IE. This feature actually works in most multi-tab > applications, not just web browsers. > > > Unlock Difficulty > To unlock the program, you can make yourself have to type in a random > string of characters. The 'Unlock Difficulty' value controls how many > characters you have to type and can be anything from 0 (disabled) to > 100 (very difficult & tedious). > > > Computer Breaks > You can setup breaks which will forcefully block your computer so you > can take a break away from your screen. > > > Tooltips – If this option is turned on you should get some tooltips > saying which windows are getting blocked/allowed and why. > > Block Process Managers – Task Managers will all be killed when you are > blocking apps. Such as Windows Task Manager, Process Explorer, > CurrProcess. > > Safe Window Titles/Classes – These settings are in the settings.ini > file and is for windows which should never be blocked e.g. your > overlaying clock, Winamp etc. > > > Note: As Computer Discipline has the power to close any programs you > have running. Please save any open work until you are comfortable > using it. > > > -- Cheers Mark Levison Blog: http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/ Recent Entries: Agile/Scrum Smells: http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2008/06/agilescrum-smells.html Agile Games for Making Retrospectives Interesting: http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2008/10/agile-games-for-making-retrospectives-interesting.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
