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Intervals 1.6

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Simple stopwatch with mark functionality. Free

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Neal M. Kerr

Intervals (was Stopwatch) records stopwatch times to a text file so you can see the times in a time-line fashion and open the resulting file with any program that can open or import RTF text files.

The timer in Intervals is based on a 24-hour period, so you can time events lasting longer than 1 hour (as with Stopwatch). You can have several Intervals documents open at one time, but your CPU load and ram may begin to bog down.

Intervals supports the apple remote for starting, stopping, marking time, and resetting the stopwatch.

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What's New

Version 1.6:

Now keeps a backup file of the most recent save
Start/Stop is now a toggle button
Interface tweaks and cleanup
General code cleanup

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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Ahammer commented on 08 Nov 2010

The timer portion of this is exactly what I've been looking for- simple, fast, and unlike anything else I've tried, you can reset and keep the timer going from 0 :00 in one click.

I don't use the log window much though, and would like to see an option to hide it and just show the timer.

Thanks for a great little app!

[Version 1.6]

+79

Aargl reviewed on 26 Sep 2010

Exactly what I needed! Haven't found a competitor yet.
I totally agree with the comment below, but using the remote is a remarkable idea!
The thing I really regret is that you can't resize the window, so that's not very easy to type notes in real time in a visually controlable way... :-/
I'm planning using it to time events in a show so I'll have to manually write to paper the times together with my notes instead of typping it directly on the mac.

[Version 1.6]

+46

mdognrdog reviewed on 13 Jun 2009

This is a very nice thing to have around. I am using it right now to practice rapid counting of cards, and it serves in the role of timekeeper pretty well.

I have one quibble with the UI. Currently, to start/stop requires the user to press opt-s. This cannot be changed as a preference. When you are using a stopwatch to time tasks down to the hundredths of seconds, it would be far preferable to have the ability to set the spacebar as the start/stop control. ANY non-chorded keystroke, however, would be preferable to a two-key chord. If this program offered a preference that allowed mapping of the start/stop and reset keys, it would be significantly improved.

[Version 1.6]

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Aargl replied on 26 Sep 2010

Indeed, you can use the spacebar, but I agree with your comment considering that the "Mark Times" are marked with Option-M where any single keystroke would be better (Return or Enter would be a good choice as they are not used - if you don't try to edit notes in real time).
Actually, if you edit notes while continuing mark-timing, the shortcuts don't work anymore (while the remote does).

Aurelius commented on 07 Dec 2008

Excellent tiny app. Great for timing show performance times, especially with the text record. Love using the remote.

[Version 1.6]

SSS777 reviewed on 27 Sep 2007

Very well-produced app, simple and direct. Meets a need where many interval measurements have to be made in sequence, with the results available for later use. (Timing the many rise/fall times of a droplet viewed though a microscope in the Physics classic "Millikan's Oil Drop experiment," for one.)

Neal, Thanks for the prompt response to my suggestion to make the START/STOP toggle button. The above example should tell you why my students need it that simple. "Don't move the mouse; just click to start and stop."

[Version 1.6]

SSS777 commented on 24 Sep 2007

Neal, Great program idea and execution -- simple and direct.

A suggestion: consider merging the START & STOP buttons into a single START/STOP toggle button, as is common in stopwatches. (With appropriate change in appearance, of course.)

Cheers.
SSS

[Version 1.5]

Neal M. Kerr (developer) commented on 20 Sep 2007

If you download Intervals and find it useful please consider coming back to review it or leave a comment/feature request. If you don't find it useful, or have issues, please leave comments/reviews that I can use to make it better.

[Version 1.5]

Chris Reed reviewed on 14 Jul 2007

Simple but very useful little app. Would be very great for video work, watching a sequence and recording a series of accurate times for adding markers or making edits. Maybe missing help, but easy enough to work out how to record times, ie click M1-10 for each time to be recorded.

[Version 1.01]