Menubar Countdown is a simple countdown timer that displays itself on the right side of the Mac OS X menu bar.
To set the timer, click on the display and select the Start... menu item. A dialog will appear that allows you to specify the countdown time in hours, minutes, and seconds. The dialog also allows you to specify which of the following forms of notification you want when the timer gets down to 00:00:00:
Play the system alert sound
Display an alert window
Make a spoken announcement. You can specify the text to be spoken.
Growl
What's New
Version 1.2:
Add support for Growl notifications. The Announcement text specified in the Start dialog will be displayed in the Growl notification window.
New application icon
Command-X, Command-C, Command-V, and Command-A now work in the text fields in the settings dialog
Command-R is now a shortcut key for the Restart Countdown... button in the alert window
Add option to hide seconds in menu bar
Show start-timer dialog when application launches (behavior can be disabled in Settings dialog)
Version 1.1:
timer-expired alert window floats above other applications' windows
added application icon
added Doxygen comments to source code
Version 1.2:
Add support for Growl notifications. The Announcement text specified in the Start dialog will be displayed in the Growl notification window.
New application icon
Command-X, Command-C, Command-V, and Command-A now work in the text fields in the settings dialog
Command-R is now a shortcut key for the Restart Countdown... button in the alert window
This is a great little application that does what it says. There are plenty of countdown timers available in dashboard, but for what I use it for, dashboard is really inconvenient. I'd suggest the option of using a different alert sound than the system alert sound. Otherwise it's great.
[Version 1.1]
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Menubar Countdown is a simple countdown timer that displays itself on the right side of the Mac OS X menu bar.
To set the timer, click on the display and select the Start... menu item. A dialog will appear that allows you to specify the countdown time in hours, minutes, and seconds. The dialog also allows you to specify which of the following forms of notification you want when the timer gets down to 00:00:00:
Play the system alert sound
Display an alert window
Make a spoken announcement. You can specify the text to be spoken.
+73
Doc-Renaud reviewed on 23 Jun 2009
Thanks a lot for this, and giving it for free.
+152
gcoghill reviewed on 23 Jun 2009
+2
Sunhill2227 reviewed on 26 Apr 2009
rhessel rated on 22 May 2011
-3
craigfin74 rated on 18 Dec 2010