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Tea Timer 1.6

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

A new version of Tea Timer has just been released. It fixes as a few bugs and has two small new features:

  1. It now displays the current version number on the website.
  2. It can handle multiple instances of the widget, each with different settings. One side effect of this is, that each new instance starts with its built-in default settings. If you don’t close and reopen your widget every hour, this should not be a problem. ;-)

Download Tea Timer 1.6

One feature I did not add, was a way to easily add more background colors. Since each background has its own image, you can’t easily add a box for a hex color code. But if you realy want more or different colors, here is a quick guide to achive this.

  1. Clone the Tea Timer repository or just download the latest version.
  2. Open the bundle TemplateWidget.djproj with Dashcode.
  3. You can find the image unter TemplateWidget/front/frontImg. Adjust its size to 320×120px and color it as you want.
  4. Copy the image to clipboard, pasted in your favourite editor and save it in the Widgets image folder (Tea Timer.wdgt/Images/) as Front_mycolor.png.
  5. Open Tea Timer.wdgt/TeaTimer.html in a text editor. Around line 65 you’ll find the options for all colors. Add your color there:
...
<option value="silver">Silver</option>
<option value="mycolor">My Color</option>
  1. Save and exit the editor.
  2. Install the new version by double clicking on it.
  3. That’s it. Ask if you have any questions. :-)

[Update] Tea Timer does not run under Mac OS X 10.4. I forgot to change this at my last submission to Apple and now I have to wait until I release the next version.

Modified: 2010-11-13 10:57 • 34 comments • Feed
Category: Dashboard Widgets » Tea Timer

Comment

  1. Chirag Patel on December 22, 2009 at 22:17:

    Crazy, I was literally thinking I need this multiple instance feature and went to go turn it on and it said "A new version of Team Time is available". Great widget. Thanks!

  2. Robyn on December 23, 2009 at 15:26:

    My tea timer was working great. I used multiple instances without problem. Now I "upgraded" and the stupid thing won't ding. grrrr

  3. Stefan on December 23, 2009 at 15:46:

    @Robin: Have you checkt if your settings are correct?

  4. Jon on December 23, 2009 at 16:32:

    Nicely done, Stefan. I just tested with a quick restart and I now have multiple instances with their own settings working perfectly. Thanks. :)

  5. Niklas on December 23, 2009 at 21:04:

    Cheers mate! Keep it up!

  6. Glutexo on December 25, 2009 at 17:18:

    I was also looking forward to support for multiple instances. Thanks! ^_^

  7. Steve on December 28, 2009 at 03:07:

    Hey, thank you very much for this great widget. This helps me a lot. Bye, Steve

  8. z on December 30, 2009 at 05:47:

    definitely a great widget. One thing would be nice though, is the ability to disable automatic checking for updates. You could add in a 'check now' button or something for convenience.

  9. Stefan on December 30, 2009 at 10:50:

    Thanks for your comments.

    @z: Will consider this for the next release.

  10. Jon on January 1, 2010 at 02:28:

    I downloaded teatimer, but I can't find the "i", so I can't change anything on the back. It's muted, so of little use unless I watch it.

  11. Stefan on January 1, 2010 at 11:17:

    Which version of Mac OS X do you have? Tea Timer does not support 10.4.

  12. LANCE on January 3, 2010 at 07:30:

    The Apple Downloads Page, http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/food/teatimer.html ...says "Mac OS X 10.4 or later". May want to change that.

    Program looks like exactly what I want, but I have 10.4.11 and have same problem as Jon, above.

    Thanks.

  13. Jakob on January 8, 2010 at 18:28:

    Hey, I'm using the tee timer, i like the simplicity of it! As a little feedback for a future version. Would it be possible to link the timer that way to growl that it shut's up by click on the growl notification? (having it on repeat)

  14. Stefan on January 8, 2010 at 18:31:

    Nice idea. I’ll check, if this is possible.

  15. Jonas Linder on January 13, 2010 at 14:59:

    Hi,

    Great app. I noticed one thing about it. If the timer "goes off" and you then want to reset it 5 more minutes for example it still sounds the alarm (even if the new time is counting down). could be good to have a snooze button or similar also.

    BR /jonas

  16. Sam on January 26, 2010 at 21:02:

    Hey, thanks for the great widget. It would be nice however if the alarm would reset to it's initial value when done, not the last paused value. (i.e. if I pause the timer, it resets to the value I paused it at when it finishes.)

  17. Kim on January 27, 2010 at 08:06:

    What OS version does Tea Timer support? I have 10.4.11 and cannot get the "i" to show up. Also it counts down but does not sound an alarm or give any kind of visual cue (such as flashing). I would love it if it worked...

  18. Dom on February 7, 2010 at 18:23:

    I just started using Tea Timer. Since I use it to time things other than tea I would like an option to change the title to something more descriptive like "cookies" or "stew", etc.

  19. Stefan on February 7, 2010 at 19:05:

    Just click on the «Tea» and change it to whatever you want. You can also click the «ready in», cycle through the input fields with Tab and start the countdown by pressing Enter.

  20. Randy on February 8, 2010 at 21:36:

    As Kim...

    10.4.11... prefs "i" doesn't display.

  21. Stefan on February 9, 2010 at 08:17:

    Sorry, Tea Timer does not run under 10.4. Forget to change this at my last submission to Apple, so it has to wait until the next release.

  22. JR on February 17, 2010 at 02:55:

    Tea Timer VER1.6

    comment 13 redux

    Tea Timer v1.6 Mac OSX (v10.5.2 Build 9C2028) Alarm: Use Growl; Keep Alarming.

    GROWL Tea Timer Application: INFORM Tea Timer when a notification is clicked.

    When I Click the GROWL Sticky Notification, Tea Timer CONTINUES ALARMING until I turn off Tea Timer alarm on the Dashboard.

    GROWL "INFORM Tea Timer when a notification is clicked " does NOT shut-off the Tea Timer alarm.( INFORMing Tea Timer when a GROWL notification is clicked does not seem to have any intuitive/observer function.) Shutting off the Tea Timer alarm when clicking a Growl Sticky Notification (if GROWL INFORM Tea Timer is selected) would be a BIG, USEFUL & CONVENIENT feature; you don't have to open the Dashboard And turn-off Tea Timer Alarm.

    Classy widget, Thank you, JR -

    p.s.; how do I get Tea Timer to speak German?

    p.p.s: your web page search function does NOT work!!! all I get is "NO RESULTS FOUND"

  23. Stefan on February 17, 2010 at 19:44:

    Sounds nice. Will see if I add this within the next release.

  24. JR on February 18, 2010 at 04:03:

    copied from comment 22 above

    p.s.; how do I get Tea Timer to speak German? ...Just type it??

    p.p.s: your web page search function does NOT work!!! all I get is "NO RESULTS FOUND"

    HOW'S YOUR THESIS GOING??? Thanks again.

  25. Stefan on February 18, 2010 at 08:17:

    Tea Timer speaks German if your first system language is German (go Systemsettings » Language & Text and drag German on top of the list, then killall Dock).

    The search does not work, because I have not implemented it yet. Currently no time to do this. Just do a Google search with site:stefan.sofa-rockers.org.

  26. David Blackwater on March 14, 2010 at 23:07:

    I think this is a marvelous widget, in theory, but, alas, I work on an iMac and it doesn't work for me. Can you let me know when a version for Mac OS X 10.4 is available?

  27. Stefan on March 15, 2010 at 08:13:

    I’m sorry, since I no longer have a Tiger-Mac available, I can’t make and test a Tiger compatible version of the widget.

    I hope I remember to change the minimum required Mac OS X version to 10.5, next time I upload a new version of Tea Timer …

  28. Nicholas Law on March 15, 2010 at 16:38:

    My solution was to download Tea Timer 1.3 which seems to work pretty well with Tiger 10.4.11

  29. Nicholas Law on March 15, 2010 at 16:39:

    And yes this works on my PPC G5 iMac.

  30. Stefan on March 15, 2010 at 18:18:

    @Nicholas: Nice to hear. I’ll take a look at the differences beween 1.3 and 1.6 and see if I can manage to make a Tiger compatible version 1.7 of Tea Timer. =)

  31. Rob on March 22, 2010 at 16:56:

    Love the tea timer, but I have one request. Could you add a reset button? That way if I finish my job before the timer runs out I have a one-click way to reset the timer to the most recent setting so I can get started on my next task.

  32. Stefan on March 22, 2010 at 17:55:

    Good idea. Missed that, too. :)

  33. Hugo Ferreira on April 7, 2010 at 12:25:

    +1 for the broken pause button behavior @Sam (#16)

    When an alarm finishes, it should return to the initial setting, not the time it was last paused.

    +1 for the reset button @Rob (#31)

    Seems like a great idea, and somewhat related to the above

    Otherwise, great widget!!! Been my everyday control for Merlin Mann's 10/50 work dash for quite some time now. Thanks!

  34. Stefan on April 7, 2010 at 13:40:

    Noted that.

    Thx for the feedback.

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