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Anyone who spends a lot of time on the computer, either for business or pleasure, knows that hours of staring at a screen can take its toll on the eyes. Eyes Relax is a basic program that forces users to take periodic breaks to rest their eyes. Its features and ease of use make it a good choice.
The program's interface is plain and intuitive, with its features arranged in four tabs. Users can schedule both long and short breaks, specifying the duration of both the work time and break time. When it's time for a break, users have several options: the program can display a small dialog box advising users that it's break time, or the program can display a blank screen, a particular image, or a slideshow. Users can optionally set up password protection for the break time, and Eyes Relax lets users choose whether they'll be able to skip break times if they're in the middle of something they don't want to interrupt. The program has audio alerts that play in advance of a break, when a break starts, and when a break ends; all of these can be set to custom sounds or disabled. Users can even create separate profiles for different users or tasks. Eyes Relax has no Help file, but there was nothing about the program that we really had questions about. Overall, we think Eyes Relax is a nice way to ensure that your eyes get the rest they need during long hours at the computer.
Eyes Relax is free. The program installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users.
Publisher's Description
From The Mech:
Eyes Relax is an utility that helps avoiding eyes-related problems when working at a computer for several hours. Concentrating your eyesight on a computer screen can cause an eye strain. You can prevent this by taking regular breaks during the work and look at distant objects.
Eyes Relax is a tool that reminds you about taking those breaks. It a very flexible utility, which allows you to specify two independent (short and long) work periods, the length of the breaks, break types, notification sounds and many other settings. Eyes Relax has also the parenting features. It can enter the password-protected Parent Mode in which the user is forced to take breaks (during the break the computer is locked). This is very useful since children often forget about the real world and play video games much too long.
What's new in this version: Version 0.87 adds Croatian translation and Bulgarian translation.
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"A handy tool which reminds you to take a break"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.86
Pros
freeware, small size
Cons
Provides very basic features
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"Very effective and it does what it says it will do."
Version: Eyes Relax 0.86
Pros
Choices to use.
Cons
It could have better sound effects
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"great idea"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.86
Pros
nice muscal background
Cons
hard to get used to. I still don't do it as often as I should.
Summary
health matters.
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"Works perfectly"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.86
Pros
Works as advertised
Not buggyCons
Absolutely none.
Summary
Tried several others, this one was the best.
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"Simple way to keep productive. Be patient with it."
Version: Eyes Relax 0.85
Pros
Simple to use.
Cons
No sound settings within the software.
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"Must use it!!! It really helped me to save my Eyes!"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.81
Pros
Good, simple and stable. Does its job. And the eye icon looks very nice :)
Cons
During break it could show a ways to exercise/relax.
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"GOOD SOFTWARE BUT VERY HIGH MEMORY-HOGGER"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.81
Pros
PERFORMS VERY WELL AS IT SAYS
Cons
VERY MEMORY-HOGGER ALMOST 23000 KB. I HAVE GIVEN TWO STARS ONLY FOR THIS REASON EVEN ANY FAMOUS ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE RUNNING IN BACKGROUND DOES NOT USE SO MUCH MEMORY
Summary
PROGRAMMERS SHOULD TRY TO REDUCE MEMORY USE. I HAVE GIVEN TWO STARS ONLY FOR THIS REASON. IF MEMORY PROBLEM IS SOLVED THAN IT IS A FIVE STAR SOFTWARE.
LOW RAM SYSTEMS CANNOT RUN THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 4 GB RAM, ONLY THAN USE THIS UTILITY. BECAUSE OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO NEED RAM MEMORY -
"Very Cool!!!"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.74
Pros
Reminds us that we should not sit here all day! (like I do!). It's FREE and from a genuine and kind person (read his comments on his site). Great, non-annoying sound notifications. You can even customize How you are notified.
Cons
Starts right away and I didn't know how to disable it. I did figure it out pretty quickly, but to see the clock counting down was odd...I think I've watched too many crime/ solving shows. heh
Summary
Everyone who spends a lot of time in front of a computer should download this.
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"Good with simple interface, but won't save options"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.65
Pros
Seperate short breaks in between long breaks; Simple-to-use interface;
Cons
Doesn't save options sometimes; won't let you not cancel break; password function ineffective
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"Not very good"
Version: Eyes Relax 0.43
Pros
Nice tray icon.
Cons
Onnly one type of a break (you can't set a micro and long break). Resource hog - 10-15 MB of memory is too much for such a progy.
