- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Nag-screen); $24.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: February 19, 2009
- Total Downloads: 103,717
- Downloads last week: 702
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A newer version of XNote Stopwatch is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 28 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 01, 2009
Keeping track of time is an important element of life. Unfortunately, your desktop clock might not do the trick. XNote Stopwatch tries to be the solution to tracking your time.
This program presents itself as a large LCD clock that tracks everything from hundredths of seconds on up. Below the numbers are four simple cues, Start/Stop, Snap, Reset, and More, but it wasn't immediately clear what each one offered. For example, the More option takes you to a drop-down menu that gives users options to adjust color, transparency, font, and more. Still, it takes little time to explore this program. The most useful aspect is the toggle between stopwatch and countdown. The countdown lets you adjust the timer to any combination of hours and minutes, and alerts you when you have run out of time.
Don't expect anything fancy with this download. XNote Stopwatch functions very simply and does not offer many frills. If you absolutely cannot live without a stopwatch in your life, you could do worse than this simple download.
Publisher's description
From dnSoft Research Group :XNote Stopwatch is a multifunctional, versatile and flexible digital stopwatch and countdown timer program for your computer's desktop. The program features both count-up mode to measure time intervals and count-down mode to work as an alarm; large re-sizable display with 'always on top' mode to show on LCD panel for public presentations or small icon on your desktop for reminder; customizable colors and font; time format customization to eliminate hours or decimals; time 'snapping' (split/lap time feature); save/load support; time "rewinding"; system-wide hotkeys to start/stop/reset with just a keypress no matter what application is active; external serial COM port control. The software is great for professional and home use.
Version 1.5 adds customizable time formats, multiple stopwatches/timers support, command line support, contact bounce elimination of the external serial COM port control, raising a signal on serial COM port as a timer alarm, ability to play MP3 and other audio files as a timer alarm, better multimonitor configurations support.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.5 adds customizable time formats, multiple stopwatches/timers support, command line support, contact bounce elimination of the external serial COM port control, raising a signal on serial COM port as a timer alarm, ability to play MP3 and other audio files as a timer alarm, better multimonitor configurations support.
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User reviews of XNote Stopwatch 1.5
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 28 votes
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Version: XNote Stopwatch 1.5
"Simply the best on the web - I looked at over a dozen!"
Pros: Simple, robust, rock solid. Used daily for a week and never failed. Counts down THEN counts up while flashing. Full featured (visual and audio). Used special edition with internal warnings -- key feature. Nearly perfect. It earns 9.9 out of 10!!
Cons: No real cons! Would like to see special internal warning feature integrated into the main program - will supercharge an already outstanding timer. Suggest adding ability to change background and text color "on the fly" with the internal warning.
Summary: I used a special freeware version every day for a solid week before buying a license. Performed flawlessly. Though i was finished with my project, i felt that such a quality product should be financially supported so I bought a license for future ... read more >>
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Version: XNote Stopwatch 1.5
"This is the most compact and useful timer I ever found"
Pros: Compact, Ease of use
Cons: nag screen
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Version: XNote Stopwatch 1.5
Pros: superb display, great features with alarm and stopwatch.
Cons: none so far
Summary: I would recommend it anytime.
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Version: XNote Stopwatch 1.5
"Fantastic program - Simple to use and fully featured"
Pros: Customizable display, functionality as a timer AND a stopwatch, ability to save timer profiles, fast & straight-forward support.
Cons: What can I say, it's a great little program!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: XNote Stopwatch 1.5
"Great application, just what we needed"
Pros: After integration it looks like a part of the main application I developed for in-house use and was able to be integrated in a way that people with no PC skills are able to use easily. Support by the developer is outstanding.
Cons: None. The ability to customise the border in compact mode would be great but no big deal.
Summary: No negatives of any significance, a minor problem with the application related to calling it from batch files was fixed by the developer within a couple of hours of me e-mailing him. Excellent support.
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