Works great! Only problem: editing the preferences causes the silders to move down 1 notch. If you edit the preferences and change only one thing, such as color, it moves the work minutes from 10 to 9, break minutes from 2 to 1, and iterations from 5 to 4.

As Matt said earlier in the comments, you can get an updated version at:
http://tersesystems.com/code/widgets/TenPlusTwo.widget

It is not working! Yahoo, check it and update it please!

This is a totally sweet widget, but it definitely doesn't work in Y! Widgets 4.

Gosh, can you make the sliders go in 1 minute increments instead of two minute increments? Then I could do (17+3)*3 and be all happy like. Thanks!

Thanks Rick, that worked perfectly. Appreciate the tip!

I was getting the same error as other people ("TenPlusTwo was unable to load istself seccsesfully"), and was able to solve it. Here is what I did:
- Note that I was using the default feature in Windows XP to handle ZIP files and not WinZip or another program.
- Download the TenPlusTwo.widget file from here and save it to your desktop
- Change the filename from "TenPlusTwo.widget" to "TenPlusTwo.zip"
- Open the ZIP file you just renamed
- You will see a folder named "TenPlusTwo.widget". Open that folder.
- You will see a folder named "Contents". OPen that folder.
- You will see a folder named "Resources", and three other files. One of those files is named "tenplustwo.kon~". Delete the file named "tenplustwo.kon~".
- Go back to the file that you renamed to "TenPlusTwo.zip" and rename it back to "TenPlusTwo.widget"
- Double click on "TenPlusTwo.widget" to install

Doesn't work for me either, but a quick run through the comments revealed this link with a working version of the above program:
http://tersesystems.com/code/widgets/TenPlusTwo.widget

This is perfect for me.

Same here.....
Can you help me with this problem?
"TenPlusTwo was unable to load istself seccsesfully" !
when I double click TenPlusTwo.widget it show this.
The widgets engine is 3.1.4(build 104)

Can you help me with this problem?
"TenPlusTwo was unable to load istself seccsesfully" !
when I double click TenPlusTwo.widget it show this.
The widgets engine is 3.1.4(build 104)

And what's the deal with extracting the *.kon file?

I would like to upload the fix onto the Yahoo Widget Gallery, but I can't for legal reasons.

When you sign up to the widget gallery, Yahoo has you sign an agreement. As part of that agreement, Yahoo wants you to not upload a widget based on other, existing widgets.

Since I've had no contact with the original author, I don't have permission from the original author to work something out, and can't legally upload a widget based on the modified code.

Thank you for the fix/update. This is the only timer you need! Extract the file to your widge folder and then run the .kon file. Works like a charm.

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Thanks for pointing to a fixed version! You should upload it to the Gallery under the same or slight different name so people know about it.

I had thought that it just didn't work under Vista...

You have to extract the files and then double click on tenplustwo.kon to run the widget.

but this backup link still doesnt work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what's the matter??????????

Neat, widget by the way (found ironically while procrastinating studying for the lsats)... according to this, i still have 43 seconds on my break!

one more time...a working link...

http://tersesystems.com/code/widgets/TenPlusTwo.widget

I had the "Could not load successfully!" error, but I found this link!

http://tersesystems.com/code/widgets/TenPlusTwo.widget

Oh please, can someone fix it? I need it! kk

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE FIX THE PROBLEM AND MODIFY IT FOR THE NEW WIDGET VERSION ????

THANKS

It says the widget cannot be loaded successfully :( !!!

It says the widget cannot be loaded successfully :( !!!

Hi again !!!

It does works perfectly in my computer ... thank you very much ...

A procrastinator fighting again ;o)

excuse me !!

Where can I find a new version? .. for yahoo 3.0

Thank you very much. ;o)

Thank you, Aarre Laakso! modified version is works well! :)

I had the same problem as other recent posters about the version downloaded from Yahoo not working with the current Widget Engine for Windows. However, I happened to discover that the modified version that Will posted to his personal website back in March (see his comment below from 3/12/06) DOES work!

So, if the yahoo download doesn't work for you, I suggest you try downloading from:

http://tersesystems.com/code/widgets/TenPlusTwo.widget

top widget - use it all the time. As others have said it doesn't run under the new Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.1.1.
Will you be able to fix it to run under the new version

Please update this to the new version of Konfabulator! I find it a very useful widget to plow through work.

I got to use it for one glorious day, then I downloaded the new engine.

Like many others, I love this widg, but can't run it under the latest Engine! Any idea when you might be able to update it?

I've been using this widget at work at it helps me manage my time. This is a great widget!! Like the previous comments, can you update the widget to work with the new version of Konfabulator. Thanks. J

This widget doesn't works anymore. I think a reason is that Konfabulator updated to 3.1.95. Could you patch your widget? :)

The concept is awesome. Any chance of making it work with the new engine build. I just tried it today, and it fails to load. jason@ottoandcompany.com

Doesn't work with Yahoo Widget Engine version 3.1 (build 95)

Hi. May I second Tighe's request for a 60-minute option? That would make this widget perfect. Thank you for your efforts! You are truly appreciated.

Doh.

http://tersesystems.com/code/widgets/TenPlusTwo.widget

Okay, previous link is the web page. The actual link is here:

http://tersesystems.com/code/widgets/Inbasket.widget

Okay, modified widget is available here: http://tersesystems.com/post/9200060.jhtml

is it possible to make the time go 60 minutes on 10 minutes off? this is how i control my procrostination, my tasks take close to an hour at a shot... and people using the hack can progress to longer spans of working.
control of the sound volume would be great, i often play music on my computer and would like to turn up the alarm, i also like what people were saying about a pop-up on the screen.

great widget, just what i was looking for! Thanks!!!!

David, I modified the tenplustwo widget to play customizable sounds, alerts and programs... but you didn't leave an email anywhere!

Please contact me at will_sargent@yahoo.com so I can send you the code...

sam,

this widget is not for dashboard, but rather for konfabulator (aka the original dashboard).

Okay, adding a dialog box is trivial here.

1. Open up the widget with Winzip.
2. Go to tenplustwo.js
3. After this line:

if (preferences.usesound.value == 1) play("Resources/workstart.wav");

add

alert("Work Start");

on a new line.

4. Likewise, after

if (preferences.usesound.value == 1) play("Resources/breakstart.wav");

add this line:

alert("Break Start");

5. Then open the modified widget (go to the .kon file and it will open it as usual).

OK, now I'm having problems with getting it to work on a mac! Downloaded it and unzipped it to form a .widget folder. Putting this in the /library/widget folder doesn't seem to work, nor naming it as tenplustwo.wdgt. I'm a total dashboard newbie here and any help is appreciated! All the other widgets I've used are automatically installed.

nice widget! but the sliders just could not meet my need, so I modified it to use textbox instead of slider. The sound too, seems not doing the job for me, so I change it also !
for the pop-up someone suggested, I guess it is a good thing, however, I guess a better sound clip could just do the job.
On a second thought, maybe users will disable sound, so a pop-up would be good for them.

Excellent! But as someone has mentioned: "Good, but needs a popup and a way to change the sound."

Good, but needs a popup and a way to change the sound. And possibly a confirmation dialog to change states.

I too would like to echo the request for pop-up during transitions, and odd minute support. Thanks for providing this!

I too would like to echo the request for pop-up during transitions, and odd minute support. Thanks for providing this!

I too would like to echo the request for pop-up during transitions, and odd minute support. Thanks for providing this!

I too would like to echo the request for pop-up during transitions, and odd minute support. Thanks for providing this!

Can anyone point out why I'm getting this message when I try to launch? It was working days before....I also downloaded again and getting same message . Thanks

(null) is not a valid Konfabulator Widget. No .widget or .kon file in...zip file

Any chance David will grace us Dashboard users with this kick ass widget?

Any chance David will grace us Dashboard users with this kick ass widget?

this thing saved my job

im getting so much done and its such a simple and elegant solution

ive even found myself going "oh my work time is almost up, lets see if i can get all this done before the timer counts down"

thanks a million

Thank you. Exactly the timer I've been looking for. Rather than running two timers (one for work, one for rest), it's all here. No problems running. To make this 100% perfect, I'd like to change the alarms so they're more "alarming". Thank you for making this.

I'll add another vote for a pop up and being able to customize the sound.

How about using user-specific sound? The default sound is too light.

I'm looking for just this - but just for windows, not as a widget. Ideas anyone?

Figured out what I was doing wrong and all is well. Great widget; will certainity help me in my endless web surfing!

I can not figure what I am doing wrong. I've downloaded the Widget Convertor and it works fine. However when I place the tenplustwo zipped file upon it, the convertor tells me "You have not dropped a valid file or folder on to this widget." Help!

I love this! But, the other people are right. You can rename it to .widget and it works great on windows.

This is great!

I second the request for a pop-up. Also, could it maybe run a file when it switches modes? I've got applescript apps that block and open access to my biggest time-wasting sites, so it would be cool if this could run the "open" app when switching to break mode and the "close" app when going back to work mode.

Also, why doesn't it support times with odd values? I'd like to set it at (13+2)*4, but this isn't possible with the times locked at even numbers.

Can this show a popup alert? Because sometimes I cannot look at the clock all the time.

To be clear, there is nothing Mac-specific about this widget. I developed it on a Mac and submitted it as "Generic", but because of the way I submitted it, the gallery software labeled it Mac-only. For now, you can always run the Widget Converter on the Workshop page.

Why is this Mac only? I just renamed from .zip to .widget and it works perfectly fine on my Windows machine.

Great work!

@Voyou: It runs on windows. Just change the .zip to .widget (you may also use the widget converter as stated by Dieter below)

Can you make this for windows? I really need this to fix my procrastination!!!!!!!

This is awesome. I read about the (10+2)*5 and decided to give it a try, but could not find an acceptable timer solution. This is the perfect companion to any variation of this method. Thanks.

Nice widget I put it on my todo list to download...

I had to drop it on Widget Converter, but now it works like a charm -- nice going.

All I need now is a Backpack widget, and I can die happy.

-d.

That worked!!! Thanks.
Sorry for the double post.

How do I remake the zip a bit lower down the folder tree? Help!!!!

How do I remake the zip a bit lower down the folder tree? Help!!!!

Hey! I found a way to use it.
Just download it and rename the .zip to .widget.
Enjoy!

Where is it?
I only saw a .widget file in root...
Can Konfabulator use that .widget file?

Dude... The ZIP has a small error and the widget would not load but I've been able to fix it by remaking the ZIP a bit lower down the folder tree.