Click here to the manual
Contents
1. Table of Contents Introduction 11 1 Screen Elements 2 lt a a 4 Jaan D D 8 8 Keyboard Shortcuts dit Install UnInstall Register 12 Why create a visual timer 22 a Vv MINUTES 300 Introduction Easy by threes It s easy to use If you can click on buttons and resize a window you ve already got BlingClock mastered A rich collection of settable preferences and a variety of useful on screen controls make BlingClock a breeze to work with It s easy to see Big clear digits different color options and several graphic schemes clearly represent the passage of time Flexible layout designs let you change BlingClock s appearance every time you use it or pick a look you like and stick with it Particularly lustrous on large displays or projectors It s easy to scale No matter what mode you re in or which visualization you ve selected BlingClock knows how to reshuffle the size and placement of time controls and graph to suit the space you have in mind Three timekeeping modes Clock Need a time display that s easy to read from across the room Or a tiny reminder in the corner of your screen BlingClock s display offers optimal viewing for every situation Stopwatch Click on and watch the seconds tick away Pick a graphic combination and orientation to suit your screen real estate Countdown Timer2. hour clock blinking separators or flashing digits when Countdown Timer set to Overrun passes zero This pane is also where you select which Timer Mode you want to see every time BlingClock starts up Mini Timer BlingClock User s Manual Alarm Sound Settings Alarm Sound Settings Unless you ve turned on the MUTE display toggle you ll hear all the alarm sound options as you select them here Feel free to tailor your alarm sound to your particular timer situation 0000000000 Reset to default settings Reset to default settings Select the window and confirm your selection with a final mouseclick or cancel by clicking on lt lt Back www blingclock com Registration This pane shows your registration information lt lt Back ETTI About Version copyright and www blingclock com site information 10 BlingClock User s Manual Keyboard Shortcuts Action Shortcut Add increment time to timer Subtract increment time from timer increment set in Preferences Setting Time Start or stop the timer SPACE Reset the timer if currently stopped ENTER RETURN Visualizer next mode gt arrow Visualizer previous mode lt arrow Enter a new time in Countdown and 0 9 Stopwatch Modes no punctuation needed confirm ENTER RETURN cancel ESC 11 BlingClock User s Manual Install Uninstall Register Install To get the latest version of Bling
3. Many display options give you different graphic representations of elapsed time Keyboard entry to start stop and reset a new starting time is easy and convenient BlingClock User s Manual Screen elements Since the screen elements can move around here s what they re for and where you re likely to find them They can fade away to black but will reappear once the cursor re enters the window Standard layout SECONDS 08 RESET Compact layout Time display Now matter how you resize it there s always room for hours minutes seconds and 100ths of a second even days Controls Start Pause and RESET buttons can be resized in Window Tweaks see below Flanking the digit headings are and signs Click on these to add or subtract time even while a timer or stopwatch is running Preferences and display options PREF set a variety of Preferences see below MINI Convert to miniature display Countdown Timer only FULL Convert display to full screen as set up by Preferences NORM Reverts full screen display to normal size VIZ Changes display to next Visualization option See Visualizations below Toggles between Standard and Compact button layouts 1 Hides the window s title bar ET Shows the window s title bar BlingClock User s Manual Display toggles These controls appear brighter when turned on darker when off MUTE Toggles sound on and off TOP When on keeps
4. 5 10 30 and 60 seconds Window Settings Most of Window Settings these toggles are pretty self explanatory leaving an option checked will remember the last window position bring the window to the front when an alarm rings hide a stationary cursor or include the time in the window title Unchecked options won t paca o BlingClock User s Manual Using the FullScreen API may make for faster transitions For systems with multiple monitors it will blank all displays and activate BlingClock on the primary monitor Otherwise only the current screen will be affected You have the options to change the window title and insert text at the top of the window in Countdown Timer and Stopwatch Modes by inserting text in the two text boxes Some title suggestions Out to Lunch due back Meeting Starts or PROJECT Check for new version Depending upon your setting here BlingClock will check automatically for new versions every day every week or not at all LED Display Overrun Mode Default at Startup Time Display Mini Timer Bar There s not much screen real estate to change for the Mini Countdown Timer but this preference pane lets you show the remaining time as a Bar representing the fraction of the Reset time or as Dots representing the remaining minutes and seconds New version checking Timer Display You get a lot of display flexibility here with a 24
5. position as a percentage of the Reset time Reposition either of two vertical bars by clicking the cursor at the desired percentage SECONDS Countdown Timer Digits Pie Countdown Timer Pie Digits BlingClock User s Manual Stopwatch Mode There are three visualizer layouts available in Stopwatch Mode The Digits can appear alone or with Dots on the bottom or Dots on the left of the layout Note that the blocks representing hours appear larger than the minute dots and minutes count up for each hour HOURS MINUTES SECONDS IG U0 c 7 Stopwatch Digits SECONDS RESonmumuaun Stopwatch Dots Digits BlingClock User s Manual Preferences Click on PREF to see the top Preferences menu Click on the green text to see and change a submenu Preferences Preferences Main Setting Time Stopwatch or Countdown Timer Modes The easiest way to reset the time on the Stopwatch or Setting Time Countdown Timer is to type in a new time using the keyboard see Keyboard Shortcuts below But if Dots are showing you can shorten the time by a mouse click in the dot grid and the timer will change to reflect the cursor s position in the grid ee Buttons change Another way to add or subtract time is to type a the keyboard This preference pane lets you set how many seconds will be added or subtracted to the time with each press of the appropriate key Choose between 1
6. BlingClock visible atop other windows 100s Toggles display of 100ths of a second Time mode continuation and tweaks TIME COUNT STOPW One click changes the mode from Time Mode to Countdown Mode to Stopwatch Mode etc OVER STOP LOOP STICKY In Countdown Mode when BlingClock reaches zero the alarm sounds and the timer OVER continues counting showing time elapsed STOP stops at zero display flashes a few times LOOP is reset and starts again STICKY stops at zero and flashes until you click the window a Window Tweaks Make quick window adjustments The current setting appears in the window click to select the next Hover Help as the cursor hovers over controls explanatory text shows Layout Titles displays titles for mode and visualization Fade Buttons whether controls fade to black after a short time Color Theme try em all Default Red Green Blue Themel Theme2 Refresh Rate how quickly the numbers dots update Digit Headings shows labels like MINUTES or SECONDS Close Buttons change the size of the Window Controls from small to large Digit Gamma make the colors stand out from the background Digit Ratio FREE will try to fit digits into the available window FIXED imposes some non distortion limits Window controls HEO Close mimimize maximize or resize BlingClock when the title bar isn t showing Maximize is a one monitor full screen display Resize is ex
7. Clock visit the website www blingclock com and follow the links to download the Windows or Mac versions The installation process is automatic Uninstall The Windows download comes with an UnInstall app and Mac users need only throw the application in the Trash Register The trial version of BlingClock includes most options and is limited to a small number of uses Return to the website s home page and near the download buttons click the link to the online store to register via PayPal Individual family extended family and organisation licenses are available D3Bug honors a 30 day Money Back Guarante If you are unhappy for any reason just email contact blingclock com and your money will be refunded Comments and suggestions for future versions are always welcome 492 BlingClock User s Manual Why create a visual timer From an early age I ve been fascinated by clocks and watches Since I ve been about 5 years old I don t think I ve ever been without a watch usually a digital one and my house is chock a block with clocks of one sort or another BlingClock came about because of three things that happened about the same time The first was having children It struck me how the concept of 10 minutes to a child was so hard to grasp I wanted a timer to show them when 10 minutes was up I tried various timers kitchen timers weren t much good because just showing the time in digits was a little ab
8. stract Egg timers were the best solution I found for showing the time visually but not a very flexible approach without a whole load of them The second was in my own work I m a computer programmer by trade When I m working at client sites there are many distractions to deal with and it can be quite difficult to settle down and get focused on coding The other problem with programming is time can fly away from you If you re really concentrating on something an hour can fly by before you know it I was after a simple timer I could set to 15 minutes and would pop up when the time had ticked away Having looked around at other timers both hardware and software I was frustrated that I couldn t really find what I wanted Some were quite functional but looked awful others were quite simple but not that discreet A few actually looked quite good but again not quite what I wanted So I decided I d write a simple to use visual timer that wasn t ugly BlingClock was the result a name suggested by a colleague who saw me using my early versions Its something I use myself every day in my working life for staying on task and trying to get things done quickly It represents man months of development effort focusing on a simple usable timer McGuire founder SOFTWARE 132 BU RESET Website Email Manual Question Authority Inc 2008 2010 D3BUG Software Ltd All rights reserved
9. tremely flexible and may be restricted somewhat by the Window Tweak Digit Ratio FIXED setting BlingClock User s Manual Visualizer Visualizers are graphic ways to represent the passage of time Dots fill the available space Counting up if more time is needed the dot size decreases to make space for more dots When counting down dots grow to fill the available space Unlike Bar or Pie displays the time isn t displayed as a fraction of a whole The Bar and Pie appear only in the Countdown Timer The width of the Bar like the whole Pie represents the Reset value of the Countdown Timer As time counts down the shape of the brighter color shows the remaining time as a shrinking fraction of the whole Pie or the decreasing left side of the Bar Time Mode There are three visualizer layouts available in Time Mode The Digits can appear alone or with Dots on the bottom or Dots on the left of the layout Time Digits Time Digits Dots Time Dots Digits BlingClock User s Manual Countdown Timer Digits appear alone or with one of the other graphics or with a tiny Bar in the Mini layout Countdown Timer Mini Countdown Timer Digits Countdown Timer Digits Dots Countdown Timer Dots Digits BlingClock User s Manual With the Bar or Pie graphics you see the elapsed time in relation to the original Reset time Move the cursor over the bar and BlingClock will compute and display the cursor
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search