On 11 Nov 2022, at 1:58, Randall Gellens wrote:
> On 10 Nov 2022, at 1:10, mailm...@businessdatasystems.co.nz wrote: > >> I've found that a time tracker in the message edit window of another email >> client enhanced my focus. >> >> The time tracker simply displayed the amount of time spend composing an >> email. After a configurable period the text displaying the time spent turned >> red to indicate that you had exceeded that amount of time. >> >> It was extremely simple in the interface. I really appreciated it and would >> like to see it in MailMate. > > I'm curious about your experience of this being helpful, because I would > imagine it to be the opposite of helpful, a distraction that removed focus > while thinking of how to word something. Is it maybe that you start to > compose, then get distracted by something else, and the timer reminds you to > finish? > My tendency is to rattle on for too long. For me, it's a time saver. It's no more distracting than the time in the menu bar. The little flash as it changes colour when the default time passes catches your (my) eye. Otherwise it is insignificant. It was placed at bottom right in the window chrome. _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
