Tag: RSI

We've covered other apps before that are designed to reduce the risk of repetitive stress injuries. EyesRelax offers a number of additional features that make it an excellent download. When it's break time, EyesRelax will display a balloon tip, blank screen, or image. It can also notify you of upcoming breaks via balloons or with a less-than-subtle message box. All the necessary time settings - ...

Time Out is an app for Mac OS X (similar to Workrave) that is geared towards reminding you to take breaks from your computer, which can ultimately prevent repetitive-strain injury (RSI). Time Out is free and includes two types of breaks: normal and micro. Normal breaks are less frequent, but longer in duration, and micro breaks are more frequent but only last for about 10 seconds. When it's time ...

Gina Trapani over at Lifehacker pointed out an open-source application called Workrave today, and it's a good one. For those of us that spend what seems like every waking hour in front of our computers, we're definitely at risk of acquiring a repetitive stress injury. More than once I've found myself wearing a wrist brace when the most strenuous thing I could attribute it to would be typing or ...