Fob

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	Fob1.0.4.tar.bz2, Fob 1.0.4 Binary and Source (304 KB), 2004-10-20 One may start alarms from a text description (e.g. "5 m" for 5 minutes). Alarms may be set to repeat indefinitely. Various small interface enhancements, especially in the dock menu. Fixed a small non-critical bug.
	Fob1.0.3.tar.bz2, Fob 1.0.3 Binary and Source (224 KB), 2004-07-27 Added a French localization. For "file" alarms, Fob now not only accepts audio files, but also AppleScripts to execute, and any other file or application will be opened. Command-Q can be disabled for quitting if you run Fob as a background application. One my "rewind" alarms back to their original time. Fixed an interface problem where certain actions were inaccessible in the minature alarm view.
	Fob1.0.2.tar.bz2, Fob 1.0.2 Binary and Source (204 KB), 2004-04-18 One may now pause and restart alarms. The menu bar display may now show either the name and time of an alarm, or just the time. The dock icon display of time can be scaled to fit the icon width. A bug that caused Fob to crash when changing the sound for a deleted alarm is fixed.

Fob1.0.1.tar.gz, Fob 1.0.1 Binary and Source (528 KB), 2003-05-22 Fixed a bug in 1.0 that broke Fob entirely on pre-Jaguar OS X. Also, Fob's dock menu now works properly on pre-Jaguar OS X.

	Fob1.0.tar.gz, Fob 1.0 Binary and Source (528 KB), 2003-05-18 Added a menu bar item that will display the time on the alarm with the least time left.
	Fob1.0b5.tar.gz, Fob 1.0b5 Binary and Source (512 KB), 2003-03-31 Fixed an issue that led to sounds not being played under some circumstances. The positions of the split views are now saved.
	Fob1.0b4.tar.gz, Fob 1.0b4 Binary and Source (508 KB), 2003-02-09 Fixed a deserialization issue that could lead to crashes, and another issue that led to some problems with using Fob on pre-Jaguar OS X.
	Fob1.0b3.tar.gz, Fob 1.0b3 Binary and Source (496 KB), 2003-01-31 Added the ability to play alert sounds and sound files, and to show an abbreviated version of the window with the zoom button.
	Fob1.0b2.tar.gz, Fob 1.0b2 Binary and Source (392 KB), 2003-01-23 Added configuration options, and dock icon bouncy-ness.
	Fob1.0b1.tar.gz, Fob 1.0b1 Binary (224 KB), 2003-01-21
	Fob1.0b1-src.tar.gz, Fob 1.0b1 Source (168 KB)

Description

Fob is a free dock-based kitchen timer for Mac OS X by Leaky Puppy Software. It allows a user to specify possibly multiple timers to count down for a specified interval. When an alarm runs out of time, Fob will make itself conspicuous.

(Fob is not an alarm clock or stopwatch, i.e., it will not count to a particular time, nor count up.)

The presence of presets is Fob's main gimmick for decreasing the effort required to start an alarm. To draw an analogy to web browsers, they are a kind of time bookmark for commonly used alarms. For example, I may define a six minute preset to let tea steep. Thence, I need only choose "Tea" from my preset list, and I never need deal with a neglected lukewarm cup in my microwave again. Starting a preset alarm requires only one mouse click rather than many clicks and typing.

Fob thus appeals to the unspeakably lazy and undisciplined. Needless to say I will make several million dollars.

I wrote Fob as an exercise in Cocoa and Objective-C programming. This was my first serious attempt to create a Macintosh software product at least ambiguously suitable for public consumption. As I wrote it largely as a project to teach myself, I have released it as open source under the terms of the GPL in the hope that others can learn from it.

Fob is free in both the code and monetary sense. As it is about the 100th product to do the exact same thing, it had better be, I suppose.

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