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Does something like that not already exist?
Timer/stopwatch like apps can be found in variations. But none of them could serve my wish of having multiple timers and proper portrait mode support. So I wrote my own timer app a while ago. Recently I added some configuration options so it could perhaps be useful for others.

Features:
  • 3 timers with a max time of 49 hours per timer
  • possibility for a large amount of predefined items
  • easy selectable custom durations
  • keep backlighton/off
  • vibrate on alarm on/off
  • sound on alarm on/off
  • wakeup screen on alarm on/off
  • set auto-orientation or lock in landscape/portrait
  • also makes alarm sound in silent profile
  • switching to landscape mode if keyboard is slide open in forced portrait mode
  • switching between regular or max volume of alarmsound
  • select custom WAV alarm file
  • abort the alarmsound by pressing on the finished timecounter

Cooktimer can be found in extras-devel and extras-testing.

Change history:
Code:
0.0.1-1
* Initial version
0.0.1-2
* Added seconds for prefined items
0.0.1-3
* Set remaining time to startvalue again after stop
* Use mplayer (if available) if silent profile is set
0.0.1-4
* Increased predefinable items to 15
* Wakeup on alarm now configurable
* Editable item list now sorted
* Sorting now case-insensitive
0.0.1-5
* Fixed missing dependency during install
0.0.1-6
* Better centering of remaining time 
* Turn responding time to red at alarm
0.0.1-7
* Remaining time in gray bar and red when alarm goes off
* warning to restart cooktimer after editing items
0.0.1-8
* fixed little bug in second timer
* fix bug that prevented stopping of timer when time was reset to 00:00:00
0.0.1-9
* start buttons now state disabled as long as time is 00:00:00
0.0.1-10
*  start button status was not disabled if time was set to 00:00:00 when counter was active
0.0.2-0
* Changed bugtracker link
* Seconds can now be selected from time selector itself
* No more am/pm display in time selector when device was in 12h time format
0.0.2-1
* pause activated when pressed on remaining time
* color behind remaining time indicates status
0.0.2-2 / 2-0.0.2-3
* fixes
0.0.2-4
* fixed: current paused timer was overwritten if new value was set
0.0.2-5
* fixed: sound preference now correctly saved
0.0.2-6
* changes in preferences are now saved automatically
0.0.2-7
* None active time indication dimmed
0.0.2-8
* Different centering of hh:mm:ss items in picklist
* Changed item list construction so it will adapt to portrait size
* No more restart needed for changed items to take effect
0.0.2-9
* Set max hours to 15 in edit-items-menu (equal to current time picker max)
0.0.3-0
* Different color scheme (green=active orange=pause red=last-finished-alarm).
* Changed some texts in headings and banners
* Recreated the edit item menu (timepicker, portrait support etc)
0.0.3-1
* Max time now extended to 48:59:59
* Pressing save in edit window will now also close the window
* Pressing clear in the edit menu will also set time to 00:00:00
0.0.3-2
* Max items editable extended to 50
* Setting time to 00:00:00 manually will remove a possible item name
0.0.3-3
* Replaced clear textbutton in edit menu with clear symbol to save space
0.0.3-4
* Pressing corresponding counter on alarm will silence alarm sound
0.0.3-5
* Added option to set auto orientation or portrait/landscape lock
0.0.3-6
* replaced broken mplayer by internal gstreamer playbin2 procedure to make alarm in silent profile work again
0.0.3-7
* force orientation mode to landscape when keyboard is slide open in forced portrait mode
0.0.3-8
* improved choice of orientation in menubar
0.0.3-9
* Selecting existing orientation mode will not lead to saving of settings
* Option to set max volume or current volume for alarm sound
0.0.3-10
* extra item fields must now be dynamically added (no fixed amount)
0.0.3-11
* option to select a custom WAV alarm file
0.0.3-12
* Sort files in browser case-insensitive
* Added some specific folder icons in browser
* Resize browser when switching from landscape to portrait
* Changed some texts
* Load and save dish list now in UFT-8 encoding
0.0.3-13
* Minor change in about dialog
* Somewhat friendlier looking time bars/buttons
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Originally Posted by ade View Post
Does something like that not already exist?
Timer/stopwatch like apps can be found in variations. But none of them could serve my wish of having multiple timers and proper portrait mode support. So I wrote my own timer app a while ago. Recently I added some configuration options so it could perhaps be usefull for others.
AFAIK, KitchenAlert (available from repos) was serving the same purposes, with all options You pointed as required.

Still, thanks a lot for this one - diversity is never bad thing could You please add support for setting seconds too? Or Did I miss something?
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Originally Posted by Estel View Post
AFAIK, KitchenAlert (available from repos) was serving the same purposes, with all options You pointed as required.

Still, thanks a lot for this one - diversity is never bad thing could You please add support for setting seconds too? Or Did I miss something?
I am aware of kitchenAlert and used it for a short while. I tried it in forced portrait mode, but the layout was hardcoded and therefore screwed up in portrait mode.

I left out seconds because I am not interested in seconds then cooking
 

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Originally Posted by immi.shk View Post
nice & flexible app
can you add a widget to it with 5 10 15 & 20 min predefined timer..
You could create an item called "20 minutes" and set the time to 20 minutes for that item. That way you would have your predefined timer?
 
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i loved the look of it .thanks
 

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Originally Posted by ade View Post
I left out seconds because I am not interested in seconds then cooking
I see. Well, when cooking some things (mainly, many types of less-popular eggs), seconds are quite important, and it would definitely make this program more usable.

although, of course, I'm not pushing anything on You. I just thing that having seconds doesn't hurt (i.e. no one forced to use them) nor require big amount of work to implement, yet, it makes timer much more flexible.

Just a thing for consideration.

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I also use a timer with seconds for eggs
5:40min for EU L class chicken eggs.
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Didn't know so many people around here are egg cooking professionals

I did, and did not implement seconds in the latest version:
  • the QMaemo5timepickselector I use for custom time settings, does not support seconds turns out. I do not want to abandon this selector, so ad-hoc settings will not support seconds
  • For the predefinable items, seconds are introduced

So if you want to have your eggs exactly boiled for 4 minutes and 50 seconds, make that a predefinable item.

P.s. existing predefined dishes should be converted to the new timestamp with seconds during installation automatically.
 

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Didn't know so many people around here are egg cooking professionals

I did, and did not implement seconds in the latest version.
Killed me with that two lines - took out of context, it sounds almost philosophical For a second, I though about using it as my signature, but it's occupied already

Anyway, thanks a lot for adding this feature, pre-defined items are good enough.

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