Workrave
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 The main window shows the time remaining until it suggests a pause. |
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| Stable release | 1.9.4 / April 5, 2011 |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform[1] |
| Type | Health |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://www.workrave.org/ |
Workrave is a free software application intended to prevent computer users from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries, or myopia.
The software periodically locks the screen while an animated character, “Miss Workrave”, walks the user through various stretching exercises,[2][3][4] and urges them to take a coffee break.
The program is cross-platform, and dependent on the GTK+ graphical widget toolkit, and also on other GNOME libraries on Linux.[1]
Similar RSI-prevention utilities include:
- RSIBreak, works on Linux
- Xwrits, works on Linux
- AntiRSI, works on Mac OS X
- the "Typing Break" feature in GNOME which can be enabled in the GNOME keyboard preference panel
- 5 Minute Break, works on Windows
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Workrave: Developer information
- ^ Ryan Cartwright (2008-05-28). "Workrave : combating RSI the free software way". Free Software Magazine. The Open Company Partners. http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/workrave_combating_rsi_free_software_way. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ David A. Harding (2007-10-03). "Workrave fights repetitive strain injuries". Linux.com. SourceForge, Inc.. http://www.linux.com/feature/119507. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ Jono Bacon (2004-05-05). "Repetitive software injury". O'Reilly ONLamp Blog. Blog of O'Reilly Media, Inc.. http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2004/05/repetitive_software_injury.html. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Workrave |
- Workrave official site
- "Operating Your Body at Peak Performance", a Linux Journal column about xwrits, RSIBreak, and Workrave
- Alexander Todorov (2007-09-06). "Workrave–listen to the sheep". Red Hat Magazine. Red Hat, Inc.. http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/09/06/workrave-listen-to-the-sheep/. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- "How Open Source Saved My Neck", a An InternetNews.com column by Sean Michael Kerner about Workrave
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