Eye Rest

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Prevent digital eye strain with a simple reminder to 'look away' from the screen.Eye strain is an unfortunate side-effect of staring at a computer screen for an extended period of time.

According to the Mayo Clinic, simply giving your eyes a brief rest every 20 minutes goes a long way towards preventing eye strain.
The 20/20/20 rule suggests giving your eyes a break by looking at something 20 feet away, but the Mayo Clinic tells us that simply closing your eyes for the same period of time is also acceptable.

In either case, there are two issues with the 20/20/20 rule:

1) It's impossible for our brain to remember to do something every 20 minutes.

2) 20 minutes may not be a reasonable period of time for some people.


Eye Rest aims to solve both issues by providing a configurable browser extension, which will unobtrusively remind you to rest your eyes every 20 minutes. You also have the option to adjust the time period, amount of time the reminder is displayed as well as the reminder message itself.


Version 1.2 Update
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Option to play a very short beep sound with the notification.