What is EyeDefender?
EyeDefender is a freeware rest reminder designed to prevent Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) resulting from working on a computer for hours. CVS symptoms include eyestrain, blurred vision, delayed focusing, headaches, back and neck aches, dry and burning eyes, light sensitivity, distorted color vision, forehead heaviness, and sore eyes.
CVS is impossible to get rid of but you can reduce and even eliminate most of its symptoms. The recommendation is simple – take a short rest break from your computer every hour. The difficulty lies in scheduling a regular break and keeping to it. Thats where EyeDefender can help you. Itll remind you to take a break and relax eyes at fixed intervals.
Once installed, EyeDefender sits in the system tray and displays the time left until the next break. When the time for a break comes, the program does one of the following:
Displays pictures in a predefined folder;
Runs the visual training to relax the eyes;
Runs a default screensaver;
Displays a popup timed reminder in the system tray.
EyeDefender can also help you prevent other problems related to computer use, which require a computer user to take short breaks. These problems include Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) or Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS), also known in the USA as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and in Europe - Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD).
Features:
Control the level of eye strain in the system tray
Set up the time period for a popup reminder
Set up how much time you want to rest
Enter the rest mode instantly
Reset the counter
Stop the counter when you do not want to be interrupted
Set the counter to stop automatically after some time of inactivity
Four rest modes: slideshow, visual training, screensaver launch, or popup tray reminder
Auto-run EyeDefender on Windows start
System requirements:
OS: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
CVS is impossible to get rid of but you can reduce and even eliminate most of its symptoms. The recommendation is simple – take a short rest break from your computer every hour. The difficulty lies in scheduling a regular break and keeping to it. Thats where EyeDefender can help you. Itll remind you to take a break and relax eyes at fixed intervals.
Once installed, EyeDefender sits in the system tray and displays the time left until the next break. When the time for a break comes, the program does one of the following:
Displays pictures in a predefined folder;
Runs the visual training to relax the eyes;
Runs a default screensaver;
Displays a popup timed reminder in the system tray.
EyeDefender can also help you prevent other problems related to computer use, which require a computer user to take short breaks. These problems include Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) or Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS), also known in the USA as Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and in Europe - Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD).
Features:
Control the level of eye strain in the system tray
Set up the time period for a popup reminder
Set up how much time you want to rest
Enter the rest mode instantly
Reset the counter
Stop the counter when you do not want to be interrupted
Set the counter to stop automatically after some time of inactivity
Four rest modes: slideshow, visual training, screensaver launch, or popup tray reminder
Auto-run EyeDefender on Windows start
System requirements:
OS: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
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The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.09, released in 2008, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
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- Prevent RSI
- eye-strain
- break-reminder
- rest-reminder
- cvs
EyeDefender
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about EyeDefender, and it has gotten 14 likes
- Developed by Eterlab Software
- Proprietary and Free product.
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Amazing piece of software,it does everything i need. Simple, easy to use, takes only fragment of memory, feature rich considering it's size ( ~200 kb), and best of all it's free !
Nice. Has user activity detection, instead of just counting 15 min.
And love the screen(s). Maybe add a message to look off screen for a while, too.