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Kathleen Keamy | 27 Mar 2012 20:53

Re: A problem with workrave

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I’ve been trying to use Workrave for almost 2 months and it just isn’t doing what it was advertised to do. Very erratic and once the IT installed it, it doesn’t work continuously. As you might imagine a lot of users aren’t “administrators” so are not allowed to update the software or change the setting even so it is practically a useless program in my opinion. So much for ergonomics for secretaries and others who type. If the programmers only had a half thought out clue that people using the program need something to run and not screw up so much. Such a waste of time to install this program and think that it would actually work.

From: viviana oquendo [mailto:vivioquendo <at> gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:21 AM
To: workrave-user <at> lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave

Good morning, my name is Viviana Oquendo, I study and work at National University of Colombia and I'm trying to use workrave in my job for all the workers but I've troubles or I don't understand the idea.

They start to work at 8.00 and finish at 18.00 but workrave appears just twice, I really don't know why and I'd like to know how to fix it. I've been thinking that maybe is because they don't use the mouse all the time, sometimes they read but I really really need your point of view.

Thank you very much and congratulations for the software.

Cordialmente

Viviana Oquendo
Monitora-UIFCE
Estudiante de Economía-Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Ray Satiro | 27 Mar 2012 21:27

Re: A problem with workrave

> From: Kathleen Keamy 

>To: 'End-user mailing list' <workrave-user <at> lists.sourceforge.net> 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave
> 
>
>I’ve been trying to use Workrave for almost 2 months and it just isn’t doing what it was advertised to
do. Very erratic and once the IT installed it, it doesn’t work continuously. As you might imagine a lot of
users aren’t “administrators” so are not allowed to update the software or change the setting even
so it is practically a useless program in my opinion. So much  for ergonomics for secretaries and others
who type. If the programmers only had a half thought out  clue that people using the program need
something to run and not screw up so much. Such a waste of time to  install this program and think that it
would actually work.
> 

What do you think Workrave was advertised to do? A lot of people run Workrave on a limited user account
without any problems, myself included. All settings can be modified from a limited user account by
default. Right-click the Workrave tray icon and choose Preferences. There are rare cases when an IT
department locks the settings but that's not our fault.

Please post a message that is not so inflammatory if you need help, and give us steps to reproduce the
problems you are having. Also please include your version of windows (run command 'winver') and the
version of Workrave you are running (Right-click tray icon and choose 'About').

Thanks

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Kathleen Keamy | 28 Mar 2012 15:47

Re: A problem with workrave

It doesn't do anything but show a small screen with time running, no notification to stop and break. So am I to
monitor the small screen to read a timer?

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From: Ray Satiro [mailto:raysatiro <at> yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave

> From: Kathleen Keamy

>To: 'End-user mailing list' <workrave-user <at> lists.sourceforge.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave
> 
>
>I’ve been trying to use Workrave for almost 2 months and it just isn’t doing what it was advertised to
do. Very erratic and once the IT installed it, it doesn’t work continuously. As you might imagine a lot of
users aren’t “administrators” so are not allowed to update the software or change the setting even
so it is practically a useless program in my opinion. So much  for ergonomics for secretaries and others who
type. If the programmers only had a half thought out  clue that people using the program need something to
run and not screw up so much. Such a waste of time to  install this program and think that it would actually work.
> 

What do you think Workrave was advertised to do? A lot of people run Workrave on a limited user account
without any problems, myself included. All settings can be modified from a limited user account by
default. Right-click the Workrave tray icon and choose Preferences. There are rare cases when an IT
department locks the settings but that's not our fault.

Please post a message that is not so inflammatory if you need help, and give us steps to reproduce the
problems you are having. Also please include your version of windows (run command 'winver') and the
version of Workrave you are running (Right-click tray icon and choose 'About').

Thanks

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Ray Satiro | 28 Mar 2012 20:43

Re: A problem with workrave

> From: Kathleen Keamy <K.Keamy <at> sscok.edu>
> To: 'Ray Satiro' <raysatiro <at> yahoo.com>; 'End-user mailing list' <workrave-user <at> lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc:
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:47 AM
> Subject: RE: [Workrave-user] A problem with workrave
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> It doesn't do anything but show a small screen with time running, no
> notification to stop and break. So am I to monitor the small screen to read a
> timer?
>

That's odd. Maybe the mode is set to 'Quiet' instead of 'Normal' and for that reason you are not prompted with breaks?
Here is a screenshot of the various wa ys to access Workrave's menu and change the mode to 'Normal' :
http://cloud.github.com/downloads/jay/workrave/Workrave_Menu_Mode.png

The screenshot was made on XP but the same applies to Vista and Windows 7.

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Rob Caelers | 27 Mar 2012 21:36

Re: A problem with workrave

Hi,

On 27-03-12 20:53, Kathleen Keamy wrote:
> I’ve been trying to use Workrave for almost 2 months and it just isn’t doing
> what it was advertised to do. Very erratic and once the IT installed it, it

Could you please explain the behavior you are expecting and the behavior you 
are seeing?

> doesn’t work continuously. As you might imagine a lot of users aren’t
> “administrators” so are not allowed to update the software or change the
> setting even so it is practically a useless program in my opinion. So much�

Normally, Workrave's settings can be changed, even if you are not an 
administrator (If your administrators managed to lock-down Workrave's 
settings, I'm very curious to know how they managed to do so and how to 
prevent them from doing so in future versions of Workrave...)

Just click on the white sheep icon in the notification area and select 
'preferences'.

> for ergonomics for secretaries and others who type. If the programmers only
> had a half thought out �clue that people using the program need something to
> run and not screw up so much. Such a waste of time to� install this program
> and think that it would actually work.

Feel free to share your ideas and help us improve Workrave.

Regards,
   Rob

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