Welcome to EyeRest Discussions!

[necdetsanli]

Hi everyone 👋

Thanks for taking a look at EyeRest!

EyeRest is a small Windows tray application that helps you follow the 20–20–20 rule for eye health:
every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet (~6 meters) away for at least 20 seconds.

It runs quietly in the notification area, uses Windows 10/11 toast notifications when available (with a tray balloon fallback), and lets you configure:

• Reminder interval (e.g. every 5–60 minutes)
• Whether reminders are enabled
• Optional left-click toggle on the tray icon to turn reminders on/off
• Optional persistent settings and “Start with Windows” for the current user

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🗣 What this discussion is for

You can use this thread for:

• General feedback about EyeRest
• Feature ideas or small QoL improvements
• UX suggestions for tray behavior, notifications, icons, etc.
• Thoughts on packaging (Microsoft Store / Chocolatey / winget)
• Questions about how something works internally

If you hit a clear bug (crash, notification not showing, installer issues, etc.), opening a GitHub Issue is usually better than a comment here — but if you’re not sure, feel free to ask in this discussion first.

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💡 Some prompts

If you don’t know where to start, here are a few questions that help a lot:

• What’s your typical use case? (coding, gaming, office work, studying, …)
• Is the default interval and behavior sensible for you?
• Does the notification style (toast + balloon fallback) feel too subtle or too noisy?
• Are the Options clear enough, or is anything confusing?
• Would you prefer different defaults for:
  • “Start with Windows”
  • Remembering settings across sessions
  • Left-click behavior on the tray icon

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🤝 Contributing / getting involved

If you’d like to contribute:

• You can open Issues for bugs or feature requests
• You can open Pull Requests if you want to implement something yourself
• Even a short “this works well for me” or “I’d love X/Y feature” comment is very helpful

Thanks again for trying EyeRest — any feedback, no matter how small, is appreciated. 🙏