focus session stopwatch feature

[PFZeph]

i personally use stopwatches instead of timers, and this small QoL might be great for people with the same preference.

additionally: would it be possible to access mini mode without focus sessions?

[dpaulino]

Thanks for the feedback. This sounds very interesting! Can you tell me more about how you would use this?

Would this be your flow?

• Start focus session, stopwatch starts
• As you focus, stop watch continuously runs
• When does the stopwatch stop? When you pause/stop the focus session?
• In this scenario, would you use any "rest" segments like in the current focus timer?

[PFZeph]

thank you for your quick response!

my usual flow is similar to what you said, here it is usually:

• start session, start stopwatch
• stopwatch runs as i do my focus sessions
• stopwatch continues even during the focus session, stopping only when i have to take a longer break (30m-1hr)
• rest segments still do happen! i usually do a 50/10 focus split, sometimes 50/15 and 50/20, and if it was possible it would be great to have these with the stopwatch feature!

mainly the idea of having a stopwatch for me allows me to have an easier time tracking the time i focus to the second, great for tracking in my log instead of having to put [1,2,3] sessions done.

+if possible, mini mode would be great to have as a toggle even without having to turn on focus, a workaround for this for me was using timers, but having to pull out a separate timer app for me feels.... eh (hoping to use ambie as my main focus session tracker app!)

anyways, great job with the app! the amount of effort and the clean ui really made white noise and rain noises convenient without having to hog my systems resources (as compared to what i usually did, spotify/youtube)