Pomodoro Timer
Start and Pause run a Focus block from 25:00, then a Break from 5:00, then Focus again. Reset returns to focus. The lengths cannot be edited.
How to use
- Read the label above the clock. It starts on Focus and the display is 25:00. There are no minute fields on the page.
- Click Start. The button changes to Pause. Pause freezes the seconds, and Start continues the same block from the time still showing.
- Let the count reach zero. The display can sit on 00:00 for a moment, then the interval stops, the button returns to Start, and the label flips. After focus you see Break and 5:00. After a break you see Focus and 25:00 again. Press Start to run that new block. It does not start itself.
- Click Reset at any time. That stops the run, forces the label back to Focus, sets 25:00, and puts the button on Start.
When it helps
One desk block when you want the classic lengths and nothing to configure. The label tells you which block you are in, so you do not have to remember whether the last click was work or rest. You still have to press Start for the break and again when focus returns.
If the session should count upward, or you need lap marks, use the stopwatch. Its display is minutes, seconds, and centiseconds, and Lap lists the reading at each click. If you need a length other than 25 and 5, or a target clock time, use the countdown timer.
Limits
The lengths cannot be edited. Focus is 25:00 and Break is 5:00, and there is no box to change either one. There is no long-break cycle after four focus blocks, and there is no task list, tick box, or count of how many focuses you finished.
The page does not ring. Hitting zero does not continue into the next block until you press Start. Leave the tab and the timer stops with it. Reset always returns to focus, even if you were halfway through a break, and it discards that partial time.
Questions
Can I set a 50 minute focus?
No. Focus is fixed at 25:00 and Break is fixed at 5:00. Those numbers are in the script, not in a form you can edit.
Where is the long break?
There is not one. The cycle is focus, then a 5 minute break, then focus again. Nothing special happens on the fourth round, and there is no task list beside the clock.
Does the break start by itself?
No. Reaching zero stops the clock and changes the label to Break at 5:00, or back to Focus at 25:00. You press Start to run the next block.