NeuroSwitcher now has a break timer. A plain pomodoro — 25 minutes of work, 5 of rest, a longer one every fourth — except that instead of a dry "time for a break" you get a short routine on screen: eyes, breathing, neck and shoulders, wrists.
- Off by default. Nobody switches reminders on for you quietly. Turn it on from the tray: 🍅 Breaks → Break reminders. The tray tooltip then shows how long until the next one.
- Three levels of intrusiveness. A corner of the screen, a window in the middle, or the whole screen — your choice in the settings. A break can always be pushed back five minutes (or with Esc), and "Skip" deliberately asks you to hold the button for three seconds.
- Routines you choose. Each has a checkbox: if you dislike one, clear it and it never comes up again. The order is random, in sequence, or the same routine every time. There is "seated only", "no breath holds", "silent" and a reduced-motion mode.
- Your own photos. Point at a folder and the rest of the pause fills with your pictures. They are read at break time and never copied anywhere.
- Stays out of the way. Nothing appears over fullscreen applications or during quiet hours — the timer keeps running regardless.
The timer and the break screen never touch the network: no settings sync, no statistics, no account. The application as a whole still sends nothing but a heartbeat and a licence check, and never the text you type.
The tray menu got tidier along the way: language, settings and the hotkey sheet are now one "Settings" entry, and "Open Console" reads "Open settings…" — the same window, called what people actually look for.
To update: the console will offer the update itself, or download the installer from the site. It installs over your current copy — settings, dictionaries and licence are kept.