Why does BreakTimer lock my keyboard and mouse during breaks? Can I disable that?
If you have this question, you may be misunderstanding the idea of the BreakTimer. The purpose of an RSIGuard break is to get you to stop using the computer. While the BreakTimer window is displayed, you should not be using the keyboard or mouse — you should be either resting or doing non-computer activities. If you must use the computer, however, realize that you are generally not “locked out”. You just need to postpone the break or skip the break using the Postone or Skip buttons. If you keep typing/mousing during a break, then there is no point to the break. Thus BreakTimer gives you the choice to either take a rest from the computer (in which case the keyboard and mouse won’t be used), or to reject the suggestion of the BreakTimer model to rest (by clicking Postpone or Skip). Finally, if your main issue is that you just don’t like that breaks start automatically (thus forcing you to either not use the keyboard/mouse or click skip/postpone), then you may wish to use polite mode.
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