Workrave is a free software application intended to prevent computer users from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries, or myopia.
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| Initial release | 2002 |
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| Written in | C++ (Gtkmm) |
| Operating system | Linux, Cross-platform[1] |
| Type | Health-related software Repetitive strain injury |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | workrave |
The software periodically locks the screen while showing an animated character, “Miss Workrave”, walks the user through various stretching exercises,[2][3][4] urges them to take a coffee break and sets a daily work time limit after which it automatically triggers an action, such as suspend the machine.[5]
The program is cross-platform and dependent on the GTK+ graphical widget toolkit as well as other GNOME libraries on Linux such as GNet . It is also available for Microsoft Windows.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Workrave: Developer information". Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ Ryan Cartwright (28 May 2008). "Workrave : combating RSI the free software way". Free Software Magazine. The Open Company Partners. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ David A. Harding (3 October 2007). "Workrave fights repetitive strain injuries". Linux.com. SourceForge, Inc. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- ^ Jono Bacon (5 May 2004). "Repetitive software injury". O'Reilly ONLamp Blog. Blog of O'Reilly Media, Inc. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". www.workrave.org. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
Further reading edit
- "Operating Your Body at Peak Performance", a Linux Journal column about xwrits, RSIBreak, and Workrave
- Alexander Todorov (6 September 2007). "Workrave–listen to the sheep". Red Hat Magazine. Red Hat, Inc. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
- "How Open Source Saved My Neck", an InternetNews.com column by Sean Michael Kerner about Workrave
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