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Workrave 1.8.5

Workrave is a free software application intended to prevent computer users from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive strain injuries. The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses while an anime character walks the user through various stretching exercises and urges them to take a coffee break.

What's new:

* Lots of changes by Ray Satiro.
* Task manager is never blocked by Workrave (Ray Satiro)
* Workaround for focus loss on Vista (Ray Satiro)
* Vanja Cvelbar translated Workrave into Slovenian.
* Many bug fixes, the most visible ones:
* Fixed breaks that have 'suspend timer when inactive' disabled (Ray Satiro)
* Improved Windows responsiveness under high load. (by reverting a 1.8.4 change)
* Mode menu fixed.
* Gnome applet no longer 'hangs'.
* Gnome applet no longer crashes Workrave.
* Fixed crashes during startup on Windows.
* Fixed 'end-of-microbreak' sound.
* Fixed bug in multi-head support where Workrave showed multiple windows on a single screen.
* Fixed locking on Gnome with xscreensaver installed (Philipp Kern)

Download: Workrave 1.8.5 freeware
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