Omnibox Timer

A Chrome extension to set timers from the omnibox. It is good for Keyboard lovers. Type 'tm' and space, then you can set the timer from the omnibox. When time is over, Chrome will show a desktop notification and tell you a message you entered. The default message is 'Timer done!'.

Install

Please visit chrome web store.

Timer commands

  • 10 Lunch : the default unit is minute. This timer will ring in 10 minutes.
  • 30s : 30 seconds
  • 20m Go home : 20 minutes
  • 1h meeting : 1 hour

More commands

  • show or options : opens Options page.

UI

  • Browser Action
    • You will see Omnibox Timer icon next to Omnibox.
    • Hide: If you right-click the icon, you can see an option to hide this icon.
    • Click: if you click the icon, chrome will open Options page.
    • Feedback: you will see 'add' or 'error' from the icon when you type any commands to Omnibox Timer.
  • Options
    • This page shows timers you created, statistics and options you can select.
    • You can open this page from Omnibox command, Browser Action icon or Chrome Settings page.

Media files

I used the icons from this page introduced in this article. The alarm bell is downloaded from this page.