A countdown timer extension for Alfred.app

A simple countdown timer command for Alfred.app that uses Mountain Lion User Notifications.

The extension is described in closer detail on my blog.

Benefits

Helps you make great tea.
Solves your Pomodoro needs.
Uses Mountain Lion's User Notifications to tell you when time's up.
Plays a non-intrusive alarm sound.
Allows you to run multiple timers at the same time.
Allows you to add an optional label to the timer, e.g. "Laundry is done!". Thanks to Alexander Lehmann for the suggestion.
Shows you how to write Alfred extensions in Python.

Installation

Depending on whether you're running Alfred 1 or Alfred 2 you need different versions of the extension. Please also note that this extension / workflow requires OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) or greater to work.

Alfred 2

Download Timer.alfredworkflow
Double-click Timer.alfredworkflow to install the extension.

Alfred 1

Download Timer.alfredextension
Double-click Timer.alfredextension to install the extension.

To use this extension you need Alfred.app for OS X and the Alfred PowerPack.

Usage

The general syntax is timer [minutes] [optional:title]
timer 5 sets a countdown timer that goes off after 5 minutes.
timer 0:30 or timer 0.5 sets a timer that goes off after 30 seconds.
timer 40 Laundry is done! adds an optional title to the timer.
timer displays usage information.

##Meta

Daniel Bader – @dbader_org – mail@dbader.org

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt for more information.