Xinkro 0.0.1d is a Digital Clock & Timer product from xinkro.sourceforge.net, Xinkro is just a digital stopwatch with the standard functions you would expect in a stopwatch (start, stop, pause). It also features an OSD (On-screen display), thus avoiding the waste of valuable screen space. The same that you could do with a real stopwatch. I wrote it for measuring the time it takes to complete certain tasks (not necessarily computer-related), and also for conducting informal benchmarks regarding applications load and response times. It really helps me when I do not have a real stopwatch at hand.
Why? (from author)
I developed Xinkro after spending almost 2 hours looking for a software that met the following specification:
* Win32 application
* Digital stopwatch (with basic start, stop, pause functionality)
* Control the stopwatch via hotkeys (thus avoiding the need of switching to the stopwatch software in order to start it or pause it)
* Ability to remain "always on top" (OSD -On-screen display- preferred)
* Don't waste space in the taskbar, use an icon in the systray instead
* Free (open source preferred)
* Important, though not essential: I wanted a well-behaved software (i.e., an app that does not try to do things it was not told to do, like setting itself to launch every time you start windows, and the like )
After my brief search, I came back empty-handed. I searched through Sourceforge, then Freshmeat, and finally Google. All of the tools that i found and tried failed in satisfying one or more of my simple requisites.
Finally, I needed to have this tool ASAP. So, my choices were to continue spending more time searching for a suitable one, or write my own. Being a developer, I choosed the latter.
Was it really necessary to develop yet another stopwatch?
Well, as I wrote above, I couldn't find a single software that met my criteria. Nevertheless, being such a simple program, it would not surprise me if there is one -maybe more than one- that meets my exact requirements. If you know about other tools that do just the same, please let me know, so I do not have to reinvent the wheel
Is there anything special or different about your stopwatch?
Hmm not really, at least not in this first release, and looking at it from an end-user perspective.
From a developer point of view, you'll notice that the software handles the stopwatch functionality in a separate thread class. This means that supporting multiple, independent stopwatches would be trivial. It also means that you can just include the thread class in your project, or easily adapt it to better suite your specific needs. SoftSea.com had fully tested, reviewed and uploaded the install files, Xinkro does not contain any adware or spyware, the latest version is 0.0.1d, you can download this digital clock & timer software (171 KB) from special server of SoftSea.com. The license of this windows utility software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this Windows Utility software.