/Update: Since we’re still rolling back like a drunk donkey, I went and put some more stuff in. The layout’s changed a bit and there’s a close button now. The timer resets when ’1′ is pressed, so if you know how to send keys to applications it can work as intended.

Link to file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FKMS9MG5 

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After getting rolled back three times yesterday I went off to do something worthwhile(?) and learned how to write basic AIR applications. Well, to be precise, I made a somewhat, if barely, useful pet feeding timer to avoid having to check the status in the pet window:

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Basically it counts the 134 seconds it takes to fill an empty hunger bar. When the bar is full, the bone turns green, meaning you can feed the pet. After feeding you click the bone and the timer resets. Of course, you need to synchronize it to the feeding timer manually first.

There are also two modes. The first mode stops the bar whenever it’s full and waits for a manual reset. The second restarts the bar automatically after 1.5 seconds. You can toggle between them with the left button (circle). The button next to the circle is for keeping the timer on top of all windows.

You can drag the timer around with the progress bar. Rightclick the taskbar icon to close.

You might also need to install the AIR runtime first: http://get.adobe.com/air/

I’ll polish the display up a bit later.. maybe.

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