Away From Keyboard is an app that reduces eye strain with reminders to take a break. AFK tracks movements on the mouse & keystrokes on the keyboard. After a certain interval, it notifies you to take a break & tells you to do some other activity to reduce eye strain. It takes care of your eyes for you without getting in the way.

Hey Product Hunt 👋 This is my first launch on this awesome place 😍 Few weeks ago I started going extreme & literally coded for longer periods of time & after 9 hours of rigorous coding my eyes were paining a lot. Although I drink a lot of water, it still didn't help my eyes & they were still dehydrated. Few weeks ago I found out Aware & I loved it. Only it was missing a few features. So I went ahead & made them myself & Away From Keyboard is that product. It is my 2nd product of the 72 hours product challenge. My 1st product was WIP Desktop - A Desktop App made in Electron for https://wip.chat but I didn't launch it here because it was too niche. I tweeted about building it here - https://twitter.com/deadcoder090... Although I didn't make one in under 72 hours yet, as learning new libraries & language takes time I am sure I will be able to build it in the future. This is my first Swift app & I didn't know Swift before doing this. So learned it & launched this. Here's the complete thread from development to production - https://twitter.com/deadcoder090... Here's how it looks like - Menu Bar Screenshot

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So what exactly is Away From Keyboard (AFK) 🤔 AFK is a Mac only app which reduces eye strain with reminders to take a break. AFK tracks movements on the mouse & keystrokes on the keyboard. After a certain interval, it notifies you to take a break & tells you to do some other activity to reduce eye strain. It takes care of your eyes for you without getting in the way. Whether you are a developer, a designer, a gamer or anyone who uses computer for more than 2 hours, you should take breaks often & rest your eyes, every 2 hours, for example. AFK notifes you when you are using your computer for too long & tells you to do an activity so that you get away from your keyboard 😉

@deadcoder0904 great job! finally getting some deserved attention!

@frcbls haha thanks Ferruccio :)

@deadcoder0904 Much needed!

@wimgz thanks William 🙌

I tend to forget to take breaks in front of the computer. Hours goes by and at the end of the day my eyes and my head hurt. AFK helps me taking short breaks, at least for my eyes, to avoid this.

Pros:

Easy to set up.

Cons:

None.

Thank you Marie. Glad you like it 😃

This solves so many of the issues related to being a solo founder at once! I think it will be seriously useful for me 😍

Pros:

I love the "activities" feature, I think this will help a lot of people form good habits! Super nice & useful!

Cons:

None!

Thank you Ethan 🙌

Away From Keyboard (AFK)

Reduce eye strain with reminders to take a break

Reduce eye strain with reminders to take a break

Away From Keyboard (AFK)

Reduce eye strain with reminders to take a break

Reduce eye strain with reminders to take a break

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