aspireone / desktop-time-limiter

Monitors the time spent on a PC and prevents using it after a certain time limit. Resets at a specified time.

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// Let the age of A.I. begin!

7 years of experience • Web, Server, Mobile & Desktop development

Technologies:

React/NextJS, React-Native/expo, node/Nest/Fastify, postgres/Kysely, VPS/Coolify, Posthog, Sentry, Firebase, pnpm, tailwind, Backblaze, Valkey, AI...

In the past I heavily worked with MongoDB, Laravel, node/Express, Flutter, .NET, Windows Forms, Android Native...

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desktop-time-limiter's Issues

When using multi monitors only the main monitor is "locked"

When the time passes and the screen is greyed out, only the main screen is greyed. The other is normal.

UI elements do not show up in Visual studio Forms

When opening the solution in Visual Studio the Forms do not show the elements.
Also when we click in the form a new InitializeComponent is created
Might be a visual studio incompatibility with version of solution ?!

Also Elements do not show associated with Main Form. They show as different elements

Config file is not hidden

The config is visible to a normal user and might be manually edited. It should only be edited through the UI.

Possible solution: add the hidden attribute to the config file.

[TODO] Make the project multilingual

Possible solution: extract all hardcoded texts into one Texts class -> each text one getter -> add a switch for translations -> return text in a language based on the one set.

There are language specific audios too.

Better understand each button

@AspireOne Can you clarify what each button does so I can update Readme so it's clearer?

Can you clarify if what I have below is correct?
1 – change the time it has passed when actively using the PC
2 – Change the maximum time you can use the PC without being locked
3 – The hour of day the Elapsed time is reset?
4 – The time needed after a lock to unlock the computer again?

Report time per day

Have the tool report to an outside system, the time spent per day.
This could be via MQTT to a Home Assistant, to a PowerBi dashboard, To a storage account or any other ... but would be great if the app can track and report the total active usage per day

The overlay in "locked" state might be too transparent

The overlay might be too transparent on some screens, so the screen might still be too easily visible through the overlay, defeating the point of it.

Possible solution: Darken the overlay.

Debug elements are visible in UI

There are debug elements left in the UI.

Solution: remove them.

[TODO] Replace notification sounds

Replace notification sounds for something more neutral.

Multi Monitor - Cannot move window to second monitor

When using multiple monitors, I cannot move the App to the second window. It always comes back to the main window