PE Timing applet (contains signed applet, be afraid)

Note
The applet below is hosted on Thunder’s Place and has been rebuild from source by a moderator.

It is a signed applet because when it is run it has access to files on your computer when you select them via the open dialog.

You will be prompted as to whether you want to run the applet or not. If you don’t want to run it, hit cancel but you will be asked again each time you visit this thread.

I decided to start writing a program that would help me organize my routines and make sure I correctly time them. In the past, I’d just count the seconds in my head and I tend to count quickly at times when I lose my concentration. This applet is just a timer that tells you the next exercise and how many seconds are left in it, or waits for you to finish if its a time independent exercise. I thought it may be useful and I want to improve it. I need some suggestions.

PE Timer Applet

Here’s a text file for the Newbie Routine to show you how the applet works. Download the attachment and open it in the applet, then click start. Edit the file to produce your own routine.

Please also read Features for a PE application?.

Hmmm, so what exactly does it do now? I don’t feel like being a guinea pig today.

This applet tried to auto-load. I didn’t like that.

Great applet, good work!
Save the attached file on your harddisk and then click the “open” button of the applet.
Choose the file you just downloaded and then press “start”.

It will then start to count down the time of the beginner program.

Can’t you make an application, not an applet? I think that would be preferred, at least by me.

Also, this has been moderated?

The format of the input file is:
exercise name,number of seconds
exercise name,number of seconds
exercise name,number of seconds
…

Enter -1 for number of seconds if you want the program to wait for you to finish an exercise, ie. 50 fast kegels,-1

Gprent/Tube,

This thing has been rebuilt from source and hosted here. Note the signature on the applet.

Good thread title mem.

Cute little gray box that pops up all over the place too.

Its not promtimg me for the permission anymore. First time it did and I canceled (hit no?), now it doesn’t anymore.

Tube,

You may have to clear our your temp files and cache and restart your browser.

NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOO! Can’t you create a new applet and upload it? Must I really do thinking?

There is a debate over whether this should be an applet or an application. I made it an application first but then thought that distribution would be easier as an applet. Also, running it is “easier” because you don’t have to download a jar file and run java -jar … Sure, I could attach a zip package with the jar file and a .bat file that has the runtime command, but I still felt this was the best way to showcase it. Plus, how many people trust .bat files anyway!

I just put this together rather hastly when I had the idea at work. It is by no means a perfect program. It hardly has any error checking when it comes to the file input. So I have no problem releasing the code to anyone who PMs me. I would like to make this better and more effective for people to use, if they want.