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coenvanvlijmen
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Hi Aymeric,

What do you think of setting the estimated time in pomodoro's?

Especially when you can fine tune your pomodoro (Me as a beginner use 15 min. to get the technique) it would be much more comfortable to attach an estimation and tracking of time.

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Hi, Coen! Once you have enabled the Pomodoro, this will set to ring after 25 minutes by default. While, you can use the notation to set an estimated time for a particular task. Here is a link to learn more on this, http://weekplan.net/how-to-instantly-increase-your-productivity-today-using-the-pomodoro-technique/

Hope this helps!
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Aymeric Founder
Coen, I didn't understand your reference to "estimation and tracking of time". Could you please explain what you have in mind with an example?
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coenvanvlijmen
No one will make estimations of 4, 17, 46 minutes. At least I won't. ;-)

Therefore I was thinking about a kind of dropdown menu where I could select 1, 2, 3, 4,..., 10 'pomodoro's'. Then I could set my estimations of time on a task in just one click.
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Rich
Coen are you thinking you would have some tasks you would like to estimate at (for example) 3 pomodoro lengths (ie three 25-minute segments)? So when you select 3 from the drop down list you want the Estimated Time to show an hour and a half (including the 5-minute breaks)?
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coenvanvlijmen
Hi Rich, That's exactly what I meant. What do you think of such an option?
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Rich
Most of my tasks are of varying length and are much shorter than the 25-minute pomodoro time. So I don't typically estimate my tasks in pomodoro multiples. For those who do I can see your drop down list idea being a very useful feature.

With that said, I still believe the pomodoro timer to be a valuable tool for establishing rhythm, defending focus time and giving your brain and body important breaks.

I recently suggested a hybrid solution that could potentially involve both pomodoro and custom timers. I think it might also make it easier to record your Actual time on tasks.
http://weekplan.userecho.com/topic/857888-custom-timer-based-on-task-estimated-time/
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Most of my tasks are of varying length and are much shorter than the 25-minute pomodoro time. So I don't typically estimate my tasks in pomodoro multiples. For those who do I can see your drop down list idea being a very useful feature.

With that said, I still believe the pomodoro timer to be a valuable tool for establishing rhythm, defending focus time and giving your brain and body important breaks.

I recently suggested a hybrid solution that could potentially involve both pomodoro and custom timers. I think it might also make it easier to record your Actual time on tasks.
http://weekplan.userecho.com/topic/857888-custom-timer-based-on-task-estimated-time/
It seems more and more people are using the timer. I don't think I will introduce the estimation per pomodoro suggestion but maybe allowing to pick from a list of predefined times could work.

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