Show HN: LookAway – a native macOS app for building healthy screen habits

Have there been significant changes since your post yesterday? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43086529">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43086529</a><p>Or last Shows?<p>(5 months ago) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41397605">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41397605</a><p>(12 months ago) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39445919">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=39445919</a><p>I&#x27;m sure it differs from your first show in 2023 <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37927174">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37927174</a>

For Linux users, I particularly recommend SafeEyes <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slgobinath.github.io&#x2F;SafeEyes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;slgobinath.github.io&#x2F;SafeEyes&#x2F;</a><p>While it doesn&#x27;t detect video calls automatically, you can receive notifications and choose to skip breaks when needed.<p>More importantly, while it sometimes interrupts my flow, that also helps me reassess my current focus.

I&#x27;ve got this app for about a year now. Previously tried Intermission and Time Out. Apps like these must be carefully designed, since they always border on annoying&#x2F;stressful. LookAway is easily the most finetuned app in this space.<p>- It turns itself off outside business hours.<p>- It has a thoughtfully designed heads-up notification that can&#x27;t be confused with system notifications.<p>- It disables itself during meetings &amp; videos.<p>- It waits for you to finish typing.<p>- When entering the break screen, there is 5 second cooldown before you can skip it, preventing you from skipping it out of habit.

Deal breaker for me would be to get interrupted during meetings or even worse when I&#x27;m screen sharing.

The idea and intention of lookaway seems good, I have several back problems always being on the pc and this app could help me but the site is very confusing. Maybe a video would help to understand exactly how it works. Thanks

I created an hourly reminder using the Reminder app for such functionality and it works for me.

Idk if it’s just me but none of the media on the homepage is loading