While we’re all worrying about viruses, trojans and spyware, there might be another type of danger that is going unnoticed as we use our computers – our eyes. All those hours staring at a screen can have a terrible effect on our vision. Most of us already know that we should take a break every now and again, but how many of us actually remember to do it?

If you’re in need of a little help, EyeDefender might be the reminder you need. It’s controlled almost entirely from the taskbar. You’ll decide how often you want to take a break and how long the break should be – both of these are completely customizable – and then you just have to choose what happens while you’re taking the break.

This is where EyeDefender really comes into its own. You can chose the most low-key option, a pop-up in the system tray, or something slightly more obvious – your default screensaver, a folder of your own photos, EyeDefender’s default photo or a series of eye exercises. These exercises are very simple, but provide effective relief from the glare of the screen. You can disable the rest period with the ESC button if you need to, or just wait until the time is up. Not everybody thinks thet need an eye relaxation program, but if you do, EyeDefender is a great option.

EyeDefender is a lightweight Windows application built specifically for reminding you to take breaks from the computer in order to rest your eyes.

Its purpose is to help you prevent health problems, such as Computer Vision Syndrome and Repetitive Strain Injury, that may appear in case you spend a lot of time in front of the computer without taking the necessary breaks.

This unobtrusive tool runs quietly in the system tray until called upon when it reveals several configuration settings to tinker with.

EyeDefender gives you the possibility to set the time interval between the breaks and enter the break duration.

What’s more, you can set up the notification parameters and make the program create a slideshow using the pictures from a user-defined folder, specifying the slide duration, and applying transition effects, display some training exercises useful for relaxing your eyes, activate a default screensaver, or show a popup balloon in the system tray.

Last but not least, you can make the utility run at Windows startup and set up a master password for making sure other users cannot modify the application’s settings or uninstall it.

During our testing we have noticed that EyeDefender carries out a task very quickly and without errors. It leaves a minimal footprint on system resources, so the overall performance of the computer is not affected.

All in all, EyeDefender offers a handy set of parameters when it comes to helping you display different types of notifications when it’s time to take a break for relaxing your eyes. Thanks to its intuitive layout, it is suitable for rookies and professionals alike.

Eye Defender, as its name suggests, is a simple tool that works as a reminder, designed to prevent the so-called “Visual Computer Syndrome” (CVS) as a result of working in front of the computer for hours.

Among other symptoms, Computer Visual Syndrome includes eye strain, blurred vision, delayed focus, headaches, back and neck pain, sensitivity to light, distorted color vision and heaviness and eye pain. You can eliminate all these symptoms using Eye Defender. Program and set how many minutes you want to take a break, and the duration of the break.

So that Eye Defender notifies you when you should start the next pause, you can indicate that you do it through an image that opens on the screen, start a small visual training, activate the screensaver that you have set as default, or a small balloon in Pop-up form in the system tray.If you work many hours in front of the PC (like me), then a good, healthy advice is to take a rest at determined intervals. This program, as its name suggests, is specially focused on taking care of our eyes. It will remind you to take a break and relax your eyes showing you pictures or making you do visual exercises.
EyeDefender is a simple program that, personally, I recommend you to download, specially if your job consists in working many hours a day in front of your PC. Once you’ve installed it on your system, the program will be available through an icon on the system tray. Making a click on the context menu, you can change some options on the settings window, for example, set the interval minutes between breaks, or set the break duration in minutes, according to your convenience.
Besides, for relaxing your eyes, you can select to show images from a determined folder on your PC, start a visual training exercise, or activate your default screen saver. Also, if you want, the program will only show a small pop up window on the system tray.