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+1 I almost just bought this when I realized, "Wait, where will this thing be the whole time the tree is growing?". A menu option or something would be good fo

+1 I almost just bought this when I realized, "Wait, where will this thing be the whole time the tree is growing?". A menu option or something would be good for me, since I have 3-4 apps (Firefox, Sublime Text 3, Terminal, and iTunes) in full screen mode all day and I don't want a fractal tree growing in a full screen app or on my left-most desktop. BTW (related to a comment below), the music is one of the reasons I almost bought the app. For me, that kind of music wins every time. It made the whole experience more awe inspiring and mystical (or something), which identified with the kinds of things I tend to like in this context.

binaryapparatus 11y ago
Hi mangeletti. Colleague of mine uses single crowded monitor, similar to what you are doing. He leaves Zen Timer in the background, occasionally glancing at tree growth to get an idea about time left. I prefer two monitors of course. Both are valid ways to use the app. It is ten minute job (plus MAS review time) to make menu bar timer but that didn't seem as 'zen' to us. However let's discuss that (if you want use contact form on our site), it is easy to add on/off option for that.
- mangeletti 11y ago
  Shoot! I actually just went to buy it (you had me sold with your quick reply) and found that it requires 10.9+ :( I'm on Mountain Lion with both of my MacBook Pros. I won't be upgrading until I sell these and buy a new one (which will be at least a couple months - waiting for El Capitan, as I've heard too many nightmare stories about Yosemite). In the meantime, your eagerness to connect (e.g., via HN this morning) with your customers is going to help you greatly. I'd definitely add the menu option, if it's easy, but make sure it's polished and looks great on a Retina model (Mac users have grown accustomed to helpful menu items on apps like this).
  - binaryapparatus 11y ago
    Thanks for your kind words. Sorry to hear that you can't try it out immediately. Among other things it was an exercise in writing Swift code and Swift requires 10.9 as minimum. We would like to support few older OS versions but Apple says no.

binaryapparatus 11y ago

Hi mangeletti. Colleague of mine uses single crowded monitor, similar to what you are doing. He leaves Zen Timer in the background, occasionally glancing at tree growth to get an idea about time left. I prefer two monitors of course. Both are valid ways to use the app. It is ten minute job (plus MAS review time) to make menu bar timer but that didn't seem as 'zen' to us. However let's discuss that (if you want use contact form on our site), it is easy to add on/off option for that.

mangeletti 11y ago
Shoot! I actually just went to buy it (you had me sold with your quick reply) and found that it requires 10.9+ :( I'm on Mountain Lion with both of my MacBook Pros. I won't be upgrading until I sell these and buy a new one (which will be at least a couple months - waiting for El Capitan, as I've heard too many nightmare stories about Yosemite). In the meantime, your eagerness to connect (e.g., via HN this morning) with your customers is going to help you greatly. I'd definitely add the menu option, if it's easy, but make sure it's polished and looks great on a Retina model (Mac users have grown accustomed to helpful menu items on apps like this).
- binaryapparatus 11y ago
  Thanks for your kind words. Sorry to hear that you can't try it out immediately. Among other things it was an exercise in writing Swift code and Swift requires 10.9 as minimum. We would like to support few older OS versions but Apple says no.