https://github.com/midnight-wonderer/google-timer

The archive of Google Timer
https://github.com/midnight-wonderer/google-timer

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The archive of Google Timer

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/midnight-wonderer/google-timer
• Owner: midnight-wonderer
• Created: 2023-03-26T06:48:23.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-03-26T11:34:25.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-06T20:05:00.896Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: HTML
• Size: 1.15 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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# GoogleTimer

## How to access?

The widget [lives here](https://google-timer.slime.systems/).

Hosted by GitHub Pages, bookmarking is a good idea; the domain is somewhat hard to remember.

## What is it?

Google's timer is a widget written by Google; normally, you can access it by [googling "timer"](https://www.google.com/search?q=timer).

GoogleTimer, the project you are looking at, is the ripping of Google's timer out of Google.

## Why?

I use the widget regularly and like it very much, but [that one time](https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/1/23286876/google-built-in-timer-stopwatch-disappeared-broken-bug) Google pulled the plug by mistake, making it inaccessible for an extended period.

I wonder if I can rip the widget and host it elsewhere, and here we go. Chrome would do most of the work; I patch some code to prevent errors, and it runs.

## Benefits

* This can be a backup when we cannot access the official one.

* Clutter-free experience; just the widget, no fluff.

## License

Google owns Google's timer; I believe I can host it under fair use. If they mind, they probably will send their legal team after this repository. I don't think that is the case, though.