Milo BRAND + INTERFACE SYSTEM V1.2
46TimeTime

A timer that stays out of the way.

Every task can carry a timer. While you work, the timer is a small disc and a number beside the clock — and when no timer runs, it is nothing at all. Click it and a small card drops down; click anywhere else and it is gone.

POP-UP · TIED TO THE RUNNING TIMERCARD 272 × 172 PXNO TIMER · 0 PXKEY SUPER + ALT + TSOURCE offline-os docs/TIMETIME-IN-OFFLINE.md
While you work46.1

A disc and the minutes left. Nothing else.

James, 2026-09-24: "Needs to be non-intrusive when being used." The bar item appears only while a timer runs, in the bar's own ink.

A sketch drawn with this site's tokens, not a capture. Past zero the item counts on ("+3m") in the dim ink — never red.

The card46.2

Five states, one small card.

The task's name, the time in the serif, one line in mono, and three buttons with one primary: Finished.

Running: the task name REPLY TO THE PRINT PRO… in small capitals with Stop at the right, a disc three quarters full, 18 min left in serif, ENDS 10:13 in mono, and buttons Pause, +5 and a filled Finished.
Running
Paused: STRETCH, a half disc, 7 min left, PAUSED, and buttons Resume, +5 and Finished.
Paused
Past zero: DRAFT THE BRIEF, an empty disc, +3 min, PAST THE TIME YOU GAVE IT, and buttons Pause, +5 and Finished. No red anywhere.
Past zero
No timer: TIMETIME, an empty circle, No timer, START ONE, OR START A TASK, and three buttons 5 min, 25 min, 45 min.
No timer
Done: No timer, then the line Done: Reply to the print proof, then send the i…, with Undo at the right.
Done · with Undo

Drawn offscreen by Qt on wkgd-macbook, 2026-09-26, at the product's own size. Product captures; copied from offline-os docs/evidence/timetime/.

Footprint46.3

A third of what it was.

Measured on the laptop's 1280 × 800 screen against the old panel that sat pinned over the bar.

4.6%

of the screen while a timer runs. The old panel covered 12.2%.

272 × 172

The card, in pixels. The old panel was 348 × 360 with a 140 px dial.

37%

of the old panel's area. It covers 21% of the width (was 27%).

offline-os docs/evidence/timetime/footprint.json, measured 2026-09-26 11:54.

Rules46.4

Tied to tasks, quiet at zero.

Starting a task starts its timer; finishing the timer finishes the task. No window opens and no sound plays.

  1. 01Started by a task — Start on Home, Today or a focused task starts the timer for that task and its estimate.
  2. 02Or by hand — the card's 5, 25 or 45 min, SUPER + ALT + T, or asking Milo: "start a 10 minute timer for writing".
  3. 03Finished finishes the task, then says "Done: …" with Undo.
  4. 04At zero, one note in Milo's words — "Time on 'Reply to the print proof'. Finished, or keep going?" — at low urgency.
  5. 05The card is a popover: it opens from the control that shows it and closes at a click outside it or on Escape. Nothing beneath moves.
  6. 06Made of the brand's pieces — Instrument Serif for the one statement, JetBrains Mono for the small lines, Inter on the buttons, square corners, one primary. The disc is the bar item's disc: one device, one meaning (34).
In the first run's tour
Frames from the tour's timer lesson, recorded with the small card: the bar item beside the clock, then the card dropped beneath it.
Tour stop · "Every task gets a timer."Product capture · offline-os 69d099e

The TimeTime app itself is not changed: offline has its own timer, TimeTime's clock ported. Not yet seen on the live laptop screen — drawn and measured offscreen (source: "Not verified").

REF: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/popovers · https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/live-activities · https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/the-menu-bar