Sixty seconds in the kitchen and beyond
Some kitchen steps take about a minute. You blanch a handful of greens for roughly sixty seconds, then move them to cold water. You let a pressed tortilla or a fried egg set for a minute before you flip it. You rest a small steak or a chicken breast for one minute before slicing. These are short jobs where a clock beats a glance at the stove.
The same length shows up away from the kitchen. A plank or wall sit often runs for one minute. A speech round can be a one minute slot. A reading sprint of one minute is a quick way to test your pace. A quiz section or a single exam question may get one minute. When the alarm sounds, you stop.
This timer works from your computer's clock, not by counting ticks. It reads the current time and compares it to the end time you set. That means it stays accurate when the tab is in the background or the device sleeps. The display refreshes several times a second. The alarm is a tone made in the browser, so nothing downloads. You can pick beeps, a chime, or silent with a flashing tab title. The tab title shows the time left, so you can read it from another tab. A running timer survives a page reload on the same page, because the end time is stored for that tab. Space starts and pauses. The full-screen button shows only the clock.