Utility: Stopwatch with Multiple Timings Notepad

(Tested using IE6, IE7, Firefox 2 and Firefox 3)

NOTE: The time is displayed in the following format:
hours : minutes : seconds . hundreths of a second

GAME: With the stopwatch running, and clicking the button, see how many trys it takes you to get an even number of seconds, “12. 00:00:24.00” for example.

EXAMPLE: Suppose that you want to go to a track meet and record the timings of every runner at one or more of the races. This web page would make accomplishing this task relatively easy. The procedure is as follows:

Do once:

1. Save this web page onto your laptop computer’s desktop.

2. Double click the newly created “LLBest - Utility - Stopwatch with Multiple Timings Notepad” icon. This web page should then load from your laptop’s hard drive.

3. Add it to your “Favorites” list.

4. After making sure that the battery is charged, bring your laptop to the track meet.

5. Bring up this web page by selecting it from your list of “Favorites.”

Do for each race:

1. If the stopwatch is running, click the button to stop it.

2. If the notepad is not empty, click the button.

3. If the time displayed is not “00:00:00.00,” click the button.

4. Enter the number of runners into the ‘Number of timings to be noted using “alert” windows:’ text box.

5. Before the race begins, click the button.

6. At the “gun,” hit the spacebar.

7. As each runner crosses the finish line, hit the spacebar again.

8. “Copy/paste” the resultant list of timings into your text editor or word processor and save it using the name of the race as the file name.

9. Optionally, the name of each runner could be entered next to his timing.

NOTE: This web page was created using Notepad. Except for the background image file, the keyboard command JavaScript file, and the font / color data JavaScript file, it is completely self contained, and the absence of these three files will not cause any problems. Please feel free to save it to your hard drive using “File/Save as….” Double-click on the newly created “LLBest - Utility - Stopwatch with Multiple Timings Notepad” icon (“Stopwatch” icon for Firefox), and make it one of your “Favorites.” It will work perfectly even when you are no longer connected to the Internet, or, heaven forbid, when this web page is no longer available!

Questions, comments and suggestions are welcome.
Howard Best ()

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