- It shows everyone in the room what the round is, how much time is left, and what board they should be on.
- It uses giant letter so the screen is easy to read from across the room.
- It can make a verbal announcement telling users when it is time to move to the next round.
- The tournament director can add time to rounds or skip forward to keep pace with how people are playing.
- And it is written as a simple web-page, so any computer with a web browser can use it without installing any special software.
I know that there are other tools around that do similar things, but I don't think any of them can be run as easily as loading a web page.
If anyone wants to check it out or try it in your club, I would be interested in your thoughts. You can use the timer by going to timer.bridgelife.net. (I haven't tested it on many different computer or browsers, so if you have trouble running it let me know.)