Eye Bar

Eye Bar is an simple and easy to understand piece of software whose main aim resides in helping you perform various actions more quickly, for instance run Notepad or perform Google searches.

Upon installation, the application displays a retractable bar in the upper left corner of your desktop, which can be minimized or closed when needed.

While Eye Bar does not feature a main window per say, it allows you to lock your  screen, so no action can be executed, or hide it from people sitting next to you, when you leave your desk, preventing them from seeing what you were doing.

The program comprises a set of default tools, which you cannot customize in any way, not in terms of position on the bar, nor in what concerns the application that they run when clicked.

The lock icon allows you to freeze your  screen in the current state, preventing any mouse or keyboard action from having an effect; this can be stopped by closing the program itself, with the Alt+F4 key combination.

Moreover, Eye Bar lets you create notes in Notepad and save them to your computer, in an unusual interface, which features the same functions as the Windows tool. The search icon in Eye Bar lets you look up various things on Google, while the next two icons let you  display broken glass effects of varying degree on your  computer screen screen.

Other functions include the ability to log off your account with a button press as well as explore the web via an integrated browser. Similarly, you can view the calendar, in order to make plans.

To conclude, Eye Bar is an interesting program which can prove fairly handy in facilitating access to certain functions, but its lack of customization options or the ability to decide for yourself what tools to launch, indicate that it is still undergoing development.