I played with the new timer today and it was very nice. We played 10, 8, 20 and it worked pretty much as I had hoped. No doubt we played faster than usual. I had 14 min to spare when we saved at 132. I would like to see the option about "timer starting when player presses enter" back though. Its important that we can stop the time somehow. Also it would be nice if it is possible to stop the time somehow after a load to give the players time to remember their situation without the time running for one of them.
All in all its a great step forward. Thank you very much.