diff --git a/ecorexx/include/ecorexx/EcoreTimer.h b/ecorexx/include/ecorexx/EcoreTimer.h
index 68eda4b..e97e2dc 100644
--- a/ecorexx/include/ecorexx/EcoreTimer.h
+++ b/ecorexx/include/ecorexx/EcoreTimer.h
@@ -11,21 +11,41 @@ namespace efl {
 
 class EcoreTimer
 {
-  typedef sigc::signal<void,EcoreTimer*> Signal;
-  typedef sigc::slot1<void,EcoreTimer*> Slot;
+  typedef sigc::signal <void,EcoreTimer*> Signal;
+  typedef sigc::signal <void,EcoreTimer*> Loop;
+  typedef sigc::slot1  <void,EcoreTimer*> Slot;
 
 public:
   EcoreTimer( double seconds, bool singleshot = false );
   virtual ~EcoreTimer();
 
-  virtual void tick();
-  void setInterval( double );
+  //virtual void tick();
 
-  static EcoreTimer* singleShot( double seconds, const EcoreTimer::Slot& );
+  static EcoreTimer* singleShot( double seconds, const EcoreTimer::Slot& ); // TODO: CountedPtr
+  
+  void del ();
+  
+  void setInterval (double interval);
+  
+  double getInterval ();
+  
+  void freeze ();
+  
+  void thaw ();
+  
+  void delay (double add);
+  
+  double getPending ();
 
+  static double getPrecision ();
+    
+  static void setPrecision (double precision);
+
+  
 public: /* signals */
   EcoreTimer::Signal timeout;
-
+  EcoreTimer::Loop loop;
+  
 private:
   Ecore_Timer* _et;
   bool _ss;
@@ -35,4 +55,4 @@ private:
 
 } // end namespace efl
 
-#endif // ECORETIMER_H
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // ECORETIMER_H
diff --git a/ecorexx/src/EcoreTimer.cpp b/ecorexx/src/EcoreTimer.cpp
index 3ba80e6..1b6d52b 100644
--- a/ecorexx/src/EcoreTimer.cpp
+++ b/ecorexx/src/EcoreTimer.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ EcoreTimer::EcoreTimer( double seconds, bool singleshot )
 {
   Dout( dc::notice, "EcoreTimer::EcoreTimer() - current frequency is " << seconds );
   _et = ecore_timer_add( seconds, &EcoreTimer::__dispatcher, this );
+  
+  // TODO: find out why to use this function and the difference between ecore_time_get() and ecore_loop_time_get()
+  //ecore_timer_loop_add (double in, int (*func) (void *data), const void *data);
 }
 
 EcoreTimer::~EcoreTimer()
@@ -28,22 +31,62 @@ EcoreTimer* EcoreTimer::singleShot( double seconds, const EcoreTimer::Slot& slot
   return ecoretimer;
 }
 
-void EcoreTimer::setInterval( double seconds )
+void EcoreTimer::del ()
 {
-  ecore_timer_interval_set( _et, seconds );
+  assert (ecore_timer_del (_et));
 }
 
-void EcoreTimer::tick()
+void EcoreTimer::setInterval (double seconds)
+{
+  ecore_timer_interval_set (_et, seconds);
+}
+  
+double EcoreTimer::getInterval ()
+{
+  return ecore_timer_interval_get (_et);
+}
+
+void EcoreTimer::freeze ()
+{
+  ecore_timer_freeze (_et);
+}
+
+void EcoreTimer::thaw ()
+{
+  ecore_timer_thaw (_et);
+}
+
+void EcoreTimer::delay (double add)
+{
+  ecore_timer_delay (_et, add);
+}
+
+double EcoreTimer::getPending ()
+{
+  return ecore_timer_pending_get (_et);
+}
+
+double EcoreTimer::getPrecision ()
+{
+  return ecore_timer_precision_get ();
+}
+
+void EcoreTimer::setPrecision (double precision)
+{
+  ecore_timer_precision_set (precision);
+}
+
+/*void EcoreTimer::tick()
 {
   Dout( dc::notice, "EcoreTimer[ " << this << " ]::tick()" );
-}
+}*/
 
 int EcoreTimer::__dispatcher( void* data )
 {
   EcoreTimer* object = reinterpret_cast<EcoreTimer*>( data );
   assert( object );
   object->timeout.emit( object );
-  object->tick();
+  //object->tick();
   bool singleshot = object->_ss;
   if ( singleshot ) delete object;
   return singleshot? 0:1;
diff --git a/edjexx/include/edjexx/EdjeEdit.h b/edjexx/include/edjexx/EdjeEdit.h
index 7e35230..0d2d628 100644
--- a/edjexx/include/edjexx/EdjeEdit.h
+++ b/edjexx/include/edjexx/EdjeEdit.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace efl {
   
 /**
  * @todo port to EFLxx!
+ * @todo return error states with Exceptions?
  * @file
  * @brief Functions to deal with edje internal object. Don't use in standard
  * situations. The use of any of the edje_edit_* functions can break your
diff --git a/eflxx_examples/src/elementaryxx/full/test_progressbar.cpp b/eflxx_examples/src/elementaryxx/full/test_progressbar.cpp
index 658be6f..7eba04f 100644
--- a/eflxx_examples/src/elementaryxx/full/test_progressbar.cpp
+++ b/eflxx_examples/src/elementaryxx/full/test_progressbar.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ typedef struct Progressbar
   ElmProgressbar *pb6;
   ElmProgressbar *pb7;
   bool run;
-  Ecore_Timer *timer; // TODO: port to EcoreTimer
+  EcoreTimer *timer;
 } Progressbar;
 
 static Progressbar _test_progressbar;
 
-static int _my_progressbar_value_set (void *data)
+static void _my_progressbar_value_set (EcoreTimer *timer)
 {
   double progress;
 
@@ -32,20 +32,16 @@ static int _my_progressbar_value_set (void *data)
     progress = 0.0;
   }
   
-  
   _test_progressbar.pb1->setValue (progress);
   _test_progressbar.pb4->setValue (progress);
   _test_progressbar.pb3->setValue (progress);
   _test_progressbar.pb6->setValue (progress);
   
-  if (progress < 1.0)
+  if (progress > 1.0)
   {
-    return ECORE_CALLBACK_RENEW;
+    _test_progressbar.run = false;
+    timer->del ();
   }
-  
-  _test_progressbar.run = false;
-
-  return ECORE_CALLBACK_CANCEL;
 }
 
 static void my_progressbar_test_start (Evas_Object *obj, void *event_info)
@@ -56,7 +52,8 @@ static void my_progressbar_test_start (Evas_Object *obj, void *event_info)
   
   if (!_test_progressbar.run)
   {
-    _test_progressbar.timer = ecore_timer_add (0.1, _my_progressbar_value_set, NULL);
+    _test_progressbar.timer = new EcoreTimer (0.1);
+    _test_progressbar.timer->timeout.connect (sigc::ptr_fun (&_my_progressbar_value_set));
     _test_progressbar.run = true;
   }
 }
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ static void my_progressbar_test_stop (Evas_Object *obj, void *event_info)
    
   if (_test_progressbar.run)
   {
-     ecore_timer_del(_test_progressbar.timer);
+     _test_progressbar.timer->del ();
      _test_progressbar.run = false;
   }
 }