FFXIV did a very good job of adding in timers for each of the various buffs (or debuffs) that one may have inflicting them. I think it would be a great idea to add this element into FFXI. It would help with knowing the time remaining on each buff individually and could help all sorts of jobs with their various endeavors within Vana'diel.

The main reason I am providing the idea is that the use of some 3rd party software is illegal. If they added this, it could reduce the amount of individuals who use any type of 3rd party software.