I switched to grid recently and i'm quite satisfied with it. The one thing I can't set up are timers.
I want to have timers counting down to zero on my Icons. There are options *time left* in the Status options but when I check everything nothing happens. Icons are there but their timers aren't. I tried to add text on the icon position but nothing.
Install OmniCC, make one Group solely for Grid -> Display -> Minimum Size to display text = 0. Voila, you will have timers and you can even change the font and stuff.