How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
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How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
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Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#2Interesting observation but why should you just closely model the physical inspiration when creating applications for screens? Snooze is actually not very helpful even though it feels good in that very moment [1]
[1] http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/06/health/upwave-snooze-butto... (I'm sure you can find better sources)
Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#3What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on.
Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!
Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#4What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!
The default android clock app will give you a notification about an upcoming alarm, and give you the option to dismiss it in advance (once of course) without having to open it.
Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#5What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!
You leave my shower alone!
Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#6Interesting observation but why should you just closely model the physical inspiration when creating applications for screens? Snooze is actually not very helpful even though it feels good in that very moment [1] [1] http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/06/health/upwave-snooze-butto... (I'm sure you can find better sources)
Definitely a good point -- however, that article leans more toward the elimination of the snooze function entirely. (Which may indeed be advantageous for sleep!)
If they do choose to include a snooze button, though, I'd prefer they get it right.
Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#7What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!
That annoys me too! Maybe that can be in part 2 of the article :-)
Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#8iOS gets this really wrong. More than once I've accidentally swiped it to 'off' in an effort to hit the snooze button, then slumbered on for an hour. And then there's the fact that to disable the alarm during a snooze period, you have to go into the clock app and manually switch it off, which is a pain. And don't get me started on the pointless complexity of the 'Which days would you like this alarm on' feature - the price of failing to pay attention to that arcane option is that nobody will ever arrange to meet you on a Saturday morning ever again...
Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#9Interesting observation but why should you just closely model the physical inspiration when creating applications for screens? Snooze is actually not very helpful even though it feels good in that very moment [1] [1] http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/06/health/upwave-snooze-butto... (I'm sure you can find better sources)
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Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
#10What annoys me most is hitting snooze by mistake, you then have to open the clock app to toggle it off and on. Otherwise you alarm goes off while you are in the shower, resulting in angry wife!
This is my problem with snooze functionality. Not very often would I actually like to snooze. I'd prefer to eliminate the option as a whole and simply set my alarm back for N minutes if I decide to sleep longer that morning.
That also helps a little with the problem of snap decision making that happens so often when it comes to how many times to hit snooze. If you actually have to think about how much longer you can sleep and set an alarm for it, then you're a lot more likely to make a good choice.