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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

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Post by Kiro »

So I have an alarm clock where it's the other way around - the snooze button is tiny and badly placed compared to the alarm button.

I don't have a problem accidentally turning the alarm off. I do however have a problem snoozing too many times and I've found that having a snooze button that requires some effort instead of just smashing the clock reduces the drowsiness between snoozes.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by gr3yh47 »

yeahhh.... how about one where you tap anywhere on the screen to snooze, but have to swipe to turn it off?

They had it in an old android ICS custom rom i was using, but it's easy enough to find and download one that does the same thing. If you don't like your alarm clock, customize it instead of complaining about it on HN.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by scjody »

I also find the Android alarm to be not nearly persistent enough. The clock radio I have at home goes off until you turn it off or snooze it - for hours if needed. But the Android alarm stops after a few minutes, and I've slept through it many times. (Doesn't help that it's quieter too.)

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by zperrault »

Sleep Cycle, a sleep tracking alarm clock for iOS, uses the accelerometer to implement snooze with a smack of the phone (while it is on your bed), while the alarm off is the de facto slide to the right. I think this is about the best phone alarm clock I've used for this feature alone. It is so similar to interacting with a regular alarm clock.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by f055 »

Erm.. Clicking any physical button on iPhone will snooze the alarm. Swiping will turn it off. I always click without looking, never ever had the same problems as the author. They probably should remove touch snooze completely, and just rely on click snooze. Maybe then it wouldn't be confusing.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by 0x0 »

d_j_b wrote: post #8

iOS 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…

If you press the hardware volume button, it will also snooze. Much easier to perform with your eyes closed :)

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by d_j_b »

0x0 wrote: post #16
d_j_b wrote: post #8

iOS 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…

If you press the hardware volume button, it will also snooze. Much easier to perform with your eyes closed :)

ah, thanks! will try to remember that. seems to go some way to answering the original article's point, too.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by FreakyT »

gr3yh47 wrote: post #12

yeahhh.... how about one where you tap anywhere on the screen to snooze, but have to swipe to turn it off? They had it in an old android ICS custom rom i was using, but it's easy enough to find and download one that does the same thing. If you don't like your alarm clock, customize it instead of complaining about it on HN.

Did you read to the end of the article? I love Timely, which is what I use. I'm just saying that it's high time that stock alarm clocks work this way as well.

Re: How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong

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Post by FreakyT »

f055 wrote: post #15

Erm.. Clicking any physical button on iPhone will snooze the alarm. Swiping will turn it off. I always click without looking, never ever had the same problems as the author. They probably should remove touch snooze completely, and just rely on click snooze. Maybe then it wouldn't be confusing.

Thanks for letting me know! I'll update the article to reflect that new piece of info :-)
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