I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm

Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by elliekelly on Thursday September 17, 2020 @10:07AM (#24504790)

I recently sat through an hour-long "Continuing Legal Education" webinar and, in order to get CLE credit, they need to confirm you're paying attention. About 40 minutes in I got a pop-up with a 30 second timer: "Please confirm your attendance" with two buttons "yes" and "no".

Well I actually was paying attention to the presentation and I instinctively hit "no" so that I could see the content again.

Guess who didn't get credit for attending?

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by pfraze on Thursday September 17, 2020 @10:15AM (#24504873)

Why.... why would there be a no button

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by knodi123 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @11:10AM (#24505570)

It's like the old joke about the rookie cop who's too nervous to investigate a big spooky warehouse at night. He shouts into the darkness "is anybody here?"

A few seconds later, he hears a voice say "......no". So he relaxes with a sigh, and goes to report the all clear to his superior.

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by reading-at-work on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:23PM (#24506589)

That's pretty funny, and would be better without the old "blonde" trope. I forgot that was ever a thing.

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by knodi123 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:38PM (#24506792)

You think so? I thought joke culture says you need to pick a pre-approved reason to explain dumbness. I changed it to "rookie".

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by joubert on Thursday September 17, 2020 @10:36AM (#24505130)

Off the cuff, a better user experience altogether might be to prompt attendees afterwards to submit their biggest take-away, instead of a patronizing poke.

That way, not only does it confirm paying attention, but you can also get a signal of course effectiveness.

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by Allezxandre on Thursday September 17, 2020 @11:34AM (#24505906)

Proof-of-work really is a nice system

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by SilasX on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:14PM (#24507242)

If I had to guess, it's because the programmer couldn't find out (soon enough) how to do another kind of dialogue box and then went with the standard yes/no but then didn't look up how to handle "no" and assumed everyone would do "yes".

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by elliekelly on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:57PM (#24507811)

If I had to guess it's probably because not everyone attending the webinar needs CLE credits reported. I can imagine people intentionally selecting no if they're not an attorney or if they're licensed in a jurisdiction that doesn't require it.

Or perhaps it's to teach the most valuable CLE of all - too hasty a response risks a critical mistake. I can't even recall the specific topic of the webinar but I definitely learned a lesson!

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Re:I overslept because iOS 14 disabled my alarm by alxlaz on Thursday September 17, 2020 @11:43AM (#24506016)

To make sure you're paying attention and not just clicking buttons at random on the screen, of course!

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