Re:How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
by d_j_b on Monday July 14, 2014 @08:56AM
(#8030632)
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 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...
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Re:How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
by kgermino on Monday July 14, 2014 @09:15AM
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Android user here, but I like the "select active days" option. I'm able to set a standing alarm for 6:30 on weekdays without having to turn it on/off for the weekends. If I want a one off alarm I use voice commands and a little popup gives me a sanity check "7 hours, 8 minutes from now"
Re:How every smartphone platform gets the alarm clock wrong
by masklinn on Monday July 14, 2014 @09:56AM
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Likewise, never had any issue and being able to set up different alarms on weekdays and weekends is really nice, I've no interest waking up at 6AM on weekends but have to do so on weekdays. And disabling the alarm puts me at high risk of not remembering to enable it again.