Answer by simo for Closing the alarm window should snooze
After Sailfish OS Vaarainjärvi (update 10), there are 7 ways to snooze the alarm: 1. Short press of power button 2. Turning the phone upside down 3. pulley menu on top 4. -- 7. swipe from...
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My point was that maybe the app doesn't need to refuse to close. It would create a timer and then close. This is no different from an app for example saving its settings automatically before closing.
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@jgr: Are you sure that this cannot be implemented locally? I would imagine the app could start a timer when it receives a signal to quit or something like that. And when it comes to the meaning of the...
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@Neo: Thanks, didn't know that. But I don't think it will prevent me from closing the window every now and then.
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Although I voted this up, I rather want changed the way, you dismiss the alarm / start the snooze timer as stated here: https://together.jolla.com/question/8559/alarm-clock-alarm-unintuitive/. Then you...
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You know you can snooze the alarm by swiping left or right to home screen?
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Also, opening the clock application should reopen the alarm screen, so the alarm can be snoozed. Now, re-opening the clock application just shows the list of available alarms where you can...
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Of course, I do not know the code. But if an app could refuse to close when the OS requests the app to do so ... I do not think, this is something, an OS designer would want to accept. By the way: When...
View ArticleClosing the alarm window should snooze
When trying to snooze or dismiss an alarm while half-asleep, I sometimes accidentally close the alarm overlay window by swiping down. This doesn't silence the alarm; it just goes on. The alarm can be...
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