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vicolo-dev / chrono

A modern and powerful clock, alarms, timer and stopwatch app for Android!
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Snooze Confirmation Feature for Alarms #152

Open Tiberth opened 7 months ago

Tiberth commented 7 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Sometimes I miss my alarm because I instinctively turn it off and go back to sleep. It would be helpful to have a feature where the alarm requires a second interaction to turn off completely.

Describe the solution you'd like I would like to suggest adding a "Snooze Confirmation" feature to the timer app. This means that when the alarm goes off, instead of just turning it off with one tap, users would need to confirm the snooze action with a second tap, ensuring they are fully awake before dismissing the alarm. This feature should not replace the normal snooze function but rather be an option that users can set for specific alarms. Users should also be able to customize the duration of time they must confirm wakefulness before the alarm is dismissed completely.

Describe alternatives you've considered One alternative could be adding a longer snooze time, but I believe a "Snooze Confirmation" feature would be more effective in ensuring users are fully awake before dismissing the alarm.

Additional context This feature could greatly improve the user experience, especially for heavy sleepers or those prone to accidentally dismissing alarms.

And finally, I'd like to express my gratitude to you for this wonderful project. Thank you!

AhsanSarwar45 commented 6 months ago

Thanks for the suggestion. I have some questions though.

Are you talking about confirmation for just snoozing, or for dismissing as well? Because for dismissing, we already have option to add tasks. Maybe we can add support for tasks for snoozing as well? Also, maybe a task where you just have to press a button for a certain duration, in addition to the rest of the currently available tasks. Is this roughly what you are asking for?

Tiberth commented 6 months ago

Thank you for considering the suggestion. To clarify, the proposed feature involves adding a confirmation step for dismissing alarms. After either pressing the dismiss button or completing a task to turn off the alarm, users would have a delay, approximately 10 minutes, before receiving a confirmation prompt. Upon receiving the prompt, users would have approximately 5 minutes to confirm their wakefulness. If the user fails to confirm within this time frame, the alarm would reset, requiring dismissal again. This approach aims to prevent accidental dismissals followed by falling back asleep. If you need further clarification or have any questions, please let me know.

AhsanSarwar45 commented 6 months ago

Yup got it, thanks for clarifying. That sounds like an interesting and pretty useful feature, will definitely consider it.