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iOS 26.1: Bring Back the Tap-to-Stop Alarm Button

Am I the only one who still has the tap to stop button, even after the 26.1 update? On 16 Pro...it just didn't change for me. Odd. I always thought though, the tap to stop alarm, is ideal but the Snooze should be a slider...so less people snooze? I know "snoozing" is a problem for some people who snooze one or two too many times.
 
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Reaching over when half-asleep and maybe eyes closed, more likely to accidently hit the bottom button while wanting to hit the one above. What is worse, tapping stop when you wanted to sleep a few minutes more or tapping snooze when you decided to stop and get up?

So, just keep tap-to-stop but flip them with snooze on the bottom. Maybe even seperate them more.
 
nt5672 said:
It takes a weak person to have to rely on snooze. Why not just set your alarm for a few minutes later and get up when it goes off? Ahh, I forgot about alcohol and drugs.

Me, I just want the damn thing off. I have no use for the slider.
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I just signed in to laugh at how asinine this comment is. Have a great day my friend.
 
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I find it interesting that if you snooze the alarm and then check your lock screen before it goes off again, you can still turn off the snoozed alarm with a single tap, even with slide to stop enabled. It seems like another inconsistent interface element to me, and I'm a little surprised nobody else has commented on it.

(Well... in this thread, anyway; I have no idea if it's been mentioned in the other threads about this feature.)
 
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So they allow you to revert to what you are used to (and yes, what else does that do? - a question not answered yet by anyone here).

When will they make it easy to revert from Liquid Glass and return to what you want? This at least gives me a glimmer of hope...
 
monkey6 said:
So they allow you to revert to what you are used to (and yes, what else does that do? - a question not answered yet by anyone here).

When will they make it easy to revert from Liquid Glass and return to what you want? This at least gives me a glimmer of hope...
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Correct. Liquid glass and the horrific laggy inconsistent UI-wide animations are hot garbage and the literal worst thing apple has ever made. #finalanswer
 
This slide to stop is (whether intended or not) a very nice nostalgic trip back to simpler times.

Like as if a dream.
 
An excellent UI improvement. Not surprised some will go non-linear about it, though.
 
cueball73 said:
Correct. Liquid glass and the horrific laggy inconsistent UI-wide animations are hot garbage and the literal worst thing apple has ever made. #finalanswer
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I, as a long-time Apple fan -- and likely, many other fans and critics alike -- would strongly disagree. Exhibit A would of course have to be the hockey puck mouse.

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Sure; many critics are going to call Glass just a poor attempt at cribbing and tweaking Microsoft's Aero interface... and not entirely without justification. But love 'em or hate 'em, Apple has unarguably had their fair share of fails, many of which I would argue are still much worse than Glass.

They've also had their fair share of wins. Kind'a falls into that whole "take the bad with the good" philosophy, I guess.
 
Can we disable the volume up and down buttons during an alarm? My muscle memory always hits those to turn it off.
 
nt5672 said:
It takes a weak person to have to rely on snooze. Why not just set your alarm for a few minutes later and get up when it goes off? Ahh, I forgot about alcohol and drugs.

Me, I just want the damn thing off. I have no use for the slider.
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I'm not sure there is a corralation between how someone uses the snooze button and how they use substances lol
 
iMac The Knife said:
Right!? I just get up when my alarm goes off. I'd have to do some research again, but if I remember correctly, studies have shown that hitting the snooze typically ends up being counter productive over waking up when your alarm goes off the first time.
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They had to do research to tell that someone that wakes up earlier is more productive?
 
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iMac The Knife said:
Here's a genius idea...how about letting people have two options to choose from:

Option 1: Tap to stop the alarm
Option 2: Slide to stop the alarm

Really, really tough stuff to figure out here!
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Isn't that already an option which this article is explaining how to change? Albeit I'm not sure what else it changes...
 
This whole thread is proof of the issues Apple is having now. There are some very valid points about which method is better, and in the past Apple would have already had this discussion internally and decided on the the "best" option before releasing it to the public. In fact they already did (someone on here claimed to be part of the original UX testing where they found the small button in the middle of the screen was best), but somehow they decided to change it for no good reason.

Now they're publicly flip-flopping between various options, none of which are the one they already tested and proved to be the best one.
 
kody137 said:
I'm not sure there is a corralation between how someone uses the snooze button and how they use substances lol
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I agree, but I also think that most people that use snooze are either hung over, lazy, just like lying to themselves, or are the forever victim.

I mean, it is not hard to set the alarm for the time you want to get up, then get up, at least for adults.
 
nt5672 said:
I agree, but I also think that most people that use snooze are either hung over, lazy, just like lying to themselves, or are the forever victim.

I mean, it is not hard to set the alarm for the time you want to get up, then get up, at least for adults.
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I think sometimes people just want a few more minutes I don't think it's that serious lol
 
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