Feature request - extend timer options to other modes
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 7:55 am
There are 3 different areas of the menu system that I am thinking about in this feature request:
(1) When you choose "Timer..." there is a section in the middle of the resulting dialog box that gives LOTS of options what to do when the timer runs out
(2) When you choose "Timer..." there is a section at the bottom of the resulting dialog box t hat gives a few options of what to do when the timer counts down past a certain point
(3) The other 2 modes (Clock and Stopwatch)
While I completely understand that the timer running down to zero is a very special case and is probably the most common usage that people will use (i.e., the options that exist in #1 above) I want to make a case that all of those options should be incorporated into #2 (but in a different location in the menu) and be available both for count-down timer and stopwatch and clock modes.
The new menu option would be something like "Time-Activated Actions..." or "Alarm Actions..." or something like that.
The current interface for (2) is a bit awkward and probably needs re-thinking. So why not re-think it in a bigger picture by making it so that any of the options available in (1) can be activated at a certain time (the only thing that has to be added is whether the time was passed going up or going down and then the "count up" option has to be changed to "reverse direction of time count" or else add a "count down" action.
(1) When you choose "Timer..." there is a section in the middle of the resulting dialog box that gives LOTS of options what to do when the timer runs out
(2) When you choose "Timer..." there is a section at the bottom of the resulting dialog box t hat gives a few options of what to do when the timer counts down past a certain point
(3) The other 2 modes (Clock and Stopwatch)
While I completely understand that the timer running down to zero is a very special case and is probably the most common usage that people will use (i.e., the options that exist in #1 above) I want to make a case that all of those options should be incorporated into #2 (but in a different location in the menu) and be available both for count-down timer and stopwatch and clock modes.
The new menu option would be something like "Time-Activated Actions..." or "Alarm Actions..." or something like that.
The current interface for (2) is a bit awkward and probably needs re-thinking. So why not re-think it in a bigger picture by making it so that any of the options available in (1) can be activated at a certain time (the only thing that has to be added is whether the time was passed going up or going down and then the "count up" option has to be changed to "reverse direction of time count" or else add a "count down" action.