@Robie, that's a great idea. I have appended it to the bug description to ensure we don't forget it.
** Description changed: I'm greatly missing timers from the clock app. In Android I use them all the time for fixed time periods (laundry/bread/cooking/tea is ready, etc.), and it's rather inconvenient to have to create a gazillion alarms at a fixed time for these. I'm not sure why they got removed, but could we have them back please? Thanks for considering! - Before we will implement this we need to fix: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1480200 + + -- Additional feature request, + I have a UX request when setting the timer. In addition to setting the time remaining until it expires (as you'd expect), I'd like to also switch to the ability to setting the clock time that I want it to expire. This would be very similar to setting an alarm of course, but the alarm setting UI is geared towards persistent alarms, not ephemeral ones. + + Example use case: there's a one-off thing I need to do at 2pm. I could + set an alarm for 2pm by adding a new alarm, and then going in and + deleting the alarm after it has rung but this is tedious. Alternatively + I could calculate the time until 2pm myself and then quickly set a timer + for that length of time. This way there is no alarm to delete after it + has expired. I'd like to just go to the timer section and add a timer to + ring at 2pm by toggling to an "ETA" display instead of "time remaining" + and setting it from there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427566 Title: [Clock][UX] Add timers functionality Status in Indicator Date and Time: New Status in Ubuntu Clock App: Triaged Status in Ubuntu UX: Triaged Status in indicator-datetime package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm greatly missing timers from the clock app. In Android I use them all the time for fixed time periods (laundry/bread/cooking/tea is ready, etc.), and it's rather inconvenient to have to create a gazillion alarms at a fixed time for these. I'm not sure why they got removed, but could we have them back please? Thanks for considering! Before we will implement this we need to fix: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1480200 -- Additional feature request, I have a UX request when setting the timer. In addition to setting the time remaining until it expires (as you'd expect), I'd like to also switch to the ability to setting the clock time that I want it to expire. This would be very similar to setting an alarm of course, but the alarm setting UI is geared towards persistent alarms, not ephemeral ones. Example use case: there's a one-off thing I need to do at 2pm. I could set an alarm for 2pm by adding a new alarm, and then going in and deleting the alarm after it has rung but this is tedious. Alternatively I could calculate the time until 2pm myself and then quickly set a timer for that length of time. This way there is no alarm to delete after it has expired. I'd like to just go to the timer section and add a timer to ring at 2pm by toggling to an "ETA" display instead of "time remaining" and setting it from there. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-datetime/+bug/1427566/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
