Wrong icon metaphor to stop a timer

[mbridon]

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Affected app version

1.4.0

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 15 /e/os 3.2-a15-20251022539003-official-FP6

Affected device model

Fairphone 6

How did you install the app?

F-Droid / IzzyOnDroid

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Start a timer, and wait for it to run down
2. Observe the stop icon:

This looks like an icon for restarting the timer, which is why I clicked it the first time, but instead it just stopped the timer alarm. To restart it you need to click the "play" icon:

Expected behavior

I suppose either the "stop" action should use the traditional "stop" icon, which is usually a square, or as it is for stopping the alarm maybe an alarm clock icon? 🤔

Actual behavior

In any case, using what looks like a "restart" icon to stop the alarm sound seems like the wrong metaphor... 😕

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[naveensingh]

I think it's more of a matter of getting used to it. Different timer apps use different icons for this.

In any case, using what looks like a "restart" icon to stop the alarm sound seems like the wrong metaphor... 😕

The current icon is designed to communicate "replay". I'm changing it to use the same icon as Google Clock.

[Aga-C]

It should also be changed for the stopwatch.

[naveensingh]

Yeah, I'm updating all of them.

[mbridon]

Hmm, that Google icon is named "restart-alt", and that does seem to have exactly the same metaphor as the current one: it allows restarting the expired timer, which it doesn't as it merely stops the ringing of the alarm. 😕

This is what I would expect to mean "stop":

Alternatively, the "do not disturb" icon could work, as in stop the alarm so as to not disturb the user (although that's a bit far-fetched I admit):

But then this seems to apply even better: "timer off":

[mbridon]

Or even better, the "alarm off" icon:

[naveensingh]

None of those icons fit well here. They would be more misleading than the current one. The stop icon might seem like a good choice, but it's not, because stopping isn't the same as resetting, and here the button does a reset.

[mbridon]

The button just ends up stopping the alarm though... 😕