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8 Using the Attention Manager
Subtle alarms
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The Reminders list screen displays three buttons that are used to respond to all of the
items in the list:
For more detail, see “Understanding the blinking alarm indicator” below.
Subtle alarms
Some applications provide a visual, and an optional audible indication, but do not
otherwise disrupt your workflow. Subtle alarms do not display a Reminders screen.
Instead, a blinking indicator will flash in the upper left corner of the title bar (in
applications that allow it) when an alarm is activated.
Understanding the blinking alarm indicator
A blinking alarm indicator appears in the upper left corner of the screen in the menu
bar (in applications that allow it) under the following conditions:
• While viewing a Reminders dialog screen, you tap the Done or the Snooze
button.
• A subtle alarm is present.
The indicator appears in three different states:
• Off. The indicator is not shown at all when the list is empty.
• Blinking, two states: When the list is not empty and there are no new
items, the “star” indicator will blink on and off until the list has been
emptied.
Snooze Puts the Reminders list screen to sleep for five minutes. After this
time interval, the Reminders list screen is displayed again. You
can go directly to the Reminders list screen without waiting, by
tapping the blinking alarm indicator.
Done If the Reminders list appeared because of more than one
insistent alarm, tapping Done closes the Reminders list screen,
although the events will remain in the application that created
them. The Reminders list screen will not appear again, unless you
tap the blinking alarm indicator in the menu bar.
If the Reminders list appeared after you tapped the Snooze
button, then tapped the blinking alarm indicator, then tapped
the Done button, thereminder continue to snooze.
Clear All Removes all the items from the list, but does not close the
Reminders screen. Tap this button to erase a list of events that
have passed.