The Timer in watchOS 10 • furbo.org
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The new visual appearance and functionality of watchOS 10 is a welcome change. There was clearly a lot of design and engineering effort put into this new interface and the improvements are tangible for most apps. Unfortunately, the app that I use the most on the Apple Watch has lost much of its usability, both […]
  • HangingFruit@czech-lemmy.eu
    7·
    9 months ago

    I’m also not a fan of the redesign, but you can always voice activate/dismiss it? Which is perfect scenario for when your hands are dirty.

    Maybe I missed something in the article and this option is not viable for the writer.

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOP
      3·
      9 months ago

      Author talks specifically about professional cooks that are not able to do that because of noise. It’s an interesting perspective since it sounds like previous Timer iterations were quite transformative to mundane part of that profession.

  • sleepmode@lemmy.world
    61·
    9 months ago

    One of the few things I use Siri for is set timers when cooking. I have a very basic iWatch and it’s just a fumble fest for my clumsy ass trying to do anything with my giant hands. So I yell at it instead. Works oddly well. But yeah, would be nice if it wasn’t so clunky and obviously this isn’t always feasible in a loud kitchen.