How to use the online alarm clock
Breaking away from unfinished paperwork or a household job at 10:30 am gives you a clear cue to get ready for a magistrates’ court hearing. The alarm marks the point when the task in front of you must pause, leaving the half-hour before 11:00 am for gathering documents, checking the route and leaving without a last-minute scramble.
While court papers or travel details remain open elsewhere, this alarm page may sit in a background browser tab. Browsers sometimes reduce activity on pages that are no longer visible, so keeping this one active near the alarm time makes its signal more dependable. Do not treat it as the only safeguard for a hearing: closing the browser session or allowing the phone or computer to sleep can prevent the sound, leaving you without the cue to stop what you are doing.
Because 10:30 am falls in a busy part of the morning, a loud signal may also interrupt someone working, sleeping after a night shift or taking a call elsewhere in the house. A moderate volume, paired with vibration where available, can mark your departure point without startling everyone nearby. Keeping keys, papers and shoes together beforehand also shortens the noisy search when the alarm sounds.
Common questions
Will it still be right when the clocks change?
Yes. It reads your device's local clock, so the move between GMT and BST at the end of March and October is picked up automatically, as long as the computer's date, time and time zone are set correctly.
Can I use this on a phone?
It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.
Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?
No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.
What happens if my laptop goes to sleep before 10:30 am?
The tab sleeps along with it and the alarm will not sound on time, if at all. If you are relying on it, change the power settings so the machine stays awake, or keep a phone alarm running as well.
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