How to use the online alarm clock
As you hand your current task to someone else before attending the school governors’ meeting, an alarm for 11:53 am gives you a clear moment to leave. It allows seven minutes to collect your papers, reach the meeting room and settle before 12:00 pm, without repeatedly checking the clock during the handover.
Your school governors’ meeting may still be missed if this browser alarm stops running or the computer goes to sleep, so keep it active until it sounds. Check the device’s silent setting as well: the alarm can reach the chosen time correctly yet make no audible sound when alerts are muted. A quick sound check now helps confirm that the volume and notification settings suit a busy school office.
Before heading into the late-morning light, reduce glare on the screen rather than turning its brightness up automatically. If sunlight is falling across the display, shift your chair or angle the screen so the meeting notes remain easy to read. Looking away while the alarm runs—perhaps while packing documents or confirming the handover—also avoids spending these final minutes fixed on a bright display.
Common questions
Can I change the sound?
Yes, there is a short list of tones to pick from before you press Start. Softer sounds are easy to sleep through, so a firmer bell tends to be the safer choice for anything early in the morning.
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.
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