How to use the online alarm clock
Twenty minutes is a commuting unit here. It is roughly the run between two of the outer metro stations, roughly the wait for a rider in a well-served district, and roughly the amount of time that separates leaving at 7:20 am from leaving at 7:40 am on the road towards Sheikh Zayed Road — except that the second one takes considerably longer than twenty extra minutes.
In the kitchen it covers pasta from cold water, a tray of vegetables under a hot grill, and the point at which most oven dishes want turning. It is also the length recommended for a hot-weather rest break, which is not a small thing in July.
Selecting this preset sets the alarm twenty minutes from now and starts the countdown immediately, with nothing to type and no minutes to work out by hand.
Common questions
Does the alarm keep running if I close the page?
No. Closing the tab ends it. The countdown exists only while the page is open and the device is awake.