Snoozer 1.4 & SnoozeHack 2.0

Now Snoozer works on Palm III!

What is Snoozer?

Snoozer and SnoozeHack work together to add snooze capabilities to the PalmPilot or WorkPad's alarms - a feature missing from most applications.

But Snoozer does much more than just snooze! It adds different alarm sounds, nagging alarms - as well as options to flash the backlight (if you've got one!) or a Tale Light (if you've got one!). Snoozer even lets you turn its snooze feature off - letting you enhance your PalmPilot's alarms with the extra Snooze Box.

You need both SnoozeHack and Snoozer installed on your PalmPilot to get full snoozability. No harm will come if you delete one or other - you just won't get the snooze you need!

SnoozeHack is a HackMaster extension which catches alarms and gives them to Snoozer. Snoozer lets the application display its alarm dialog - when you acknowledge the alarm, up pops Snoozer to see if you'd like to snooze the alarm.

Installing SnoozeHack

NOTE: Uninstall AlarmHack first - to do this, run AlarmHack and select 'uninstall' from the options menu. Snoozer will not work unless AlarmHack is uninstalled. Do not delete AlarmHack without uninstalling it first, as it leaves its 'hack' in memory.

If you have a previous version of Snoozer installed, delete it with the PalmPilot's Memory application. It is important that you uncheck any previous versions of SnoozeHack from Hackmater's control panel.

Unzip the snoozer.zip file using WinZip or similar. You'll see two.prc files and a copy of this file (snoozer.html).

Use the desktop 'Palm Install Tool' to install hackmstr.prc (if you don't already run HackMaster), snoozeh.prc and snoozer.prc.

When the install is complete, run HackMaster on your PalmPilot and check the checkbox by SnoozeHack in the listing. Now return to Applications and choose Snoozer - you can set up the defaults here.

If AlarmHack is installed on your PalmPilot you'll need to disable it while using Snoozer and SnoozeHack. Go to AlarmHack and choose 'uninstall' from the menu. If you don't uninstall AlarmHack, Snoozer can't do its job - both are grabbing the same event from the PalmPilot.

Using Snoozer

Run Snoozer to set the default snooze time and the number of times you would like the alarm to sound. You can also set the number of times that you would like to be nagged, and the time between the nags and choose a groovy sound for the alarm. Press the 'Sample' button to check out the sounds and lights!

You are now ready to use Snoozer to add snooze to the PalmPilot's alarms - just set alarms in the normal way. When you acknowledge an alarm Snoozer will pop up and ask you if you want the alarm to be snoozed. You can choose the length of the snooze!

Buying Snoozer

Snoozer is released as shareware. This means that you can try Snoozer and see if you like it. If you like it and want to keep it then you should buy it. You can buy Snoozer from PalmPilotGear (http://www.pilotgear.com) or you can call them on (US) 800 741 9070 to pay by telephone. They will give you a key to enable you to use Snoozer - enter the key by pressing the 'Register' button in Snoozer. You must not give or sell the key to anyone else under any circumstances - the key is only valid for you and is not transferrable. More details are at my home page, http://www.hausofmaus.com

If you don't pay for Snoozer after using it for a while, it will start to remind you that you should pay for it!

You should also note that HackMaster is shareware - you should register it too if you register Snoozer. HackMaster will allow you to add many great enhancements to your PalmPilot, and is well worth investigating.

Getting Back to Me

Please report bugs and send comments on Snoozer to snoozer@hausofmaus.com
I'm afraid this is only an evening 'hobby' for me, so I apologise if I don't get a chance to reply.

Known Bugs

None at the moment. Snoozer will probably be more stable on a Palm III than older models. If crashing occurs, try disabling other hacks - memory is short in alarm handlers. Please let me know of problems.

Updates

Changes to Snoozer sincee 1.3 Changes to Snoozer and SnoozeHack since V1.0 & V1.01:

You may find these useful to enhance your snoozability...

BugMe! - A very quick way to set reminders, a kind of yellow sticky pad with alarms.
The Tale Light is cool - get one if you can - you can really see your alarms with this!

HackMaster is shareware - Please support its author by registering it.
HackMaster has changed the face of PalmPilot development and usefulness!

Snoozer is a Haus Of Maus production - see www.hausofmaus.com for more groovy software!