The new notification grouping features in iOS are amazing. I had this app I was semi-interested in and it just constantly spammed messages, roughly ever 20 minutes. Most were pointless but every...
The new notification grouping features in iOS are amazing.
I had this app I was semi-interested in and it just constantly spammed messages, roughly ever 20 minutes. Most were pointless but every couple of times it showed something I didn’t want to miss. So it was like a constant presence in the back of my mind. Now I force it to group messages into a summary in the morning and at night, skim them in bulk and mostly be done in 3 minutes. That just freed up so much mental space without even missing out on anything.
Another thing I like about iOS (which might be in Android as well but I can’t remember) is that notifications are opt-in rather than opt-out. I find that practically every app just loves to...
Another thing I like about iOS (which might be in Android as well but I can’t remember) is that notifications are opt-in rather than opt-out. I find that practically every app just loves to absolutely spam you with notifications and there is rarely a way to tell them to only give you the ones you actually want, so I would rather leave it off altogether.
I wish iOS was intelligent enough to detect that I'm dismissing notifications much more than tapping/interacting and could suggest a prompt of "do you want to see these notifications any more?"...
I wish iOS was intelligent enough to detect that I'm dismissing notifications much more than tapping/interacting and could suggest a prompt of "do you want to see these notifications any more?" and have it able to just dismiss it from the notification area.
There’s at least a shortcut from the lock screen. https://www.macworld.com/article/232132/how-to-modify-ios-notifications-settings-at-the-lock-screen.html
Android does something at least when you swipe a notification away from the lock-screen instead of tapping it to access the app: It asks you if you want to set it to a lower priority so it e.g....
Android does something at least when you swipe a notification away from the lock-screen instead of tapping it to access the app: It asks you if you want to set it to a lower priority so it e.g. won't use your notification sound anymore, up to just not letting them appear at all. I like that. It's nice.
It does. At least for the first few notifications from an app, it will ask if you want to allow any from that app, or show silently, etc. in my experience, it won’t ask you a second time for that...
It does. At least for the first few notifications from an app, it will ask if you want to allow any from that app, or show silently, etc. in my experience, it won’t ask you a second time for that app. It also won’t differentiate from different types of notifications from the same app.
One of the first things I do whenever I get a new device or install new software or sign up to a new website, is to switch off all "push" notifications, except for the few I choose to retain. I...
One of the first things I do whenever I get a new device or install new software or sign up to a new website, is to switch off all "push" notifications, except for the few I choose to retain. I don't need to be continually bothered by beeps telling me someone sent me a spam email or someone posted on Facebook. Like the author of this article and her ex-boyfriend, I log in to the relevant software/site when I want to read what happened.
I also absolutely refuse to connect any work communications to any personal device. For example: no work emails on my personal phone. No way. I need to be able to log off from work, and not have work issues bother me when I'm not working.
I am in control of my time, and I choose how and where to allocate it. I'm not going to let software or other people dictate what I do or when I do it.
The new notification grouping features in iOS are amazing.
I had this app I was semi-interested in and it just constantly spammed messages, roughly ever 20 minutes. Most were pointless but every couple of times it showed something I didn’t want to miss. So it was like a constant presence in the back of my mind. Now I force it to group messages into a summary in the morning and at night, skim them in bulk and mostly be done in 3 minutes. That just freed up so much mental space without even missing out on anything.
Another thing I like about iOS (which might be in Android as well but I can’t remember) is that notifications are opt-in rather than opt-out. I find that practically every app just loves to absolutely spam you with notifications and there is rarely a way to tell them to only give you the ones you actually want, so I would rather leave it off altogether.
I wish iOS was intelligent enough to detect that I'm dismissing notifications much more than tapping/interacting and could suggest a prompt of "do you want to see these notifications any more?" and have it able to just dismiss it from the notification area.
There’s at least a shortcut from the lock screen. https://www.macworld.com/article/232132/how-to-modify-ios-notifications-settings-at-the-lock-screen.html
Android does something at least when you swipe a notification away from the lock-screen instead of tapping it to access the app: It asks you if you want to set it to a lower priority so it e.g. won't use your notification sound anymore, up to just not letting them appear at all. I like that. It's nice.
It does. At least for the first few notifications from an app, it will ask if you want to allow any from that app, or show silently, etc. in my experience, it won’t ask you a second time for that app. It also won’t differentiate from different types of notifications from the same app.
One of the first things I do whenever I get a new device or install new software or sign up to a new website, is to switch off all "push" notifications, except for the few I choose to retain. I don't need to be continually bothered by beeps telling me someone sent me a spam email or someone posted on Facebook. Like the author of this article and her ex-boyfriend, I log in to the relevant software/site when I want to read what happened.
I also absolutely refuse to connect any work communications to any personal device. For example: no work emails on my personal phone. No way. I need to be able to log off from work, and not have work issues bother me when I'm not working.
I am in control of my time, and I choose how and where to allocate it. I'm not going to let software or other people dictate what I do or when I do it.