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In Outlook 2016, at least, the reminders window generally (I assume always but haven't paid close enough attention) appears atop everything else but unfocused (
by wolfgang42 10y ago
In Outlook 2016, at least, the reminders window generally (I assume always but haven't paid close enough attention) appears atop everything else but unfocused (and with a highlighted taskbar entry). Once you focus it for the first time it turns into an ordinary window which can be put underneath as usual, but it's impossible to miss it since it sits in the middle of the monitor right over whatever else you were doing.
- mistermann 10y agoThat certainly wasn't my experience with Outlook 2016.
- wolfgang42 10y agoI paid closer attention today, and found that it's not as simple as I thought. My current guess is that the notification appears on top if the user does not seem to be active, or the taskbar cannot be seen (for example due to fullscreen remote desktop), and pops-under with an orange taskbar icon if the user seems to be currently using the computer. Clearly the behavior is more complex than I originally assumed, and I can see why it would be confusing. (I have four different apps that have decided to notify me for a calendar appointment--Outlook 2016, Windows 10's Calendar app, Outlook for Android, and the Google Calendar app--so it's pretty much impossible for me to not notice the cacophony and I never paid close attention to how Outlook did it.)