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> That's how apps "notified" back then. Polite apps would just bounce their dock icon rather than stealing focus, however.
by snuxoll 6y ago
> That's how apps "notified" back then.
Polite apps would just bounce their dock icon rather than stealing focus, however.
- tannhaeuser 6y agoExactly. I found the bouncing animation genius, as it always reminded me of a toddler impatiently jumping up and down for attention. Doesn't mail.app do this?
- snuxoll 6y ago> mail.app Mail.app and most other apps since 10.8 (?) introduced badges just use those, unless it’s a more urgent thing than “you have a new message” in which case, yes, it will bounce the dock icon.
- saagarjha 6y agoI wrote a SIMBL plugin at one point to neuter applications that did this too much (actually, I forked it from someone who wrote it for Spotify). Trying to grab my attention in a persistent, repetitive way for something that is minor drives me up the wall.
- nemosaltat 6y agoAlso known as “Bouncing in the dock like a Jack Russell fucking Terrier” [0] [0] https://youtu.be/ks-N4rI_1RU https://youtu.be/ks-N4rI_1RU