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> At work, the Do not disturb mode that both GNOME3 and OS X have is a good start. A good start against a silly tendency. OS X 10.7 and before simply didn't ha
by gurkendoktor 14y ago
> At work, the Do not disturb mode that both GNOME3 and OS X have is a good start.
A good start against a silly tendency. OS X 10.7 and before simply didn't have notifications; most app supported Growl, but it was easy just not to install it and have a silent Mac. (Skype being the noisy exception.)
Now OS X has a DND mode that resets itself automatically and cannot be scheduled, and every app can post notifications by default. Both are worse than iOS and every OS X before.
One problem is that all high-profile reviews are written by "power user" tech bloggers who cannot get enough of multitasking and notifications, reflecting maybe a busy manager's lifestyle but not the average user.
- bergie 14y agoThe benefit of centralized notifications is that you can at least have control on what apps can notify, and how. This is a lot better than the mix of some applications using Growl (which you could configure) or implementing notifications on their own (which you couldn't). Just alt-click the notification center icon in the menubar, and you won't see any :-)
- gurkendoktor 14y agoI didn't know about alt-click, but it still isn't permanent. I did this instead: http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/06/disable-notification-center-remove-menu-bar-icon-os-x/ http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/06/disable-notification-center-r... A rather clean way to disable the notification center. Now I have shut up all applications at once, with the downside of relying on my phone for iCal reminders.