Simon WillisonMay 2, 2023

If you built a macOS desktop app that makes notification sounds even when the machine is in "Do Not Disturb" focus mode you should feel very bad about what you have done

(My laptop made two mysterious ping noises during the online talk I gave this morning)

Show threadConor O'Neill

@simon
Er, surely it is up to the OS to _enforce_ 'Do not disturb' mode, not up to every app to voluntarily abide by this?

Otherwise, perhaps it should be renamed to be 'Please ask [nicely] before disturbing anyone' mode?
Self evidently, you've seen how successful that is.

May 2, 2023 at 9:51pmWeb
Show threadSörenMay 4, 2023

@tpuddle @simon enforce it how? Do Not Disturb doesn’t mean Mute. I could be in DND because I’m on a video call, and I definitely want to get audio from that.

What DND can do is mute standard alert sounds, and I believe it does. But then Discord would have to register its audio as an alert sound.